That Fucking Trophy

[I'm struggling with this one... It wants to be written but I sure as fuck can't hear the damned thing... This was from last weeks Mag. Totally stumped me.]

take your trashcan trophy
and leave me be
remove me from
the pedestal
on which I never belonged

it was your fantasy
of who I was not
rather than any
Tony winning
performance of mine
what you see
is what you got
with your eyes closed

dust off the gilding
turn to turpentine
peel skins away
reveal the charred interior

and revel in the discrepancy
of what you wanted
against the reality
of me

7 comments:

  1. See what I'm talking about? This would have been the best one!
    It's amazing...

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  2. i see what you mean...it has some seriously kick-ass imagery and a stunning message....

    i really, really like it -- i think it's definitely worth working on...perhaps some distance is required..last week is pretty close, still.

    "what you see
    is what you got
    with your eyes closed"

    o.m.g - i LOVE that...

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  3. Love this, stark realities of the struggles we make. Well done.

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  4. I love this...many lines make me go hmmmm...bnrilliant. Cant wait to see it all finished.

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  5. Whatever you are doing ... continue! I love this.

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  6. Brilliant. This is the best of yours I've read.

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