temidayo
temidayo
May 06, 2012

I imagined,but I never imagined...

I imagined like always you would
come,
Whistling that moronic tune,with
your breath soaked with rum.
Asking like always,if I have eaten,
before dressing my palm with
bills -spoils of a gambler's
war,taxed from those you had at
the table beaten. Though drink
was cascade-ing ur voice
sore,with a lil lime,you gulped
the gin more.
Today as always I waited
with pitched bliss,
Ignorant of what life had fated.
I imagined your coming,more
than your leaving, I imagined
your arrival,your presence,your
gift, but I never imagined it come
to an end like this.
Only natural that blow be dealt
by the booze, only natural that
sometime at the table you would
lose.
I expected but I never expected
that for you so soon: of life and
death you would have to
choose.
Lying spread eagle in the gutter
toes peeping from holes in socks
in dire want of shoes,
Your story vendetta visit on a
weakened drunk,
Bitterness for your wining streak.
The report accident of a kind-
that was freak.
None to but you to blame,thus
you were lifted from the drain
with a clinging filth like shame.
I had imagined,but never
imagined that it would . . . its
best I stop imagining what I had
failed to imagine.

About This Poem

Last Few Words: Something worth imagining.

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

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Cloudthings

Wow, there is so much brilliance & talent in this write, I am left with the desire just to sit with it reverently for a long time. I am most impressed.

There are typo's & spelling errors & some little bits that you could see to, but I am so affected by the write that I just feel like "who cares about grammar in the face of this!" Sigh... it takes something special to have such affect with your writing, "thank you" sounds trite & inappropriate, but I hope to read more of you at least.

Cloudthings

You know, I don't think I'd want you to sound that Western, & as I said, I think the little typo's & grammatical errors really don't detract from the poem anyway. There will always be some who are sticklers for correct grammar etc. but if I were you, I'd just keep writing & not let that be your major focus. If this is your style then it's worth getting over pedantic "English" fanaticism to read, I assure you.

Blue_Halcyon

I enjoyed this poem, which is saying a lot. (It's very rare that a poem will keep my attention long enough for me to finish it.) As Cloudthings points out there are some grammatical issues here and there. Your voice in this piece I wouldn't tamper with. Correct the spelling, some of the punctuation, and shift the formatting of the lines to make the flow a bit smoother. That's really all I'd change about it. The imagery in the poem was excellent.

temidayo

I will definately come round to reading your stuff too. I use a mobile phone for all my poetry uploads and when i type its not the same experience wit a desktop. I will find time to sort all typos