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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America 
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Dedicated to Nanette (RIP) I awake early and I have nothing to say but your name. I awake early and I have nothing to remember but your face. I am the wild beast, who, after being befriended, turns to bite the hand so gentle and understanding. I awake early and I have nothing to scream but your name. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
understanding this, latearrival |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Somethings I would undo if it were possible. Thanks, latearrival. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
sad and well done JerryPat. I hear the loss and futility. |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Yes, an ache never to heal. thank you, Lady. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
some losses are ones we carry forever... |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Yes, indeed we do, Cpat Hair. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
it seems that love tames the animal, but the animal is vindicative and can't stand quiet...A very interesting and wonderful write. regards yann |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Thank you, yann. I wrote that poem on the back of a private club card in a severely hung-over state in the early 1970's the day after I came home to find my wife and daughter gone. Over the years I have not changed one word of the poem, and in fact, still have the card it is written on. I knew why she left. I could not blame her. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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Prasad Nataraj Senior Member
since 2008-05-29
Posts 1149Bangalore,India |
fine writing. "Hardwork pays in the long run" |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Thank you, Prasad Nataraj, it is appreciated. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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Eusta B. Mae Senior Member
since 2010-05-03
Posts 903 |
The poem was moving and then when I read the background to it in your reply to Yann, it just flat made me cry...ebm |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Yeah. It still does that to me after all these years, ebm. One good thing came of everything. Two children, a daughter and son. The daughter tracked me down thirty-eight years later. Oh, I had questions to answer so I wrote it all down in a published memoir. Thank you so much again. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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s1nfully_1nn0c3nt Senior Member
since 2003-10-26
Posts 1105Watertown, NY |
The pain and sorrow in this shows through. -Trina. |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Yes, Trina, and it will forever be there. Thank you for your attention to my poem. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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Earl Brinkman Senior Member
since 2010-03-03
Posts 1183Osaka, Japan |
I have read the poem and the comments. This left a deep impression. |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Thank you, Earl. . . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$! |
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