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Poetry
Horoscope
By miss_castle
31 August 2005

A magazine pops in front of my eyes
A cool celebrity in a blue coat , my new disguise
Three dollars later and some reading time
an article reveals my delusional mind

What do I do now?Search for a drug, a doctor, a cure?
They all give me the same diagnosis, save me now! I'm so unsure.
oh daddy, why did you confuse my mind?
Won't you come to tell me if I will I ever be right?

I go check my e-mail , kick off my shoes
Hopefully my horoscope will have better  news
Just open up, this slow screen might hold my answer inside
In the mean time, play a sad song to build the drama and share some light

It's been so long since I last felt anything
other then the usual anxiety, joy of anger in me
My forecast reads "Enjoy the day instead of waiting for it to end"
Maybe I'll for once take its advice and try not to get so damm upset

It's just such a long lonely road
That sometimes I need to make these lessons heard
or I'll forget why  I came here in the first place
or how four 4 years made me believe there was no trace.

It's too late to go out, stay home , chat and do a quiz
"which women power do I have in me?"
on answer 4 I pick b, I'm tired for this
so I melt down and tears run smoothly

I write a song or two, it's finally cooming trought
a tear smudges the paper
but it's ok . It's all made from the same matter
Before the neighboors complain from the noise,
I put down the pencil , fold the sheets,
cry myself to sleep with the thought
It feels like it's all falling apart,
 it feels great and I'm still a lonely child

On answer 5 I pick d, I'm tired for this
so I melt down and tears run smoothly
I finally feel it , don't get mad
"Enjoy the day instead of waiting for it to end"


so the horoscope said.

and if that doesn't work

 just blame it on the stars

 just blame it on the stars

stars blame me

for they're just stars

so why not just blame it on the stars?

 

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Written by richard (88 comments posted) 31st August 2005
Liked this. Gave a real sense of loneliness and desperation. One thing I am wondering is whether it could be done just by using the idea of going through the quiz - could be used to provide the overall frameowrk for the poem - for me it jumped around abit at first (magazine, celebrity, email, horoscope, quiz etc) and then got stronger as it settled into the quiz elements. 
 
Anway - enjoyed reading it and I think it got across what you were intending. 
 
Hope this helps. 
Richard 
 

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