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Every Story

September 22, 2023
By Spaz SILVER, Papillion, Nebraska
Spaz SILVER, Papillion, Nebraska
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Favorite Quote:
You never know when a corpse may wander out of the shadows wearing a rabbit suit. (The Twisted Ones)


Every story has been told before,

Every life has been lived.

Every light has shone bright,

Then dim,

Then burned out.


Every bed has been slept it,

And every shirt worn.

Every cup has held water.

Or coffee.

Or rum.


Every building’s collapsed,

Or been left there to rot,

And every sidewalk’s been traveled

In the light

And the dark


And even the new things,

That have never been walked,

Never shone,

Never cracked,

Never rotted or worn


They are all copies

Of some original thing,

That thing, lost in time,

Made again

And again


So everything has,

At some time or another,

Been done before,

Made before,

Existed as a first


Every thing has been said,

Every question been asked.

There is nothing new left

To tell

Or to answer.


So when all has been done,

When all newness seeps away,

The old

Must become

Novel


The author's comments:

I went to a bookstore in Kansas City once where the shelves, walls, floor, and ceiling were covered in little graffitied messages. The one I remember the best was, "When everything's been said, what is there left to say?" scribbled on the side of a bookcase.

To which I responded, "Anything."


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on Sep. 27 2023 at 10:25 am
Live-on10 BRONZE, Mason City, Iowa
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Favorite Quote:
"if they hatin', they aint happy! and if they are really happy, they ain't hatin'!

This is so good and amazing! You inspired me, can you check out my poems?