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The Journey |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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knee deep is the fog hugging the ground half-shrouding the tombstones gray skies heavy with the wrath of the season huge birds black against the moldy sky circling o'er the graves surreal are my thoughts reality my bane the shrieks of the birds become louder more unrelenting I stop look down at my feet I cannot see them they feel wet the fog has creept toward my chest and the birds the enormous, immense birds circling cawing, shrieking loudly unnerving me to the point I begin to sob tears come whether I want them to or not how long I stood there afraid crying like a little girl I don’t know but I had to keep going so I adjusted the sack upon my hip not wanting to think about what was inside it and where I had to go to do what I had to do sssh it is so quiet now the hateful birds have stopped their screeching still I hear something worse voices muffled voices oh my, oh me I begin to walk again the fog now almost up to my neck it has become so dense it is very hard for me to put one foot in front of the other I know, however I must keep moving my, my how did I get into this mess the blasted fog the dreadful, shrieking birds but most of all the sack and now voices I decide to stand as still as I can as quietly as I can the voices grow dim dimmer still until I cannot hear them good I readjust the sack on my hip I have a ways to go before I can turn it loose ~ If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it. ~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
ooooh dark and mysteriously creepy, I'm afraid to ask what is in the sack. Good write my friend Lori |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ah, the sack . . . Who knows, there may be another episode of "The Journey." Thank you, Lori. ~ If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it. ~ |
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Spiros Zafiris Senior Member
since 2002-10-20
Posts 982Canada |
.nothing like reading about a guy in a sack ..you keep it interesting; much enjoyed.. spiros -------- ------ |
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ebonygirl Member Elite
since 2011-07-14
Posts 2000California U.S.A |
Very mysterious, JP2, I'm interested in your sequel. Well done! Ms. e |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I didn't know there was a guy in the sack, Spiros. I have to read it again. Thanks for stopping by with your comments. ~ If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it. ~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thanks, Ms. e, for being here. Have to think about the sequel. ~ If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it. ~ |
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