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Holding the bong

BY Lance Watson

February 26, 2025

Holding the bong

THE WORK ↓

it’s 11 o’clock
at night &
i’m striking the bong

standing at my window, staring
at the lights,
pondering the universe
& the past

i can’t explain much
about what has happened
or what will

i can only tell you that
11 o’clock at night
is a lonely time
to be standing at my window,
holding a bong

Lance Watson

PERSON RESPONSIBLE

Lance Watson

Lance Watson's poetry operates at the intersection of space and time. Haha. Okay, that's bullshit. But what the fuck. Lance Watson writes poetry and other shit sometimes when he gets high, which is more often than probably most people should, but as I said, what the fuck. LOL. Have fun, folks. --Lance Watson

P.S. If you've never written about yourself in the third person, as though you were dead, you should try it sometime. Why? How the fuck would I know. It's fun.

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  • Enjoyed Lance. For me I thing changing "looking" to "staring" in S2 and dropping the the last 2 lines creates the image of pondering without telling the reader that's what yer doing in lines 3&4. Just a thought, reads fine as is too.

  • Tom Strong

    Enjoyed Lance. For me I thing changing "looking" to "staring" in S2 and dropping the the last 2 lines creates the image of pondering without telling the reader that's what yer doing in lines 3&4. Just a thought, reads fine as is too.

    Love the word change idea. Thanks!

  • Lance Watson

    it's 11 o'clock
    at night &
    i'm striking the bong

    standing at my window, looking
    at the lights,
    pondering the universe
    & the past

    i can't explain much
    about what has happened
    or what will

    i can only tell you that
    11 o'clock at night
    is a lonely time
    to be standing at my window,
    holding a bong

    This is great!!

  • Daniel J. Flore III

    This is great!!

    thanks dan

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