Unspent

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Virgin papers
spread before me

undefiled

no burden of remorse
no weight of mystery
do they bear

no sting of anger
no wink of mirth
no blush of passion

coin of phrase unspent

nothing clever
nor profound
this night

icy void
my thoughts

uninspired

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rob kistner © 2023

More poetry at: dVerse

 


24 thoughts on “Unspent”

  1. It’s a Blah night indeed. How about some I cream, can you have that?
    Your “virgin papers”, I scarf up the ones ‘thoroughly used’ on one side, use them for personal not very important stuff printing. Even raid waste baskets at the post office, etc.
    ..

  2. I like the way your quadrille is enclosed by the two words ‘Unspent’ and ‘uninspired’, Rob, and the list of negatives enclosed by ‘undefiled’ and ‘uninspired’, to emphasise the ‘icy void’. But the void didn’t last long – you were inspired after all.

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