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JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

0 posted 2011-01-13 11:29 AM


I'll not stand on my soapbox
shouting blindly into nothing
not like you
you, the Sarah Bernhardt
of stage, screen and dipsy-doodle hauteur
no, not like you
you seek out the light
exposing yourself
as though you've nothing to hide
(((snicker)))
me
I long for the dark
dark is my sanctuary
senses are fine-tuned
more real
oh
in the dark
I've been called upon to perform
I've been called suave and debonair
beautiful even
I've been loved in the dark
by strangers such as I
I touch myself
remembering

like old dogs follow the sun
I follow what warms
blood which seem frozen within my veins
dark does that for me
not light
the blinding light which boils the blood
still . . .
I look to you for solace
needing a smile
however disquieting
and false it may be
it's a charade I accept
after all
pretence is what we do so well


this is my alert to the absurdity of life
sitting on the park bench
watching idiots wearing droopy pants
holding them in place
hand on groin
aged grandmothers
fanning themselves placidly in the sun
watching
from the sunny side of the park
me
I sit neath a massive oak
in the dark of the shade
thinking of you
I'm your Darkness Prince
you told me once
there were only two perfect men
one dead
the other; unborn
as I sit in the dark of my life
growing old
growing mad
I've learned this, and learned it well
nobody knows all that much about women
'cept maybe
their bisexual hairdressers

"Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave let him know he has enough."-Robert Goolrick from "Reliable Wife"

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Dark Stranger
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since 2001-03-19
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1 posted 2011-01-13 12:08 PM


and metrosexual facebook friends?  cool stuff bud!!+
Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
2 posted 2011-01-13 12:10 PM


Jerry, how you tell the tale! with a twist at the end! You make me think, you make me laugh, you make me cry...I like that!
Lori

JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991
Louisiana/America
3 posted 2011-01-13 12:45 PM


Haha! Yeah, you've got it, DS . . . Thanks!

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I just love it when you talk that way, Lori. Thanks for reading and speaking your thoughts.

"Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave let him know he has enough."-Robert Goolrick from "Reliable Wife"

faithmairee
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since 2011-01-05
Posts 1441
Poe Haven, USA
4 posted 2011-01-13 02:03 PM


very cool and thought-provoking poem...nice work, JerryPat!

There must be a poem in here somewhere.

JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991
Louisiana/America
5 posted 2011-01-13 02:22 PM


Appreciate the kindness, faith . . .

"Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave let him know he has enough."-Robert Goolrick from "Reliable Wife"

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

6 posted 2011-01-13 04:39 PM


Every time I decide to quit writing (or posting) I read you and I'm inspired to say...SOMETHING.

Your words always seem to have an undercurrent of ache for conversation, as thought-provoking poetry tends to do.

Well done, Jerry.

Legacy
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since 2011-01-08
Posts 60
Louisiana
7 posted 2011-01-13 05:06 PM


Not bad JerryPat
JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991
Louisiana/America
8 posted 2011-01-13 05:12 PM


I am happy that you choose to say SOMETHING here, serenity. And as far as you not writing or posting I have a feeling that is just wistful thinking. You will be around and posting for a long time. Thanks for chiming in here.

"Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave let him know he has enough."-Robert Goolrick from "Reliable Wife"

JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991
Louisiana/America
9 posted 2011-01-13 05:12 PM


Appreciate it Legacy.

"Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave let him know he has enough."-Robert Goolrick from "Reliable Wife"

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