Ben Partenay Poems

eventually I think we will sink from
all the tears the icebergs leak from the polar
caps, and the radio man will say “today
we’re sinking with a chance for sunny
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there's been many days when all the world's black
when i have hid it with a breaking smile
and you have shown me just for what i am
a broken child
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this floor is frozen with cold
and
the windows have
jack frosts
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spent last night
alone
reading all the old poems
I’d written
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Cover the ground with snow and white
Bury the town in soft moonlight
Watch the buildings flee from sight
On a lovers night
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a clutch of nothing, you wish
for the dream to return, to
feel the tip of touch and let
the fingers dance mad once
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Today I cannot love, today
there is a wall that’s built, I see
and toss a brick myself.
One atop and mortar it.
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It's dawn again, I heard you say
Your tired voice spoke volumes with it's tone
I think you meant the world is black
When you called the moon a worthless stone
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It goes like this
She offers her hand
You take it, she
Pulls back, says
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yesterday unraveled into a sky that looked like
a bruise, and we call it today because it lacks
originality and life, and the sun still tries to shine
from out behind this dusty window pane
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