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LorienLord
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since 2013-02-03
Posts 55
Wisconsin USA

0 posted 2013-03-19 09:04 PM



My words are not like
the splinter removed
from your finger,
they are more like
the bamboo shoot
driven under your nail.

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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
1 posted 2013-03-19 09:42 PM


Hah! Believe it when I tell you, that was my style for decades, self abuse even in my poetry. I have found peace, mainly by forgiving myself.

~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways . . . ~*~

Lighthousebob
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since 2000-06-14
Posts 4725
California
2 posted 2013-03-20 08:15 PM


You really know how to emphasize your point. Ouch!
jwesley
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563
Spring, Texas
3 posted 2013-03-20 08:16 PM


That hurt just to read!!!  Enjoyed.

j.

MorningStar
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since 2009-10-26
Posts 290
Pittsburgh, Pa
4 posted 2013-03-21 01:25 PM


Fierce!
Loved it.

"I'll tell you how the sun rose
A ribbon at a time..." - Emily Dickinson

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