James Barrs Poems

Test Failed
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Unwanted by a profession, friends and loved ones,
Unimportant to the happiness, productivity and longevity,
Unneeded for passion, pleasure and love.
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She wants you as a candle,
Not as a light bulb in a lamp.
She wants to go to the drawer
And pull you out when
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Sing about how you're glad
To be alive, survive.

Don't admit that death entices,
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When I get this close to you
I can barely catch my breath
When you touch my hand,
The electricity skips my heart
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Drunk again, inside poetry,
A little swimming in excess.

Ancient labyrinth. Someone
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What if the best you have to give is gone?
What if the rest is just downhill?
What if even the good times, weren't so good.
What if your heart isn't empty, and no one cares?
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Restless cannot contain the spring
compressed, caged, wanton. twitching
limbs, windy breath, unattainable. Imprisoned
in nervous thoughts, fears, skin. fight for admiration,
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You left your smell
On my pillow, long ago.
I lived for days on your
Scent alone.
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