Friends Burning

[Laura]

a/n: this was inspired by a song title called "I Set My Friends on Fire" ... I'm unsure who its by but it was for a contest. I didn't win but oh well

Friends Burning (the bloody, the bruised, the bothersome)

weekend was a cut-
fire
wash-it-all-off-my-hands weekend

sitting there on a park bench
abandoned again
sorry over a faded telephone
but I can hear your smile
just as well as I can see your
better-than-you face

the dew will be rather ripe this morning
the blood will not show up through dirt
underneath about a foot of grass

the neighbours awoke
what's the rush?
what's the orange light shadowing on the wall?

your blood is on my clothes
but your bones are burning on a rusty lawn

door was ajar
out come the strangers
and the shameless police in underwear

what a coincidence
what a commotion
what a common clear conclusion to teenage angst.

still.

my teeth are gittery
why can't I scrub you out of my jeans?
please don't stain
they cost a fortune

I'm still not smiling
even though you're singed into the ground
I'm still not smiling
even though you're no longer alive . . .

if it were a mistake
only another weekend
a cut up fire weekend
could prove it again.

[thecrazybeautiful]

I can't pick out a favorite part, because all of it had something I really like about it, but

"and the shameless police in underwear"

made me kinda laugh when I read it. Gives me this image of these police officers who have no clue how to do their job... In school yesterday we read an article about that little girl, Jessica I think, who got stuck in a well in Texas and the oil diggers could dig down to her, but they didn't know how to rescue her... Reminds me a little of that.

This also seems to have some rather dark humor hidden in there, but not like anything extremely harsh... I like this.

[lanaia74]

Brilliant! Superb! B ravo!