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leverage

Time moving so fast
a wind sweeping by
shearing me
leaving me naked
and alone.

Strategic thinking
will give you
the leverage you need
to secure all the things
you’ve ever wanted
cut the tree
and watch it fall
dominoes collapsing into each other
and meanwhile
she’s still there
standing on that same street corner
where you left her
years ago
and no matter what you do
or say
she’ll never leave it.

– matt at shadow of iris

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4 Responses to “leverage”

  1. Ginger Ingenue Says:
    February 8th, 2010 at 4:32 pm

    Oh, I like this!

    ..

    Reading down your page — some of the best poetry I’ve read in a long time.

  2. jon Says:
    February 8th, 2010 at 5:06 pm

    though perhaps she will… and then who will be there to watch but the fallen tree…

  3. rinzu susan rajan Says:
    February 8th, 2010 at 6:17 pm

    the last few lines gave a stronger foundation to the entire poem…

    i mean i have imagined this so many times in mind…it happens and it goes and again when you go that same street down the road you get that effect…

    good job…!!!

  4. Matt Says:
    February 11th, 2010 at 6:08 am

    Thank you all for the suggestive and wonderful comments!

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