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like a poet


like a poet,

I was the harbringer

of ethos

bringing back metaphor

to the cycle of calculated reasons

 

like a poet,

i bring back to the table

my decapitated hand, singed of its

chains of allusions,

stained of cheap-ass pen

i tried to use to write a Modern poem

 

like a poet

   i wear a beret

 

                      sometimes

 

like a poet,

  i'm a narcissist that my head is millions of balloons

keeping my mental flow

in Cloud 9 but someone dare to climb

from a beautiful line

but I sai----

         "WHO THE FUCK SAYS I'M A BUFFOON, DON'T KILL MY


 

H      I      G      H

 

UP                                                                        

in the sky it's dangerous to fell in love with onself because sometimes i read my poems and it sucks and i'm insecure, a myth to every pore- me a poet- was just a great decor in christmas trees where i hid my insecurities over similes and pretentious metaphors and

 

like a poet,

   I digress to prosaic lines

because in life, there is no rhyme.

Repetition over life is just criminal in nature

 

and

like a poet,

i think everything is wrong.

like ending a poem is wrong.

unless words paints beautiful meanings

10 words long

 

and like a poet,

i failed to shut up and just write

THE END.

 

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">like a poet,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">I was the harbringer</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">of ethos</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">bringing back metaphor</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">to the cycle of calculated reasons</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">like a poet,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">i bring back to the table</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">my decapitated hand, singed of its</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">chains of allusions,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">stained of cheap-ass pen</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">i tried to use to write a Modern poem</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">like a poet</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i wear a beret</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sometimes</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">like a poet, </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&nbsp;&nbsp;i&#39;m a narcissist that my head is millions of balloons </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">keeping my mental flow</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">in Cloud 9 but someone dare to climb</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">from a beautiful line</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">but I sai----</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;WHO THE FUCK SAYS I&#39;M A BUFFOON, DON&#39;T KILL MY </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br />&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">H &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;G &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;H</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">UP &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">in the sky it&#39;s dangerous to fell in love with onself because sometimes i read my poems and it sucks and i&#39;m insecure, a myth to every pore- me a poet- was just a great decor in christmas trees where i hid my insecurities over similes and pretentious metaphors and</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">like a poet,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I digress to prosaic lines</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">because in life, there is no rhyme.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Repetition over life is just criminal in nature</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">and </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">like a poet, </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">i think everything is wrong.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">like ending a poem is wrong.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">unless words paints beautiful meanings</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">10 words long</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">and like a poet,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">i failed to shut up and just write</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3bcc3d8-e05f-6e84-ef4d-a61ecdd6b9a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">THE END.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

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