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epitaphin the end
when i'm almost gone
and all i've left
is a red lamp
and a ragged song
to pave my way
into the thunderstorm
let every raindrop murmur
i loved you and lost
nothing but emptiness
and the company
of ghosts

if death is a sentenceif death is a sentence,
let mine be
worth reading slowly
in the early morning
and bring to your heart,
my dear,
the ebb and swell
of the sea

even then(exhausted by shame)even then
(exhausted by shame)
i felt the pull
(the undeniable grasp)
of my other self
following the rain through
narrow prison windows
to fill the ravine of my mind
with the color of your skin
whose freckles
lead my blood to my hands
(lead your name to my lips)
to write(say)

"if i am a criminal
(as all who live are)
remove my reflection
stain my skin grey as time
do all within the reach of justice
(lifeless words carved on stone)
to tear away my tongue
and murder my protestations
on the concrete floor

i still bleed red"

and behind the exhaustion of my eyes

A Life Revised

I was the baby born of
Spring and Summer,
arriving too late to be cold
but too early to be burnt.
Once I held a silver fish in my hands
and watched it wriggle under the water
until I let it escape into the shallows.
Lost more friends than I can count on a finger
but made just as many that I won't lose.
I've nursed a fallen blue-jay chick back to health
only to watch him die the next day.
I've only seen one snowstorm
but I've seen more rainstorms
than most people can say.
Years ago, I saw a bat crawl around
on my sister's head
and did nothing but call my father.

I used to have three good friends:
one tall and dark-haired,
th

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Submitted on: August 17, 2006
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=AlexandraGaudiosi Aug 22, 2012 Photographer

_{I actually love this drawing the most out of your gallery. It tells a story, and makes me wonder, what happened in the world that made these two end up in gas masks? Well done!}

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`TouchedVenus Sep 18, 2008 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Simple yet very nicely done. Love the gas masks on the cat and the girl.

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~BlackDelphin Sep 8, 2008 Hobbyist General Artist

featured here [link] thanks once more for making this

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~BlackDelphin Sep 3, 2008 Hobbyist General Artist

ooh my indeed!! i just love the mask on the little kitty

great drawing

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~Acerbusphoenix Aug 6, 2007

i <3 gas masks andkittycats with weird boys...you win.

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*Agent-Jolliday Jun 22, 2007

I like the composition and the idea. The lines need some clean-up, but the rest looks great.

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~charminou Jun 22, 2007

oh wow, very good idea! very well done, nice colors!

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~rickyruffle May 1, 2007 Student Photographer

awesome!

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~leAlmighty May 1, 2007

How could I not fav? Wonderful piece. Its very rugged and raw. Colors are perfect!

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~inkedstars Jan 23, 2007 Photographer

Very interesting piece! It's cute in that non-conventional way.

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