Take Twice Daily
Poetry Returns to Margin2Margin
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I wrote this on the back of a program sheet when I should have been listening to the most boring lecture ever. Thankfully writing is such a welcomed escape in such situations.
Take me twice daily,
and ignore the aftertaste,
wash me out,
swish and spit,
down,
right on down the drain.
Explain the verdict,
devour the kernel of truth,
our youth...gasping for memory,
keep me sharpened,
by wearing me down,
just far enough to remind you how vulnerable I am.
If I can tell the difference,
between times when I'm not listening,
and when I just can't hear,
why,
why do you keep,
keep to yourself?
No matter when,
I'm where I need to be,
cautiously...moving towards the exit.
Always ringing,
chains I pulled,
switches I threw,
suited for emergency response.
Damage control,
to sort through the wreckage,
I fashioned these pieces together,
and ended up with us.
Cause really,
we're all spare parts,
far removed from our original use,
choosing...a new purpose.
Take me twice daily,
wherever you will,
in your pocket,
I'll be waiting there,
if we are ever.
Take me twice daily,
and ignore the aftertaste,
wash me out,
swish and spit,
down,
right on down the drain.
Explain the verdict,
devour the kernel of truth,
our youth...gasping for memory,
keep me sharpened,
by wearing me down,
just far enough to remind you how vulnerable I am.
If I can tell the difference,
between times when I'm not listening,
and when I just can't hear,
why,
why do you keep,
keep to yourself?
No matter when,
I'm where I need to be,
cautiously...moving towards the exit.
Always ringing,
chains I pulled,
switches I threw,
suited for emergency response.
Damage control,
to sort through the wreckage,
I fashioned these pieces together,
and ended up with us.
Cause really,
we're all spare parts,
far removed from our original use,
choosing...a new purpose.
Take me twice daily,
wherever you will,
in your pocket,
I'll be waiting there,
if we are ever.