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white camellia
12-18-2005, 04:35 AM
Discard me
Like one tossed a Cigarette Box on a turnpike
Where a van thrilled through.
Nobody sees
That silver pane
Glaring over the road,
Empty inside and out.
Then in smoking you get lost.
Here it is with the English corrected and neatened up (though it may not be quite as you want it):
Discard me,
A Cigarette Box in the dust,
Like one tossed away on a turnpike,
Flashing a van thrilled through [i don't understand this line]
Nobody sees
That silver pane
Glaring over the road,
Nobody sees,
Empty inside and out
Smoking you lost in I see [not sure what this one means either]
Will you remember me?
I think it might be a lot more interesting without the very last line.
white camellia
12-24-2005, 10:47 PM
Here it is with the English corrected and neatened up
---Thank you, blp!
(though it may not be quite as you want it):
---None of my poems has ever been revised, I 'discard' it the moment I finished the creation, but this's no good in the least, then I could never claim that "I love the flowers of after-thought".
Discard me
Like one tossed a Cigarette Box on a turnpike
where a van thrilled through.
Nobody sees
That silver pane
Glaring over the road,
Empty inside and out.
then in smoking you lost.
---and does this sound better? :p
Actually, yes it does, much better.
Been away for a while and finding some nice stuff by you to catch up on.
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