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My White Flag

My White Flag

Long time, no poem

 
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I have no justification for this.
Quiet

Aching want

Powerful
Hopeless
Expectation

is
my

Inheritance from

A leftover dynasty

Broken into pieces upon which
I slit my palms

And the blood! It stains
My white flag red
 
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  • Apr 4, 2009
    No justification? Pfft... whatever.
ZooeyGlass
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  • Date Added
    • Apr 2, 2009 at 10:29 PM
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    • Poetry
  • Topics
    • Pain
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Yest. at 8:04 am
 
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