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Tomb World

by ~dull-glitter, May 13, 2012, 1:10:37 PM
Literature / Poetry / General Poetry / Free Verse

buy the war bonds to my body
buy tickets to the air raid of my soul
trenches on my wrists
fight the somme across my stomach
machine gun pock marks
bombs, my flesh shakes

no land,
only lines to cross
and three miles of blood and barbed wire marshes

protect the soldiers
but there are no defenses
the western front is failing

TO ARMS!

shells that are empty
(I am empty)

the skies
(my eyes)
lighting up with flares
there's only smoke left
up there
(clouds my mind)

we left our masks behind and now we'll all go blind

packed in here, piled in
like cattle
like corpses

where is the axis?
we've been in here three days.
is there still a sky?
we've been in here a hundred years.
are we all dead?
are we blast shadows on the wall?

the war is over
but the trenches are deep
(trenches are deep)
(trenches are deep)

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44 Maskshe wears many masks
beneath
his sandpaper words
his glassy tones
his marble eyes
burying emotion with the dead
and refusing to let it root

his mask is silence

labored limbs
finger-claws
and wing-tipped whispers
birth by the wisping wind itself
the weeping must be torn from his lungs
his pauses not pregnant but hollow

his mask is doctrine

he answers in questions
denies truth past the balances
empty structures
shrouded and mute
perching responses in bedridden statues
we are tombstones and
our lips never move

his mask is lies

razorwire secrets
shards of deceit
amidst dust and salvation
jungle submission
scars twisted44 Masks by ~dull-glitter

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Pacific Thoughtsi'm standing here getting existential
while we build our sandcastle along the california coast
and i gaze down the line at the mounds of sand that used to be kingdomsPacific Thoughts by ~dull-glitter

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DormantWinter is a blank slate,
but not like Rousseau's—
it cleanses
sucking out warmth like poison
leaving only windburnt frost
tacked to the window pane

all we remember
is the numbness
the shuddering
skittish steps across the ice
snowflakes pasted to our faces
smoke rising from our lips
dragged across bleak clouds

winter has us captured
bound by fur and walls
drifting in our eggshelled silence

bone cold until we birth ourselves by warmth
emerge from our shells wet and heaving
uncurl our fingers one by one
joints crackling like fire at our backs

until spring comes
drip by tender drip
old wounds thaw
we are found raw,
Dormant by ~dull-glitter

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Traffic Signalsthe sirens had become a nighttime lullaby
and the streetlights had become a part of the darkness
my sheets are full of post-it notes that stick to my skin in the morning
some days i'll wake up and realize i have his third new phone number stuck to my forehead
like i was thinking about him all night
pondering his sheets which used to be filled with cheerio crumbs and empty pop cans
when i was younger i used to listen to the cars drive by under my window
dream up stories of where they were going late at night
and follow their taillights until they drove around the corner
now everything is a blur and the only light i see is the blinkiTraffic Signals by ~dull-glitter

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You didn’t send my heartbeat into a frenzy the first time I saw you. It was a month or two before I started feeling the little palpitations inside my chest and made sure that my hand accidentally brushed against yours every now and then.

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Daily Deviation Round 2

by ~dull-glitter, Nov 28, 2012, 12:50:59 PM
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I definitely never expected to get another Daily Deviation so soon! Thank you

and

for the suggestion and feature! I'm beyond honored.

Just going to add another thank you to the DA Lit community. You guys are awesome. I've been amazed at the amount of feedback I've gotten on my pieces as well as the encouragement. Never stop being awesome, DA!

I might as well add a life update while I'm at it. I can almost see the end of the tunnel for this semester. Just have to struggle through a couple Chinese projects and lay down a few essays. I'm also really excited for my classes next year. Two, possibly three writing classes, including a graduate level poetry class!

I will definitely be posting my work from that.

I'm on tumblr a lot more than DA recently, so feel free to follow me: moose234.tumblr.com
I must warn you though, I post a lot of Homestuck, along with a handful of poetry and writing help. XD

(Because I rarely write journals here) Hope everyone has a Happy December, and Happy Holidays!

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Rachel
Artist | Student | Literature

United States

I'm a writer.

Mostly poetry, but I'm working on a story which will someday become a cleverly-titled novel. XD

Fully believe Ephesians 2:8-9 "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast."

I enjoy general geek-ish activities: Video games (even though I fail at playing them...), Homestuck, anime, marching band (back in the day), film critique, history jokes, D&D, reading the classics, answering jeopardy questions, appreciating art, and creepin' in libraries.

Other than that, I'm your average college student.

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~ladythesta Apr 19, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Thank you for the fave! It always makes my day so much brighter knowing that someone is enjoying my work. ^^

=Sammur-amat Mar 3, 2013 General Artist

Hello there, lovely person!

You've just been featured in my journal: [link]

It would mean the world to me if you could favorite the article and maybe even find some pieces worth faving as well?

Thank you so very much for your time!

~dull-glitter Mar 4, 2013 Student Writer

Thank you for the feature! I'm honored!

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You are most welcome, doll.

~goose-fat Jan 30, 2013 Writer

Thanks for the fave!

~dull-glitter Jan 30, 2013 Student Writer

You're very welcome!

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