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chromehorserace
Matthew Rhodes
United States, Georgia, Woodstock

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Killed Myself Today

killed myself today
I'm not one to delay the inevitable
I don't shoot from the hip
my gun's always in my hand
took a shot of whiskey
and my eyes started to water
so I killed myself today
'cause I am not a man

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bounarjaf Comment by: bounarjaf - 2008-04-01 15:33
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Powerful and concise. It´s good to deal with taboo subjects
such as this one. I also recently wrote something on this
subject but haven´t put it up, not knowing how it would
be received. The response to this poem is encouraging.
Ithastobegood Comment by: Ithastobegood - 2008-03-31 06:34
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Weird words that make complete sense in a very optomistically dimensionally wonderful way. What i'm trying to say is i think its a masterpiece because its short, to the point, honest and who would ever admit that their not real in the sense of what this world counts as real.
Brilliant!
blankpaper25 Comment by: blankpaper25 - 2007-08-31 17:36
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nice, very visual for such few words.
Comment by: - 2007-07-29 12:08
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Wow. the last line gives this piece an especially powerful impact. You say so much with only a few words. Nice work. I enjoyed reading.
Suzanne Comment by: Suzanne - 2007-05-07 06:17
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"my gun's always in my hand" and "took a shot of whiskey"--you say so much in so few words. Could you consider taking out the first two appearances of the word "'cause"? as in "killed myself today/i'm not one to delay the inevitable"-- "I don't shoot from the hip/my gun's always in my hand" and also the word "I" in the fourth from last line? as in "took a shot of whiskey?" in the last instance, it fits with the title, perhaps even illuminates it. --Your title is punchy and direct, and your poem is, too, making the sadness even more poignant. Thanks for this.
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