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June 22, 2010
By CarpeNoctem SILVER, Middlesboro, Kentucky
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&quot;There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.&quot;<br /> <br /> -Socrates

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At night,
Black skeletons dance

Atop piano monsters
With dull, white teeth,

Lacerate walls
With peeling skin,

And tap coded messages to the
Lonesome living in their beds.

© Claire H., Boxford, MA

The author's comments:
Written from the eyes of a child, in a way, because it evokes images of sadness, loneliness, and fear.
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MaketheFlame GOLD said...
on Jul. 20 2010 at 11:36 am
MaketheFlame GOLD, Queens Village, New York
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&quot;Like an angel with two broken wings. Reach for the sky again. Like the devil, meant for better things. I will find my place on high&quot;

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this reminds me of being afraid of the dark at night when I was a child. How everything can  become a monster in the imagination, the piano, the branches. Cool.