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The Possible Scientist v2

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                                  The Possible Scientist
                       Who Reaches for a Comic Book Living

                              Potential grows moldy
                              sitting in the open
                              obvious and ignored.
                              Rust gathers from every paper being
                              I’ve ever seen, or drawn
                              They make speckled layers
                              covering up what might have been.
                              The barnacles could be plucked away
                              I could make their eyes shine
                              Bright and loving, proud eyes.
                              If I would just pour chemicals in a vial
                              not ink on a page,
                              But I want the air
                              roiling clouds to graze my skin
                              raindrops sliding past me
                              A slippery fate, destiny
                              Unlikely and foolish.
                              The right side has not decayed
                              It won’t wear away
                              only collect inches of dust
                              brushed off if I choose.
                              Though I’ll stay to the left
                              a train on its track
                              surreptitiously determined
                              to reach my destination.
This is version two of a poem I wrote for a creative writing class.
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