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Milky Way is No Name for A Galaxy

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DSteffi

Published: Feb 14, 2014

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There are more dreams
in sea shores
than in sidewalks
these days.

My t-shirt wrinkles
under the sun,
a squeezed lemon
trying too hard to be sewn
with water.

I have 10,000 steps
for every day.
Took fifteen up the stairs
and five-hundred in the city.
I think I have enough left
for the star into
neverland.

Too much hangs
in the crannies
of a pinky promise.
It’s better to count sheep
with paper planes.

I wonder what it would be like
to fall for a millennia;
bouncing from orbs
and pretending to be
away?

My spine is a genie
with origami.
Hiding the holes
with more and more
folds.

Stop time III

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On the contrary, I like the name 'Milky Way'.

Been writing with a heavy heart for the past few poems. I wanted to do something light and liberating and this came forth. Must say it is quite nice to just let words form from nothing. Like the big bag theory in some way.