THE SENTENCE
By Adrianna Delgado
The reality is I missed you when we were still together,Because our forever was fiction we were trying to writeBut couldn't find the lines.
We plagiarized ourselves and our peersSaying everything we knew we wanted to hear.Playing tear for tear against the truth of our fears.
The truth that we were both alone in every together we tried to create.
I equate your beauty with the shallowness I hate,
Inside myself it formed the love I thought I felt.
I sit here kicking myself for the kisses I tried to mean but only faked.
I can't let go, but it's the dream I can't shake.
That's the problem with dreaming while you're still awake, Never facing the day that awaits;
I create, I create...I create what's not real because what's not real always feels safe.
If I'm the villain and you're the victim or if I'm the victim and you're the villain
We both still behaved like children...Children who needed a best friend they could touch and fuck
And survive the loneliness if they had any luck.
I can't hate you for wanting what I wanted,
And leaving when you realized our hearts were haunted...Haunted by illusions of love fed to us like love is the only nutrient
That can sustain our stained souls as they pour tears as the sky pours rain.
I want you to be sorry as I am sorryBecause our lie to each other as we lied with each otherWas far from a menial crimeAnd my heart is still locked away, doing the time.
©Adrianna Delgado (July 2008)
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What is Read & Destroy?
Read & Destroy is an art-based initiative with the sole purpose of exposing, printing and publicizing artists, poets, and writers at no charge to anyone.
What do you mean “at no charge?”
We mean at no charge.
We print content in an easy to distribute hand-out format with materials we purchase.
Although we do accept donations;
There are no submission fee’s, no materials fee’s,
no gross production fee’s at all!
We are focused solely on sharing art and verse with the public and helping to provide a vehicle for exposing artists and circulating their work.
We do act as a third party merchant
when publishing certain books, anthologies etcetera
for authors with our press.
But the sales prices are set by the author and all royalties obtained go solely to the author.
We do not keep a cent.
We simply provide a forum to the public wherein the author can have complete control over their work and its distribution.
In what form is the material printed?
Most of our publications are printed on a standard 8 ½ inch X 11 inch piece of 22 lb paper folded in half to create a front-cover, two interior pages, and a rear-cover.
Some of our issues contain multiple poets, artists, etc. in these specific publications several pages are bound with standard issue saddle staples to create a small book.
We also constantly post material on our blog-site
http://www.readanddestroyit.blogspot.com/
How does it work?
It’s quite simple just send us your poems, artwork, short fiction etc.
And we will contact you about the series you will appear in.
We almost never reject and always comment and respond to our submitters.
Who’s behind all of this?
Read & Destroy is funded and maintained
entirely by poet and writer, Justin Parrinello
and is headquartered in Poughkeepsie, NY.
How do i submit?
By Email-
Send your art, poetry, short fiction etc. in the body of an email to read.and.destroy@gmail.com
with a subject line including your name and the type of submission you're sending.
For example, "Visual art sub" or "Poetry sub" etc.
By Postal Service-
Send your art, poetry, short fiction etc. to
Read & Destroy Press
PO Box 1572 Pleasant Valley, New York 12569
I'm interested in getting a book published,
what do i do? Who do i talk to?
Email us and we'll discuss everything and create,
to the best of our ability your vision of the finished product.
If you're in a hurry to get a quick chapbook off the press and aren't don't care about the art direction, format, font or other intricacies you can skip the small talk and just send us your manuscript in the body of an email, imbedded, or in a Microsoft word attachment and we'll create and send you a stock of books and or design a website featuring the material.
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