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By the tail feathers of doubt,
Peering down the drop,
Into the inside-out.
My feet; already falling,
My body; far behind,
Searching for the answer
That I don’t expect to find.
Something in my skull
Is chewing on my brain,
‘Tastes quite good with ketchup,
And a sprinkling of pain’.
In my arms they’re crawling,
Right beneath my skin,
Wriggling like worms
When you prod them with a pin.
Down – I see the bottom,
Up I see the sky,
‘Mummy, daddy, save me,
I don’t want to die’.
I think my doubt-bird’s flying
For the fall is very long,
Not that I’m complaining,
It just seems rather wrong.
Spitting out the chewing gum,
(I’ve been chewing that all year),
Look; if we go fast enough,
It’ll fly back past my ear.
What if I could let go,
But I think my nails are glued
They’ve been digging in so long
That they’ll need to be removed.
Hanging on to reason,
By the tail feathers of doubt,
Peering down the drop,
Into the inside-out.
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Hanging on to reason

Contributed by Ami_and_me on Friday, 25th October 2002 @ 11:45:00 AM in AEST
Topic: MiscPoems

Hanging on to reason,
By the tail feathers of doubt,
Peering down the drop,
Into the inside-out.
My feet; already falling,
My body; far behind,
Searching for the answer
That I don’t expect to find.
Something in my skull
Is chewing on my brain,
‘Tastes quite good with ketchup,
And a sprinkling of pain’.
In my arms they’re crawling,
Right beneath my skin,
Wriggling like worms
When you prod them with a pin.
Down – I see the bottom,
Up I see the sky,
‘Mummy, daddy, save me,
I don’t want to die’.
I think my doubt-bird’s flying
For the fall is very long,
Not that I’m complaining,
It just seems rather wrong.
Spitting out the chewing gum,
(I’ve been chewing that all year),
Look; if we go fast enough,
It’ll fly back past my ear.
What if I could let go,
But I think my nails are glued
They’ve been digging in so long
That they’ll need to be removed.
Hanging on to reason,
By the tail feathers of doubt,
Peering down the drop,
Into the inside-out.

Copyright Â© Ami_and_me ... [ 2002-10-25 11:45:00]
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Re: Hanging on to reason (User Rating: 1 )
by viola on Friday, 25th October 2002 @ 07:25:22 PM AEST
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I like the way you wrote this.

Re: Hanging on to reason (User Rating: 0 )
by Former_Member on Saturday, 2nd November 2002 @ 04:25:44 PM AEST
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wow this is an awesome poem...I can't believe it has been so overlooked...thanks for sharing this and I'm glad I found this little gem...

Re: Hanging on to reason (User Rating: 1 )
by ladyfawn on Saturday, 4th January 2003 @ 09:01:57 PM AEST
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Dearest Ami @-<-<<-

Brilliant write my friend ty for sharing this one..
"Hanging on to reason, By the tail feathers of doubt," soooo much in this..

Your friend always Nessa

Re: Hanging on to reason (User Rating: 1 )
by wolfflow on Saturday, 4th January 2003 @ 09:04:39 PM AEST
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blown away by that one, dont have the words to express where this one took me, i feel lucky to have come cross your poetry, you have a wonderful beautiful talent

Re: Hanging on to reason (User Rating: 1 )
by lilch4ever on Saturday, 29th March 2003 @ 01:45:36 AM AEST
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I'm just lost for words. I'm just blown way. Nice write.

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