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it is not enough
Published: 2008-10-02 15:03:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 10621; Favourites: 407; Downloads: 81
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it is not enough just tomiss you. i have to learn
how to walk again; how to
live without meat and
kissing, how to sleep
shaped like a balled up
fist. it is not enough
just to miss you. i have
to adopt twins in
Africa, name them Lost
and Weird, forget to
feed them. i have to
go to every pet store
in America and rescue
all the seahorses. i have
to tattoo D A R K B I R D
inside my lip and stand
in children's playgrounds
like a broken arm, creaking. it
is not enough just to miss
you. it has to hurt. i
have to write poems
that last forever, interpret
dreams about buildings
burning down, flies who
leave their partners for
sad New York waitresses. i
have to work on my
posture. shave my head, wear
white dresses. i have to
be a chaffinch when i curse
into my fingers. it is not
enough to just miss you. i
have to be a crazy
crocus-woman; my lovely
hand curled close around
your heart, a bud sealed
tightly, tightly, tightly...
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Comments: 92
the first half of this crippled me.
been perusing your gallery for a while now; you have a gift, girl.
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Dear emilygolightly, i wanted these words to last forever in my mind so i was wondering if i could get them tattooed to my back... it's fine if you're not alright with it though just pondering
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It's not ever enough, you're right. You must completely and totally lose your mind before whatever deity in control of lost love is content to let you be.
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Brilliant! Your imagery of languish is devastating and bold. Quite a contradiction, I know.
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Wow, this is really great, it builds strongly as it should and comes across as an impeccable rant..
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i shaved my head once, out of missing and the drunken swallow of my face.
i shaved my head and woke to someone, miles away, on the phone, saying he'd buzz it straight for me in the morning.
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I think if I got a tattoo it would be on the inside of my lip. 
haha Somehow that line stuck out to me.
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This is wonderful:
'i have
to tattoo D A R K B I R D
inside my lip and stand
in children's playgrounds
like a broken arm, creaking.'
Who am I kidding; it's all great. Beautiful.
-R
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When I read this my memory pukes a million people into the lens of my eye.
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i think thats probably my favourite thing anyones ever said.
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That means a lot coming from the person that wrote a poem that could make me feel that way.
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I love the emotion in this. It well depicts missing someone. :/
Well done (:
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i thought it was going to be cliche when i first saw it
but it didnt turn out that way, great success
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I'm not entirely sure at all what's going on in this poem, but congrats just the same.
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wow....i absolutely adore this <3 great write thx so much for sharing 
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I agree with someone above about the lack of capitals, which is like ... some sort of trend now ...? I think ee cummings was able to do it accurately because he was doing funky lineation/line placement stuff, but I never understood why people did it without any of that...?
Just my personal nit.
Anywho, did love the poem. I like seahorses lately and a name ... ha. To name your children odd things, I have played with that before. I read something in the news recently about someone who named their child Adolph Hitler, just "to be different." I almost believed that, until it said their other kid was named "Aryan Nation." Haha WHAT.
Anyway, liked the poem much.
*$*
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I love the seemingly random qualities of this. Things that stab and thrust the emphasis of your words into unknown, but appropriately awkward and imaginative, settings.
Congratulations. You definitely deserve the DD.
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I am amazed at the raw emotion dripping from this piece. The images contained within your words are brilliant and heartwrenching.
There are too many good lines here for me to list, and so I will simply say that the whole thing is wonderful.
Congrats on your DD.
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Wow! The repetition worked really well and your metaphors were refreshingly different. Excellent job, and congrats on the DD!
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I really like it. It...fits. The only thing I don't like is the lack of capitalization, but that's only because I'm anal like that.
Good job ^_^
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wow that is soooo incredible! i love it. i started reading and i was like 'what?' and had to keep reading....it was just that intense! great job! you deserve all the views, favs and comments you receive!
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beautiful darling, loved it. so very moving
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I hate you because you can write about what I write about sometimes and make it seem so beautiful. *tear tear*
Congrats on the DD - well deserved indeed.
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you are phenomenal! a true way with words is exemplified in this piece....wooooOOWWW incredible
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This is absolutely amazing!
Major congrats on the DD!!!!!!!!!
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Great poem, it moves through pain and time with imagery that is rich in daily life, as daily as missing someone can become.
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very moving and well written to describe the pain of loss
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