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Static Sparks

November 21, 2013
By Linds0298 BRONZE, HANOVER, Massachusetts
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Linds0298 BRONZE, HANOVER, Massachusetts
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&ldquo;This story never really had a point. It&rsquo;s just a lull - a skip in the record. We are addresses in ghost towns. We are old wishes that never came true. We are hand grenades (and every word you say pulls the pin). We are all gods, we are all monsters.&rdquo; <br /> ― Pete Wentz, The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

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There’s a spark inside you, a spark that caught
hold of a wick in the dark of your heart
tied to the wrist of mistakes and of naught
sisters of woe, siblings kept apart.
It sings hopeful notes to desperate ears
a haunting, erubescent flame of lust
singed by the goodbyes and hellos of forged fears
now disjointed silhouettes in dust.
Nuclear kisses to a plastic backbone
a moralist change of heartfelt failure
paleness found in the face of danger shown
in the light of a belated savior.
The spark went out at the height of it all,
as if fate fell short of a timeless fall.

© Kevan B., Beaverton, OR

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