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Own It

by Tan the woman

I set it up
You listen
You bring it up
I'll listen
Say it
Say what you need to say
Spit it out
Please
Confront it
The fear
The love
The hate
It's different
It's weird
It's sad and sucks
React how you wish
Distract if you can
I set it up
You bring it up
I'll listen
I'll react
Tell me the truth
Be honest
Don't whisper it
Scream it
Louder then the music blaring on a Saturday night
And the sirens
But say it with love, with respect
Say it with confidence
No confidence no truth
No trust
Don't say it.
Then keep it to yourself

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QV
<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Lovely poem, very contemporary :) I think the fragment is a very effective technique to use in poetry, it cuts the scene down to the essential and leaves the audience to fill in the gaps. I am intrigue by the sudden concrete image thrown into the poem after a section of abstract thought (for example:&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);">Louder then the music blaring on a&nbsp;</span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_11006981" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);">&nbsp;night"). Continue to write and share your works. Q.V.</span></span></span></p>

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