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Drexler_McStyles
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0 posted 2003-02-25 03:23 PM



shredding slivers of glass into
barnacles for the pier above my moustache
does not mean Ive gone
fishing for answers
quite the opposite
Im in need of a swifter pen
and longer sheets of paper
I am not particularly proud
of my marital commitments
to a silent ghost
but sharing the same bed with one
will usually keep you far from it
long after midnight

applying stain to partical board
doesnt bring it any closer
to being oak
and such is the case
when covetting someones love
it doesnt always mean
you'll be taken by the hand
and led to salvation
it doesnt even mean
youll be taken seriously
when the casting call
finally comes


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serenity blaze
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1 posted 2003-02-25 03:52 PM


Yep...I'm studying you.

I'm curious about how you decide where your line breaks will be...or is it just an instinctive thing?

and yep. Yer good.

Drexler_McStyles
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2 posted 2003-02-25 04:02 PM


The lines breaks are instinctive, based on years of mistakes, sometimes I go back and fix older works that left me dumbfounded forever but for some reason now become clear immeadiatly. Does this mean Im developing? LOL. The Blue Panda peice is old and I had to make some changes, the ending especially was in need of work. some peopel think its like sacrillage to change an old poem, I could never figure out why..

Steven

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3 posted 2003-02-25 06:11 PM


applying stain to partical board
doesnt bring it any closer
to being oak
****


I'm not sure it's legal for anyone to get this profound.
I'm keeping this one. And I enjoyed the comments about your update on the pandas. You change with time, why not your words?

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