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| so...i guess here we can talk about poetry/the written word...if anyone is up for writing lyrics/stories thats great too! my two favorite things in the world are to write and to sing, so the connection between the two is a very happy place for me (for lack of better description!)
here is one of my favorite poems, that i wrote (i will post some more that i like that i didn't write as well)
living up to her name
Her name had been shortened
By well-meaning adults her entire life
Instead of calling her ‘Catherine’
She had always been ‘Cath’
Which suited her just as well.
But then more derivatives came along
Much to her chagrin
‘Kitty’ and ‘Cat’.
Her parents gave her such an important name
The name of queens
And saints
(Who have had their bodies broken by wheels).
Those in the past who have held her name
Have been brave (martyred)
And important.
But she is just Kitty
She shares a name with a domesticated animal.
A bar of Dove soap to accompany her
In her shower with Suave shampoo
(she knows the promise of extra shine
Will never be fulfilled).
She is thin enough
(she can only imagine the hell her life would be
if she was fat)
But her shadow figure
Is shrouded by too-big clothes
Which don’t bear the designer
Disclaimer her coworkers hold
In such high esteem.
When Kitty returns from work at night
She does not go out.
She curls up on her couch
(in a position not unlike the one
her adopted namesake is famous for)
And reminisces on a life
Of courage and strength
She knows she will never have.
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