This Poem was Submitted By: Jason R Hook On Date: 2001-07-16 10:07:28 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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A Sad Elaboration

I woke up this morning with a pounding in my head Something like a thousand seagulls pecking at my skull As I tried to enjoy a quiet morning. The quiet times don’t come as easily these days They always seem to leave me In a state of wonder As to when the seagulls will return.  I woke this morning and looked at the telephone and thought About times it may have rung And saw the television and recalled how Her and I would curl up in front of it As though that were the ocean And there were no seagulls for miles- Nothing to peck at our food and distract us From the love we were trying to build.  But the other day there they were flying high above Taunting me and cursing and stinking of sea-shit They circled above like vultures and dived down Again and again over and over As though I were the lonely fisherman trying to keep a hold Of the greatest catch he had ever made. And I suppose I was, As I lit a cigarette and opened the pages of my journal Only to find the pages scarred with the shit of seagulls And the hopeless feelings they deliver. 

Copyright © July 2001 Jason R Hook


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