POEM STARTER
Submitted by Mae Bailey
“We live in a land where the footprints of ghosts linger.”
Use this line to start or end a poem. It can be any genre as long as you feel it fits the sentence well.
Absolute One
**Taking another sip from the tequila bottle he kept on the bottom shelf for months **
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**Richard continued to tell his story **
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_“It was one of those nights with no weather-_
_It was awkward and promised something with nothing there”_
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_Bleak and awkward and blah blah blah blah_”
**A pause**
_But it was not bland _
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_I could swear on those nights I saw a ghost man_
_I_
_I - I swear to GOD I saw a ghost _
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_But it didn’t even mean anything _
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_It was just walking and walking in circles like it was chasing itself _
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_Fu- like _
_Cmon man I know you don’t believe me but it was THERE _
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I stared blankly back at him
I almost felt bad_**__
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**Richard chucked for a sec**_ _
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_Alright man I’m sorry it’s _
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_It’s just the liq_
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_…_
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_The liqo_
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_……_
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_Listen I wish I could say it was but I FEEL this man _
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_What could possibly make you want to visit that place I swear it is NOT a good idea _
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_…… _
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**_Richard looks down for a bit
_**_It was cold man_
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_And I miss him._
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_I haven’t - we haven’t seen him in years _
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_And I know he was always an independent guy but _
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_We gotta accept that he’s gone._
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_You haven’t even seen ME in months bro its like_
_You _
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_You disappeared. _
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_Why? _
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_I-I miss you man _
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**I stare**
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**Richard looks back.**
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_You look like him._
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_Alright bro, I can take you to where he dissapeared but that’s the end of journey_
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_I can never go back there _
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_We live in a land where_
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_Footprints, man_
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_Of ghosts linger _
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_I want no part of that._
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**I smile**
**I am here to find a monster.**
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**“Perfect”**
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**_Somewhere, somehow
There is a spiral
star case
and a MONSTER
chasing itself.
I desire the pace_****.**
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