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the man sees, sighs

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we theorize the ways and whys of his desire
haunted, daunted, buried by past
felt upon sight of beauty of
our numberless distaff half

callow, hollow heart-ed, fallow
as he was, sadly is, still
stricken via various vivid visions

virtually, literally 'gone up in smoke'
keys to heaven tossed, lost
but, in solitude he knows no hell
being immune, numb to suffering

nonetheless, he is damned
he sees he is damned

i see... i am damned


llp - dA - sep2012
inspired as a comment on - :thumb327921627:

thank you, Max.

rewritten/retitled/reposted - sep20/2012 - pre-critique.

changed nuance in the first line - sep20/2012 - post-critique.
edit - swapped 'way' and 'why', moved 'buried'' - sep23/2012.'
edits - inserted a line and several other nuancial words - oct3/2012.
edits - removed most punctuation - one or two small changes - repost, just because - dec03/2017

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:star::star::star::star::star-half: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star: Impact

vision - he sees her, she is beyond his reach, he wants her anyway, and the fantasy of love, where he will have her, may be all that remains as we age - we cannot know, so we theorize...

originality - what can be original about sex? it's been around. Now, there is innuendo - "size of is desire" "desire buried" and then the idea is "haunted daunted" as if plumbing might no longer work. "keys to heaven - tossed". this is all nicely done; multilevel stuff.

technique - the non-metric rhyme, repetition, and alliteration is good; it is off-kilter and fits as deconstructionist with the diminishing 4-3-3-2-1 form.

impact - "I see... I am damned" - twist the whole thing around; see a little of yourself in others; piercing perception; a sign of maturity, and in spite of the now-obvious depth, the whole thing is fun to read