So please understand
This isn’t just goodbye
This is I hope you burn
Like Hamilton’s letters
A vain buried reference
Lost on your ignorance
Like any thoughts of us
Dug down six feet under
Where your only company
Is the ghost of you
Or of me
Of some chiseled empty corpse
You found hollow solace in
I don’t care.
I’d call this closure
If I thought it was deserved
Instead, it’s a swift kick
to a black coffin lid
So please understand,
This isn’t just goodbye
This is I can’t stand you.
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A/N
Italics lines sampled from +44's No, it isn't, an all time favorite of mine.
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Matthew J. Fromm
Full-time nerd, history enthusiast, and proprietor of arcane knowledge.
Here there be dragons, knights, castles, and quests (plus the occasional dose of absurdity).
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Prologue - The Scourge
There weren't always dragons in the Valley. There should never have been dragons in the Sacred Valley. Those cursed dragons swayed in the calm night wind, swooping and twirling as the sun disappeared beyond the mountains and the twin moons rose over Lurra. May Auras doom you in the afterlife! May you find no salvation there. Their quiet monastery had long been protected from the dragons and horses, swords and spears which descended upon them, destroying his tranquil home with their war.
By Matthew J. FrommExclusive • 2 years ago
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
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Comments (20)
This is excellent really well written, you can feel the anger.
I loved this really felt the anger in it.
I found this darkly amusing (I hope that’s alright) and impactful! Great job! 😊👏
I read this a couple of didn't have the words. Stll don't really. But beautifully written and so much gritty emotion. Captures so much 🤍
SO much to love here, Matthew. My favorite part is the following lines: "I’d call this closure If I thought it was deserved Instead, it’s a swift kick to a black coffin lid" Something about the sound of it is so fricking satisfying: "kick" and "lid" perhaps. Or the assonance of the short 'i' in "swift" "kick" "coffin" and "lid." The content is of course, rife with emotion; super relatable, and also, extremely evocative for the reader. I love that you included song lyrics, too. What a clever idea! Bravo on this!
You whipped them at the end!!! Powerful poem!!!
Damning Anger, great words
Having experienced that kind of anger over someone for years, I can tell you this: Once you let go of the negative emotions, it's as if a ton of bricks were lifted off your shoulders. With that said, it's a powerful poem!
This was so sad and extremely relatable! I wanna hand out this poem to all those people who have wronged me! Lol!
How to politely say F*** you and the horse you rose in on. Love it! Very succinct. (watch my read all your damn stuff now)
Oh my. Tell it like it is. This is powerful. Well done.
this genuinely hurt my heart to read, making it one powerful poem… ! The meanness.. The coldness…. Ouch ouch ouch. It probably didn’t help much that the reference is indeed lost on my ignorance 🙈😂🙏🤍✨
Sooo, I guess this means you really didn't like this person, right?
Very strong and powerful... Excellent work Matthew!!!
I love the fact that this is "Untitled", which connotates the disregard to the deceased. Great song choice too! 😉
A very cutting and stark in memoriam. Excellent work!
wow, dark, sad
BAM! Not a lot of holding back on this one! Great job, Matthew!
Whoa....that about sums it up, for sure! Loved the blunt, full-blown imagery of your point.
Beautiful poem!