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Cpat Hair
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0 posted 2001-10-01 03:53 PM


No touch
physical contact of skin on skin
to remind me I am whole
just this hole
filled in part by brushings of words
that take so little space
as to be invisible

what's left
becomes a place to fall into
drowning or struggling on steep sides
to claw from pit to rim
sliding in again
repeating
again
again

No touch
tender carress to say
in language of bodies
it will be OK

never the same
repeated again
again

still life
no painting to enjoy

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1 posted 2001-10-01 03:55 PM


quote:
what's left
becomes a place to fall into
drowning or struggling on steep sides
to claw from pit to rim
sliding in again
repeating
again
again




Wow.....

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Deep in the heart
2 posted 2001-10-01 04:00 PM


Despair digs a deep hole with steep sides.  Well put my friend.
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3 posted 2001-10-01 04:04 PM


This is sad but sweet...and have you ever posed for an artist? There is something very sensual about it--there is the humanity of the moment and the exchange of essence and the erotica of being--well, just BEING, AND then there is the suspense of seeing how it all turns out through another's eyes...I'll have to tell ya about that sometime! (once I figure it out of course-- ) Bravo, m'friend!
Tracey
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4 posted 2001-10-01 09:19 PM


What a deeply emotional write. So sad, but wonderfully expressed

If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please?

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5 posted 2001-10-01 09:24 PM


Cpat Hair, Lovely and very sensual read.  
It is nice to meet you also, and will be reading more.   Marie

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6 posted 2001-10-01 09:43 PM


Despair nicely penned....
Zinsser
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7 posted 2001-10-02 11:37 AM


Like this.... very well done
Martie
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8 posted 2001-10-02 11:49 AM


Cpat:

"just this hole
filled in part by brushings of words
that take so little space
as to be invisible"

You may not see them, but the feeling they tell IS.  Well done!

nakdthoughts
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9 posted 2001-10-02 12:23 PM


C...that is  exactly the description of how I feel. Your words make me feel not so alone...in knowing

oh..and here's  a *hug*  even though you can't feel it


"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II


[This message has been edited by nakdthoughts (edited 10-02-2001).]

Duncan
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10 posted 2001-10-03 12:52 PM


Even after letting go, something remains that reminds us of what we will never know again.  And you've captured that...perfectly.
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11 posted 2001-10-04 06:36 PM


I see you as a masterpiece in this! Sometimes shades of grey can be beautiful. Garbo painted volumes. The bigger tragedy of the hole...Is to come out and realize you liked it better in it. Grab on C!   You have wings.

Sincerely,
Regina

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12 posted 2001-10-04 06:41 PM


Very intense write..enjoyed!

~Time has cast a spell on you,
So that you won't ever forget me.~
  

walker
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13 posted 2001-10-04 06:50 PM


Sometimes the biggest confort comes from within, but it's not that easy to come to terms with ourselves. Great expression of our human experience.
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