This Poem was Submitted By: Aaron Eugene Donogh On Date: 2001-07-23 06:05:53 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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The Value of Desecration

The bill burns in my hand; The symbol burns in my head. My eyes are bright with enjoyment; the smell is a beautiful sort of stench. To think this once was had value, unecessary merit, this paper, this nothingness,  it would get you things, it would make people do, go, fetch, help, it used to command. Now it is useless for those once great purposes. Now it is a different symbol entirely. My eyes have glazed over, Where others see insanity, I see astonishing beauty, the destruction of this valued object, has far more merit than the object ever did. Am I the only one to see that? It is over. I blink,  twice, my eyes are watering. Now it is nothing. The ashes rest in my hand. The beauty is all in my head.

Copyright © July 2001 Aaron Eugene Donogh

Additional Notes:
I hope this is understood. The concept was very difficult for me to put to words, I hope it came out right.


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