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Grocery List of a Ghost by ~Lethargic-Thursday:iconLethargic-Thursday:



Twelve photographs bearing your likeness,
none loud enough to communicate a name
or a purpose in this world, and you:

with the tattoo of a wedding ring around
your finger, that you have desperately tried
to erase,

the name of a groom
you will not divulge, for fears unknown to me,

frozen cake in a plastic bag
in your cold store,
(saying that you really did care,)

your babies growing up to the rhyme,
‘Something old, something new
Something borrowed, something blue,’

and crying in the night despite or because of it.

Fatherless children and a shameful ring,
you claim the immaculate conception.
In light of all these things, I fear
I will never be able

to know you at all.
©2007-2009 ~Lethargic-Thursday
:iconlethargic-thursday:

Author's Comments

I was looking at some friends' profiles on some social networking thing, and I realized that they each had somewhere around 130 photos of themselves.

Dear God.

And sometimes it feels a little like I don't exist o_o Well, I mean, what if I really don't?
And I just think I do.

So the real question is,
what makes you exist or not? Do you exist less if there is less PROOF that you existed? How much is enough proof?

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:iconlabellemonsieuredwin:
well. if you dont exist, we're having some bizarre shared delusion. and im talking to myself.

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When in this charming car...
:iconvargr:
Fantastic - it has a very ghostly tone to it too, a sort of... faded photograph effect, to the point you can't make out the details in the faces.

:thumbsup:
:icontallosvonaial:
*Slowly waves arms* Oooooooooo~ OOOOOOOOooOOOOoooooOOOO!

I like it. It sets a very definite mood right from the title and never lets go. In fact, as you read, the mood darkens, deepens and becomes more and more vivid and suddenly.. By the end, you can feel it.

I know my Jennyjenny exists, because she is in my heart. Always.

MLLD~

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I Could Love You Forever And Not A Word Longer
:iconmekobi:
haha. i really like ur poem.. very interesting idea(:
:iconroses-in-rainwater:
You changed me when we met. There's proof that you exist. <3

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--Holy water and rose petals--
:iconlethargic-thursday:
I miss you.
I wish I was better at proving it...but I do miss you.
I still have the photo of you in my wallet, where it's been since you gave it to me, and every time I wear a flow-y skirt I look at my feet and pretend I am walking with you.

--
"--I would have given you an empire, had you but loved me."

--The Sorrowful and Dreadful Jonaten
:iconroses-in-rainwater:
You have the soul of a poet, Jenny-san :P. *big hug* It's just tough when we're so far away.

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--Holy water and rose petals--
:iconlethargic-thursday:
Yeah, it is :( But whenever we are close physically, can we spend some time together? One might think it'd be awkward...but I don't think it WOULD be. Not if we don't let the awkwardness grow XD Treat it like a rediscovery every time.

I just don't want to lose you, is all.

--
"--I would have given you an empire, had you but loved me."

--The Sorrowful and Dreadful Jonaten
:iconroses-in-rainwater:
I don't want to loose you either. I get frustrated because my computer is so slow. So I don't go online :/.
I remember the times you came to see Alex. It was so easy--we just clicked. I know it's been a while, but that can happen again. :)
I like the idea of a rediscovery. Keeps things fresh. :P

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--Holy water and rose petals--

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