Thursday, June 23, 2011

my canteen

Caution never worried me
I've always kept it cool
my cap is off, that
is either
good or bad
formless function,
ending derivative
of your mouth on my lip
caused connection straight down the gullet
you watch when I am empty,
you fill me irregularly.
I wonder, do you always enjoy the last drop

6 comments:

  1. oh yes. this makes me wish I followed the prompt more closely.

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  2. A questioning canteen worries about the last drop, but has no control over content. Not fair.

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  3. I like how you chose to do this prompt~ Sounds a lot like the view of life, the control and lack of it~

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  4. mr. probable,

    A very clever use of the poetry prompt. The view as seen by the canteen itself!

    Eileen

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  5. You ended this poem amazingly! And what a great object to write about/from.

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