Toronto Poetry Slam at the Drake Hotel. Visit us next month. Sat Apr 25, Hugh’s Room, (2261 Dundas St W) 8pm – The Finals! (Sorry, no open sign-up.) Pre-order your tickets now. Featuring: Tons Of Fun University Poem: He’s upstairs Waiting for me It’s the reason why the thermostat isn’t make any difference It’s the reason I keep hearing this vibrating noise And nobody else does And it’s the reason why I’m that much closer to tears Because I know the only way to make that vibrating noise stop He’s upstairs waiting for me And my eyes are trying to focus on the finer details Like an empty stained expresso cup My wife wiping her brow as she yawns And the pattern on the kitchen tile But he’s upstairs waiting for me And I don’t want to go It’s why I hold her waist a little tighter It’s why I press my lips to her cheek a little longer It’s why I linger a few minutes more after good night Buona notte And I’ll get to the top of these stairs And I’ll look back To see the light from the kitchen And the flicker from the television And I’ll enter the coldest room in the house And his hand will be offered out to me And only a few seconds will pass Before I take it And then I’ll be taken Seven decades dispelled in a wink With a whisper of life’s sand Slowly slipping away My eyes will be closed by grace My body will be followed by the turn of life’s chapter And I’ll be treated to a final once around On this collage This multi-coloured collage which makes up my life That precious …
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