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January 5, 2009
By Nicholas Hébert DIAMOND, Austin, Texas
Nicholas Hébert DIAMOND, Austin, Texas
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You hear a Voice that’s haunting taunting
The Head of the Table’s talking talking
And His words are walking walking
In your mind
Round and round
With a sickly, twisted sound sound

Your Ear is intently listening
When your forehead starts a-glistening
And your Hands begin to sweat
As your Mouth begins to wet

Your Hands go a-gripping gripping
To the Glass
Your Sweat goes dripping dripping
Your Throat goes a-lumping lumping
Your Heart goes a-thumping thumping
And Adrenaline goes a-pumping pumping
Up Your Spine

Your Glass in grip goes squeaking squeaking
And Your Eyes go seeking seeking
a distraction
From another guest’s action

Again, the Glass goes creaking creaking
And Its Contents go leaking leaking

Now, the Glass goes breaking breaking
Then Your head is aching aching
From nerves painstaking staking

The cracks go slashing slashing
At Your Lips
And the shards go smashing smashing
Onto the tablecloth
At Your hips

Your Eyes go blinking blinking
And Your Back goes sinking sinking
Just as You were thinking thinking
To Excuse Yourself

The Head of the Table’s laughing laughing
The guests’ attention goes halfing halfing
Onto you

Finally, You start standing standing
Eyes of the Supper Guests demanding, demanding
Why
You sigh
And exit



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nygal said...
on Sep. 8 2011 at 11:31 pm
coldent have said it better myself ...that was amazing

Ayme S. said...
on Aug. 19 2011 at 12:01 pm
this could be a song! it's really awesome! please have a look at my poetry too.

on May. 4 2011 at 10:16 pm
maxxykat94 PLATINUM, Centreville, Virginia
29 articles 4 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do everything with excellence.

this was intense!

on Nov. 8 2010 at 6:57 pm
lovebug18 BRONZE, Columbia, Illinois
3 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Stressed is just another way to spell desserts..just take a piece of cake..<br /> <br /> ~unknown<br /> <br /> I prefer pie : )

truly amazing..

on Mar. 9 2010 at 1:00 am
teenbookworm14 PLATINUM, Plainfield, Connecticut
41 articles 0 photos 164 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Nothing gold can stay&quot; -Robert Frost

i completely agree with goldengirl

on Mar. 3 2010 at 8:38 pm
GoldenGirl PLATINUM, Vashon, Washington
41 articles 31 photos 116 comments
You know, this is actually fabulous poetry; one of the best poems I've read in such a long time. What was really great about it was that it wasn't just a bunch of words; you turned an event from the eyes of a group of people, to your own, expressing a perspective that only you at that time had. And that's it; that's poetry.

wolf13 SILVER said...
on Feb. 15 2010 at 3:04 pm
wolf13 SILVER, Phoenix, Arizona
7 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;to kill two birds with one stone&quot; i like it because I&#039;m always trying to finish two things at once.

this was actually really good. i like how you just keep adding up and up in your peom. keep up the good work.

Aurora said...
on Dec. 18 2009 at 7:17 am
i love your poem! it is wickedly awesome :)

decouvrir GOLD said...
on Nov. 25 2009 at 12:31 pm
decouvrir GOLD, Cedar Park, Texas
11 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Music is a total constant. That&#039;s why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song says the same, just like that moment.&rdquo; -Sarah Dessen

heyy im from austin too!! :)

decouvrir GOLD said...
on Nov. 25 2009 at 12:29 pm
decouvrir GOLD, Cedar Park, Texas
11 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Music is a total constant. That&#039;s why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song says the same, just like that moment.&rdquo; -Sarah Dessen

ooh yea it is like edgar allen poe! great job! :)

on Nov. 4 2009 at 3:01 pm
AbbotRabbit GOLD, Abolana, District Of Columbia
11 articles 0 photos 1028 comments

Favorite Quote:
This poem has great flow and insight.<br /> I really enjoyed it.<br /> Lovely poem darling =]<br /> -Please check out the works that I have posted on here it would be highly appreciated and I think you would greatly enjoy them, Thankk youz-<br /> XxIll tell you Im an orphan after you meet myy familyXx

Great meaning and insight. I loved it.

Beautiful poem darling=]

-Please check out my poems that I have posted it would be greatly apreciated.

on Jul. 20 2009 at 11:50 pm
vickilovesu0227 SILVER, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
9 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Love is giving someone the power to break your heart, but trusting them not to.&quot;

heyy i think that i could make this into an amazing song...but i would need your permission, of course.

on Jul. 11 2009 at 12:58 am
Leyah Melikian BRONZE, Waban, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 3 comments
This is really good! The rhythm sounds amazing.

on Jan. 17 2009 at 3:44 am
ooh so frightening!! it's like a modern edgar allan poe thing. all of the sudden i am freezing with fright!