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Poetry
The Choir.
By Reynaerde
06 September 2008

Ignore the corner.

My friends
Speak in verse
It’s a literary curse
The howling Choir
Devoid of face
The mannequin men
Like a chorus
Held in line
I’d speak like them
But I haven’t the time. 

No!
-Damn, you see
The rhythm’s
Getting to me
It seeps through the skin
And soaks your clothes
Outside and in
You’ll find your sense
Of self
Of I
Is reduced to lyrics
Forced false together
Time
To fly
 

Sometimes your voice
Will curve to the tune
But so senseless it’ll be
That you’ll sound like a loon 

That’s the price
That we pay
To sing
Every day
The price of our song
The plague of the Choir.

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Written by grace (173 comments posted) 7th September 2008
'It may be a curse to speak in verse' but no bad thing for a poet. . .which you clearly are. 
 
Excellent, Pamx

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