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calliopen — california's in a drought and so am i
Published: 2017-03-13 04:35:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 467; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 0
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Description california's in a drought and so am i : 
it's been days since ive felt the patter of
            fingertips on my skin
    
parched
        - i arch my back into empty dreams - 
i bare my neck, my bare skin, for you

god won't give me a reason to stop falling in love, and
            neither will my friends
and im as good as gone when it comes down to you, don't tell me

    i know the last time i thought about you, it was this morning;
      i chased your scent into my pillow and left it there

so we chased stars, once, used them as a means
to an end, and we fell with them

i'm sixty percent water and forty percent love, baby,
and i think i'm all dried up from when i poured myself out for you
        
you're a california rainstorm : you're next to me and then you're gone
        and i'm left with just enough to last me
til the next time you decide to love me.
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Comments: 19

dontrustme9imlying [2017-04-09 19:22:57 +0000 UTC]

oh my, wow. the first few lines got me hooked, i love the idea of this and everything about it.

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calliopen In reply to dontrustme9imlying [2017-04-16 19:04:03 +0000 UTC]

thank you!!!

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seekerofsigns [2017-03-29 03:28:55 +0000 UTC]

So lovely and breathtaking in its imagery and emotion. Your wordplay and flow to convey it is spot on and intelligent and profoundly evocative.

Also, your friend is thoroughly talented as well. I feel like a collaboration would bear remarkable fruit. Just saying.

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calliopen In reply to seekerofsigns [2017-04-07 06:28:21 +0000 UTC]

thank you for your kind words!!!! a collaboration would be amazing with him, i agree

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pansydiv [2017-03-20 13:18:19 +0000 UTC]

harrison is super talented btw!!! and okay i love this poem and there's something about the structure and feel of it that's different from your other stuff, at least to me? it's all the usual karen stuff; soft, bittersweet, nostalgic...  but there's something more that's here and i can't seem to figure out just what???? 

something really interesting about this poem is how it all fits together rlly nicely, i tried to find my favourite lines but i don't want to quote anything because this piece has a certain completeness about it, you get me? idk 

so much for a coherent attempt, i'm on strike 2

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calliopen In reply to pansydiv [2017-04-07 07:04:23 +0000 UTC]

also i think its bc i wrote it more like song lyrics? like i would almost never use "baby" in my regular writing

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pansydiv In reply to calliopen [2017-04-16 14:05:22 +0000 UTC]

ahh i literally re-read this poem and i see what you mean! it's certainly very lyrical in a way that's different from your other stuff!

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calliopen In reply to pansydiv [2017-04-07 06:27:07 +0000 UTC]

ilysm honestly 

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pansydiv In reply to calliopen [2017-04-16 14:04:29 +0000 UTC]

ilysm more honestly lmao

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peaseblossoms [2017-03-17 19:22:48 +0000 UTC]

god im in love w this

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calliopen In reply to peaseblossoms [2017-03-20 05:10:16 +0000 UTC]

!!!!! like honestly every time u comment on something of mine i get so excited bc i looove ur writing 

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PatchworkLynx [2017-03-13 23:42:56 +0000 UTC]

whoooo this is completely awesome and also your friend's music skills are god tier XD
 

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calliopen In reply to PatchworkLynx [2017-03-20 05:09:37 +0000 UTC]

omg right!!!! i love his music. and ty lovely u are also awesome

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PatchworkLynx In reply to calliopen [2017-03-21 23:52:00 +0000 UTC]

 

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Daghrgenzeen [2017-03-13 12:11:49 +0000 UTC]

Aaahhhh. Gorgeous..

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calliopen In reply to Daghrgenzeen [2017-03-20 05:09:11 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much !!

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pansydiv [2017-03-13 11:54:06 +0000 UTC]

i have too many things to say asdfghjkl i'll organize my thoughts & come back and leave you a coherent comment <3

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calliopen In reply to pansydiv [2017-03-20 05:09:00 +0000 UTC]

i luv u to bits

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pansydiv In reply to calliopen [2017-03-20 15:41:46 +0000 UTC]

<3

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