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kaile
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0 posted 2001-01-19 03:56 AM


nervous incessant ring of a phone
someone, a bespectacled person, a stranger
picks it up
"harlow?"
"sorry, wrong number"

laughter erupted
like the climax of a recital,
died down,
like the soft hiss of waves on sand,
then stopped,
like no leaves to sway in the wind

leaving me wondering
why we laughed




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1 posted 2001-01-19 07:14 AM


WOW!
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This is really great, you made me smile   -SEA
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3 posted 2001-01-21 09:53 AM


thank you, both doreen and SEA, both your replies gave me a smile
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4 posted 2001-01-21 10:40 AM


Wow, what an amusing poem! Yes, it is really interesting when you laugh spontaneously to realize why you laughed, like on The Simpsons that happens all the time. Excellent poem, my friend, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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5 posted 2001-01-21 11:14 AM


oh this is a great one!  heeheehee..

love this little funny..good question too--just why is that so darned funny??  LOL

but it is...and a cheap laugh is better than no laughter....  

hugs, g


"i was thinkin'
if you were lonely
maybe we could leave here
and no one would know
at least not to where we would think so..."

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6 posted 2001-01-26 01:54 AM


thank you, Noah and dg for responding...i was thinking this poem was a cheap piece and its thought insignificant and was delighted to find that others appreciated that moment of laughing but not knowing exactly why...

thank you

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