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An Anti-Love Poem

October 19, 2014
By _em26 SILVER, Milltown,
_em26 SILVER, Milltown,
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Favorite Quote:
Once we accept our limits, we must go beyond them. -Albert Einstein


It seems that all poems

are sappy odes to girlfriends,

either ex or current.

It doesn't really matter which;

all end up sounding the same.

The writers are Shakesperean wannabes

who barely know an adjective from an adverb

And spend most of their time

learning to play 60s rock songs on guitar

sipping lukewarm herbal tea

and perfecting their obviously faux British accents,

Pausing only to string some words together

and calling the end result a poem.

I binge-read them

drinking in every last word

Like an alcoholic would

suck down every last drop of whiskey.

Not because they remind me of you

and what we used to be

But because I laugh

at these clingy, lovestruck poets.

Because after you, love, to me

is a dead language

And I pity those

who still speak it.



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on Oct. 24 2014 at 8:12 pm
Olivia-Atlet ELITE, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
"To these the past hath its phantoms,<br /> More real than solid earth;<br /> And to these death does not mean decay,<br /> But only another birth" <br /> - Isabella Banks

This is really good! I don't have a boyfriend or anything, but I can still relate to this. My father and I have never been close, and I have my reasons of course for disliking him, but this brings out the side of me thaqt is still bitter and resentful towards people who do love their father, and have a real dad instead of a step one.  Thanks for sharing this, I feel like this poem is filled with the thoughts I push out myself. :) Keep writing! CX