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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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THEATRE 1998 Rubber screams and then the bang and metal turning on itself, …..and then the sirens. Amidst the debris, bodies strewn like amputated butterfly wings, move or moan or merely breathe, and then there are the others. Blood flows unchecked on dark blue tar. Like an orchestrated wave, eager androids, who daily cry, ‘Peace from Violence’ rush from warm retreats into the road and the cold night rain, crowding the wings, the steps, the stage, to stand compacted in a circle for the best impact of acoustics, lighting and atmosphere, gawking at the bloody players, digging a new vantage point when one or other puerile puppet dares to obscure the view. Feasting vultures fight, but for their rightful portion and clear their living space of disease as they were intended, but these clones from some third-rate horror movie, count dead bodies gleefully, and argue about which live body moaned and when, and if the thought occurred to them would be grateful to the playwright for the entertainment, which … for a while … fills the spaces around the sparse grey coils in their hollow civilised heads, taking mental notes for those who don’t have tickets… … but then the blood stops flowing and the actors leave the stage in ambulances which scream their cargo’s plight, and, like painkillers, the adrenalin wanes, and, with one last glance at remaining props to get the details right, the spectators turn themselves and their thoughts away in bunches to substitute tomorrow’s talking point for warmth, coffee, biscuits and disaster on the small screen …… for a while. - Owl |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
This sent a chill up and down my spine. Intense vivid write, Diana. |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
Diana you write with such a profound heart I cannot speak to this poem it is a dirge a reality |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
Quite a world we live in to elicit such passion and intense art from both a player and spectator in it all We are as is for now Let us all pray for a better tomorrow |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Now I know I'll apply the brakes to mine! Mine was just a mere metaphor for menopausal night terrors!  and wince  and I'm gonna need help getting offa my knees, too.  I don't know how to say it without the pun, because well? It IS impactful! |
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SPIRIT Senior Member
since 2002-12-29
Posts 1745California Desert |
Very powerful! Dinah |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Horror, horror, horror, I wish it would have been a movie....Owl your poem is alas so close to reality, this happens so much in our world...Thank you for the denounciation.. hugs yann |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
Spookalishicous~  ARCTIC WIND |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
An impressive write, dear Diana! By seing it too often we have become insensitive. May we live and act from the heart. Love, Margherita "Love is the One who masters all things; |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Powerful, Diana, especially when we know that "All the worlds a stage." Ida |
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Pantheress Member
since 2008-11-02
Posts 215Queensland, Australia |
You wrote a picture so gruesome and true, it was like i was looking to, |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, Kacy, for feeling this so vividly. Thank you, Kate, for your kind words and your understanding. Lovely to see you in here, again. Thank you, inkedgoddess. Yes, let’s pray for a better tomorrow. Thanks, Karen. Menopausal night terrors are terrifying and aren’t “just” menopausal night terrors”. They ARE menopausal night terrors! Giggles about the “impactful”. Hope the brakes (on your car) work well! Thank you, Spirit. Unfortunately the physical impact of such a crash is powerful too – far too powerful. Thank you, Yann for seeing it so clearly. Thank you, Arctic Wind. I like your word. Thank you Margherita. Yes, too few people live from the heart, and the few that do, all seem to be here in Pip! Thanks, Ida, for highlighting the theme. Thanks Pantheress for living this, but I am glad you weren’t in the (composite) accident. - Owl |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Fine writing...James |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you James. I am glad you thought so. - Owl |
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