May 28 2007
A Meaningful Cliché (In Three Parts)
I’m not a fan of clichés or convenient metaphors.
They’re easy and safe, trite and overused.
But they’re clichés for a reason,
Since at one time,
They held weight.
They had power.
They used to be worth something.
And it’s for that reason,
It’s quite understandable how I can
Latch onto the idea of a
Deep, dark, drowning ocean,
Hoping to hold onto any passing sense of meaning
Like it was the last remaining board
From my once-gorgeous vessel.
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This long, slender scrap of wood keeps me afloat
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