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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
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South Africa

0 posted 2007-06-19 04:10 AM


I do not wear the brown
of love’s emphatic “no”
like a choker around my neck
but instead the blue of a mood
that sets the “no” to flip-flapping
like a traumatized black bat
in the belfry of my mind.

And like a reactionary upstart
loud, too loud, and on the point
of deafening the king
I do the mental fuss-fuss-fuss
in the dead of lonely nights.

To be awake to what’s perceived
as the right of this lifetime
and yet to sleep a foolish act
that impacts the rest of time
with riotous behaviour.

Turn, turn, turn; it’s okay to learn
brown never can enhance
ethereal skin tones!

Helen / 19 June 2007

[This message has been edited by Honeybunch (06-19-2007 09:46 AM).]

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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354
Listening to every heart
1 posted 2007-06-19 03:42 PM


Well now...I've seen some golden browns
that might enhance the color of my eyes...

but it is always up to the beholder.

Enjoyed the thoughts behind this, Helen.




RogueandPoet
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since 2007-06-04
Posts 126
Oregon
2 posted 2007-06-19 04:10 PM


Great rhythm to this poem.
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