close the blinds
close the blinds:let all those who see
think of it what they will,
but the mind shall
be ever free from onlookers
scorn the gawkers of others' minds
who have no thoughts of their own
the house seems to have cried -
the windows still have a residue of tears
(i think it rained last night)
sometimes i watch the rain
and listen to its soft beat
and it soothes the dying of the self
(i want to die
swimming
on a rainy night)
close the blinds, please
for i have seen enough -
the show has met its end,
let's go home
(perhaps my body will be found
in the aftermath of the rain storm)
12/13/15
Poetry by Thomas Perdue
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Written on 2015-12-19 at 06:01
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