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~TheAfterWhys

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For Services Renderedhe will stand in front of  white gravestones and listen  to the rain come down   
on the black leather of  his shoes.   
he will not turn his face  
away or hide behind his tie.   
*   
there is resolve in his  shoulders.   
the medals on his coat,  the wings upon his shirt   
have left him empty  
and the cool feel of metal  in his hand makes him wish  there was something left to feel   
anything at all.  
 
*   
he kisses the cold stone  (the one he visits every Sunday)  and whispers,   
 For Services Rendered
by ~TheAfterWhys
Stage 1She watches the sun set in the middle of the night,  
and takes another drag.  
 
Her eyes are glazed,  
and oh,  
 
she is definitely not thinking about,  
not feeling,  
 
their hands across her skin. Stage 1
by ~TheAfterWhys
Tell.Me.I stopped existing the day your tired voice came over the phone, telling me, in the only way you knew how that you didn’t give a damn.   
Not about me.  
 
At 5am in the morning, my blurry eyes stared down the history channel, and thought,  
 
well, isn’t this depressing?  
 
I remember watching gaunt faced muscle-less bodies crumple in heaps in concentration camps because somebody didn’t think they were worthwhile.  (thinking of all the ways I could convince you I was worthwhile. )   
Then I remembered   
in the end   
Hitler didn’t get it either. Tell.Me.
by ~TheAfterWhys
LaciniateHe drinks a glass of red wine every night before bed.  
 
He always uses the same glass.   
It would be perfect, if not for the crack that runs up its fragile stem to flower against the rim, the shivering petals opening into jagged chips, just to the left of his lips.   
It's still beautiful.  
 
Just like him.   
 
*   
I bought him a new set for his birthday last year.   
You would think they were invisible if it weren’t for that layer of dust that found them, even in the cabinet above his sink.  
 
He can’t seem to find a good enough reason to ge Laciniate
by ~TheAfterWhys
Browse Gallery

Bluebirds in October

Wed Oct 28, 2009, 8:27 PM
  • Mood: Yearning
  • Listening to: nothing at all
  • Reading: post-it notes
  • Watching: the death of to-do's
  • Playing: chicken with my homework
  • Eating: pencil erasers
  • Drinking: water?
I'm sorry I haven't been around much, life has more or less got me by the hair at the moment.

I miss you guys. :heart:



Charles Bukowski - Bluebird

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I'm not going
to let anybody see
you.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pur whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he's
in there.

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so don't be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep, do
you?

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  • Favourite movie: Currently ~The Interpreter
  • Favourite band or musician: Blue October, Gary Allen
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~TheAfterWhys Oct 29, 2009, 7:36:15 PM
You're so very welcome!! The depth of your shading, and the expressions, are fantastic.

--
Whats up?
But wishing stars,
and little men from mars.
:iconchloroformboy:
*ChloroformBoy Oct 17, 2009, 10:12:11 PM
you've not posted in awhile, and it's breaking my heart D:

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come join *project-improve !
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~TheAfterWhys Oct 17, 2009, 10:30:37 PM
I know, I'm really missing you guys. School just happens to be killing me, viciously, with no mercy, at the moment.

--
Whats up?
But wishing stars,
and little men from mars.
:iconchloroformboy:
*ChloroformBoy Oct 17, 2009, 10:33:26 PM
i'll just read your older works then !

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come join *project-improve !
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~sheraine Oct 11, 2009, 3:15:06 AM
thank you for the favourite. :heart:
:icontheafterwhys:
~TheAfterWhys Oct 11, 2009, 9:47:50 AM
you're so very welcome =]

--
Whats up?
But wishing stars,
and little men from mars.
:icontheafterwhys:
~TheAfterWhys Oct 7, 2009, 7:51:01 PM
Very welcome =]

--
Whats up?
But wishing stars,
and little men from mars.
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