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Ghosts and the Lack of Sleep by ~johnfinch:iconjohnfinch:

Categories Literature > Poetry > Human Nature > Open


tired and taking
green pills with a mouthful
of saliva
too lazy to travel
downstairs to get a glass
of water or whatever
will help sleep come
if it weren’t for
ghosts and frightening
feelings creeping up
beside neck hairs
in the dark
I’d be fine
although I wonder
if they are in the room
or if their room is rented in my
mind
and if they exist
or once existed
as past relationships, acquaintances, one night stands, drinking buddies, children and sadness
or all of the above
©2008-2009 ~johnfinch
:iconjohnfinch:

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~RevolutionnaireRouge Apr 9, 2008, 2:23:04 PM
I heard somewhere that ghosts are all around us, influencing the way we think and feel. That over 25% of what we think is not our own original thought, but that of spirits around us.

I suppose that could be true, be they "spirits of the departed" or simply our own ghosts from the past.



Enjoyed =]

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"They turn over their little purple moonlight pages, in which their secret naked doodlings do show..."
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~Boldprintgirl Apr 10, 2008, 4:46:10 PM
I really like this one. It flows and I can relate to it greatly I feel. I really like it. Great job!!!

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~I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, that the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had ~ "Mad World"
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Mood: Mesmerized ~WriterGurrl Jun 5, 2008, 3:56:36 PM
You really are an amazing writer. I only hope that someday I can write like this...

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Singing is suppose to be intimate. Like sex between you and the mic.

~Me
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!NDean Jun 7, 2008, 11:13:48 AM
has a dark edge to it I can truly enjoy. I love the way its one long thought, like a dream as such

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And the pen scribbled forever more
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Mood: Bewildered ~johan239 Jul 4, 2008, 3:20:42 PM
wow, the firs comment is a bit strange, but somewhat makes sence. some of the thigs that i think of dont even seam like things that i would.

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check out my stuff

i would put a link... but i have no freaking idea how to do that, be cause i suck at computers.
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~johan239 Jul 4, 2008, 3:23:26 PM
wate i ment first, not firs(i suck at typing, and that is not an excuse.)

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check out my stuff

i would put a link... but i have no freaking idea how to do that, be cause i suck at computers.
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~Toujours-Jamais Jul 9, 2008, 8:28:31 PM
I think this is one of my favorite poems now. Brilliant. [=

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Je ne dis cela parce que Je t'aime.
J'ai toujours aimé vous. J'ai toujours volonté.
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~Literbia Sep 13, 2008, 4:57:35 AM
very good))
i think it would sound perfectly if to read it aloud, in a calm low voice while some ambient music is playing
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~the-last-breath5321 Oct 4, 2008, 3:59:31 PM
I do believe that's the best poem I've ever read... I only wish I could write 1/10th as well as you can... However, my writing skills fail, so there you have it...

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It is best not to think too much of the future. Because, when it becomes a reality, it will never be like you imagined. Partially because no one ever has the weirdness to imagine things like brushing their teeth.
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