Empties

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About being the middle child  

Ring a bell and they’ll come running

It’s too bad they haven’t noticed yet

A perfect first and third, expounded upon

While the second gets caught in the crossfire 

Get whatever you want

Of course you can have it

You’re a living of the newest

You’re not old enough to do wrong yet 

I wish…

I wish…

Blanks?

If only… 

So many “If onlys”

So many “I wishes”

It’s strange how quickly

The empties pile up 

Empty feelings?

Empty promises?

This generation; why

So full of empties? 

Guilt- the biggest weapon

But as long as it seems that I’m doing it on purpose

Use it to expiration 

Feel free, because

It’s already done

Words on the wind

Never to return  

 

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I liked this poem because sometimes it reminds me of myself because while I talk to someone on the phone (like one of my cousins and my sister), I would eventually run out of things to talk about.

Even though some parts of this poem don't make sense to me, the whole of it seems to say back to me something I think a lot but can't quite find the words for. A feeling that's summed up with the phrase, "Guilt- the biggest weapon". Sometimes I feel like under all of America's proud patriotism is an epidemic of the empties, and this poem has that feeling.

nice poem

so true about the biggest weapon.

Poison_Ivy's picture
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Good poem! Thank you for sharing this ;)

Member of the Progressive U Alumni Association

I always wanted a cool sibling. I got stuck with a sister whose goal in life was to kill me....literally. :/

I love abortion. Read more here:
http://progressiveu.org/044921-i-love-abortion-even-if-it-murder

ediblewoman's picture
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Except mine was a brother. He got over it as we got older though, and now we're friends.

But here's to surviving childhood!
Neener, neener, neener!
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/ediblewoman

teenyjonbenet's picture

Now we see where the finger pointing in your other posts comes from, darling. Work it out on this board, but not with hostility toward the views you encounter.

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