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Jeffrey Powell 1979 (Pittsburgh, PA)



Diverted eyes
Thinking about trying to read minds
when making up my story
gets stale but ongoing

Diverging lies
Knowing the headlines aren't the frontlines
is false solace anyway
illusion = delusion

Diminished cries
Misery is the price of admission
accepting the score
is seldom done internally

Deleted whys
Sanity is not so easily preserved
forgetting some memories
doesn't vanquish the pain

Defeated sighs
Comforting nonetheless is,
slowly but surely, –suffocating each–
our guilt will not be the same

About this poem

I wrote this (circa 2012) contemplating how l am different from others. It's true that everyone is different in different ways, but there is a minority of true uniqueness among the mainstream masses of humanity.

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Submitted by JokerGem on January 23, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXBX AAXC ACXB AXXX AXXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 511
Words 84
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Jeffrey Powell

A bit of an introvert, Jeffrey enjoys using words and poetry as an outlet for expressing his thoughts and feelings. He tends to play by his own rules and darts in and out of the civilized world, as avoiding the conventional gathering is more his style. Jeffrey lives with his fraternal twin whom he enjoys sharing a laugh with at the opportune time. more…

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