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The Jackal
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Springfield, Massachusetts U.S.A

0 posted 2004-08-08 09:49 AM



there is no way to reach false gods from here
the Irish widow knows this
but still she keeps you and cradles you
as a child in her arms
you remember now

how you ran through the woods for hours
terrified of your own shadow
believing in the power of memory

choking on a reaction
and everyone was nodding
as light slipped through an approving sky

how many times have you failed her?
you were just a child in her arms
and how we spilled her blood and  ran
  because there’s a  need to feed  sorry lions
the meat is tough
but its just how they would want it
if they want anything at all

dozing off in your cautious career
trying to tell  the future through
the ripples of an opinion

just thinking of a life untouched
   but as a  child in her arms
  you were chewing as you touch

New lovers are nervous and tender, but smash everything. For the heart is an organ of fire

© Copyright 2004 John Dixon - All Rights Reserved
~K~
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1 posted 2004-08-08 09:54 AM


Fantasic!

choking on a reaction
and everyone was nodding
as light slipped through an approving sky

I highlighted this but I really loved it all!

~K~
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since 2004-07-27
Posts 148

2 posted 2004-08-08 09:57 AM


Fantastic...
eor
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blues & greys
3 posted 2004-08-09 03:40 AM




don't know why this has not gotten much attention, but it deserves it...nice write

Pimpin and panderin, on a level you can't serve, dismantle, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, and verbs

eor
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since 2002-09-26
Posts 959
blues & greys
4 posted 2004-08-09 03:40 AM


forgot to add it...
Janet Marie
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5 posted 2004-08-09 04:05 PM


as light slipped through an approving sky
=======================

something about that line fascinates me.
Hey Jac... so nice to find you in the blue pages again.
A haunting write full of symbolism and imagery...well done poet sir.

I would love to live as a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.

~Fluent~
John O'Donohue

The Jackal
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Springfield, Massachusetts U.S.A
6 posted 2004-08-09 05:11 PM


thank you all for your kind words

New lovers are nervous and tender, but smash everything. For the heart is an organ of fire

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