elizatheriot

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Unnecessary Rounds by elizatheriot, literature

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Unnecessary Rounds

In the fall I'd make unnecessary rounds over that scuffed, speckled tile in case you were namelessly there- an anonymous book browser, a stranger buying milk. I saw all these walks of life, at noon or at eight o'clock or nine. The protruding stomach pregnant with hamburger-death, stretching at the filthy shirt with a belly button eye (Cyclops, do you still blame Nobody?) and the young man's thin white leg with the long tendon swimming a delicate breast stroke under smooth cream-skin, under the fluorescents hairless and illuminated. Even lonely people need groceries, need some fuel for their night ramblings and nail biting,

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Deviant for 13 years
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And I know I am solid and sound;
To me the converging objects of the universe perpetually flow;
All are written to me, and I must get what the writing means.

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Jun 29, 2012

For over a year

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I haven't done more on DA than just look at pictures. Thursday night I decided to check my 600+ message, on a whim. And because I hate when any sort of inbox is an overcrowded mess. One of my poems had been chosen as a DD at some point in February last year, and I hadn't even known. The comments left were beautiful, beautiful. I read that poem for the first time in a long time, and felt very sad. It seemed written by a different person. I've been in a period of business, stress, change, and extended writer's block. All of the above are contributing factors to the latter, as well as lack of discipline. With nothing to hold me accountable for