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Did I have to play 'that' album?

By Kendall Defoe Published 26 days ago Updated 26 days ago 1 min read
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Really?
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“Eclipse”? Played by that group?

Could I be more predictable?

Like it wasn’t going to be on my list…

I did try something classical:

Penderecki, Reich, Holst,

Strauss and his vocal Zarathustra…but…

Everything I needed was on that dark side…

Everything under the sun was in tune, but the sun was eclipsed by the...

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  • Dharrsheena Raja Segarran25 days ago

    Oooo, that last line was my favourite! Loved your Acrostic!

  • Andrea Corwin 26 days ago

    Wow - so ORIGINAL!!❣️ I love how you did this poem.

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