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Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

0 posted 2004-07-06 10:06 PM

Neon flashes outside a window
starving for a fresh coat of yet
another drab color as the shrill sound
of a policeman’s whistle breaks the monotonous
bark of a neighbor’s dog,  suffering from
a dry water bowl and a leash too short
to reach the faucet’s drip.

Beneath the window,   a young couple,
conjoined at the hips by love, stealing a
moment of a torrid kiss, awaiting the dark
of an alley on a moonless night.

The thermostat set to freezing as a 1986
window air conditioner struggles against
an afternoon’s swelter, blowing air that
cools only the droplets of sweat from a
furrowed brow.   The chill of a bottled
beer rolling across the forehead, the only
consolation to an otherwise typical day
as cloudless skies shelter only the moon
from view and keep lovers in wait...
wanting to turn up the heat...even more.

MARK V SHELDON
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 3015
In a corporeal internship...

1 posted 2004-07-06 10:37 PM

Love your descriptions, Barry! Very very visual. Much enjoyed.

-MVS

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passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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