The Pumpkin Carver

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This poem was written during my last year in the corporate world.
I think the metaphor worked well.

The Pumpkin Carver

just because I cut open
your head and scooped out
all the things I didn't want
wet slimy stringy brains
and slippery seeds of ideas

just because I gouged your face
making your eyes look straight
slicing a new view to my liking
opening your mouth when I was ready

doesn't mean you have to insist
on sitting there dead and empty
feeling your own slow rot
and refusing me anything
but that crooked smile


                             © Chuck Beals

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simoneaugustus commented on The Pumpkin Carver

10-12-2009

Great analogy! And perfect timing for the upcoming holiday. A very unique view of a tradition taken for granted. Well done!

BlueHeron

10/12/2009

thanx for such positive energies...they will grow new smiles

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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