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 Rhyming My Mortgage
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Posted on 08-08-06 10:45 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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I bought this home a couple of months ago. This damn house does not care about me. It doesn’t bother to ask me how my day was when I return from work. It does not care what the doctor said when I come back from an appointment. It did not congratulate me when my sister-in-law gave birth to a beautiful daughter. It just stands there. It doesn’t hate my manager for me. It has no passion for football or my writings. I just feel very lonely when I am left alone with this house. It does not miss my friends for me. They sold me a home, it turned out to be a house. Shame. Hence the poem below…

Rhyming My Mortgage

A drunken midnight, adrift, I tumbled upon this man rather old
Under an old bridge, cut off with time, engraving his past in bold
Welcome, he said, fear not this night, you rather seem to be lost
Welcome, he said, spare the night, bearing my tales be your cost
Welcome, he said, it belongs to us, this soil beneath us, I cherish
Welcome, he said, I have a bottle, I’d love to share before I perish
Oh my dear guest, put on my blankets, cold here splits your bone
You must own a wall, hang my painting, I call it an overdue loan


A sober midday, stretched in thoughts, I tumbled upon this man
In a deserted warehouse, playing a bassoon, as loudly as he can
Sing with me, he said, sing me my sorrow, my words I fail to sing
Sing with me, he said, I veil my anguish, behind this telling ring
Sing with me, he said, the roof above now, belongs to you and I
Sing with me, he said, I have a tune, that is the least we can try
Oh my dear guest, I won’t be lonely, your echo will speak to me
You tamed my tune, you cried my words, the day was mine to be


A drunken midnight, or a sober midday, whilst no guest at home
I smell of wood, I smell of paints, that dull smell of being alone
The ‘Overdue painting’, sighs at me when, I’m not being a host
The tune I learned, of a grieving ring, rhymes only after a toast
Dine with me, I say, the dinner I offer, I wish I grew on my land
Wine with me, I say, laughter is muted, without a glass in hand
Welcome I say, your untainted laughter, I shall rewind and pause
To survive my home, while alone by myself, I sure need a cause
 
Posted on 08-12-06 8:26 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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hahha!!

how could I have missed this??

sum_off I am enjoying every bit of your writing!
I think I missed one piece though - the actual marriage ceremony itself - I would have LOVED to hear the excruciating details of that.

Cheers
 
Posted on 08-12-06 10:22 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Suna,
I got married on the 16th day. I will post everything that happened during the wedding—well, of course, at the risk of alienating my in-laws. I finished my ninth day last week; I haven't had time to edit it because I'm dizzyingly busy at work. Will post soon. Thanks for noticing this poem.
 
Posted on 08-12-06 10:36 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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An array of thoughts expressed in a compact form! Enjoyed it thoroughly.
 


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