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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2014-05-17 07:26 PM

I saw your picture,
it was not expected,
mine was a day of work
and things
strings of life
bound tightly at places
often chafed by chance,
happenstance in quest ill defined
brought sites of jumbled images,
and there you were
smiling amidst high brows,
kowtows and glitteroti,
the pampered and the spoiled,
my feelings roiled up inside me,
I could see
you wore happy as a mask
guaranteeing you'd be free
as long as you stayed in character,
joy toy of an aging boy;
I wept.

©2014 by icebox

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2014-05-17 09:02 PM

Yep, this is like hitting the lottery for the "joy toy." Like you said, as long as they can act the part. Loved the ending.

~*~ Sex on television can't hurt you unless you fall off. ~*~

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

2 posted 2014-05-17 10:28 PM

Sad indeed that rich old men want vibrant young girls to make them feel young. He certainly can not beleive she loves him for who he is and not only for what his bank account reads. Best to you Charly, Jo

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

3 posted 2014-05-19 12:50 PM

You dissected the situation perfectly! and the last line is excellent!

Lori

Redstart
Senior Member

since 2014-05-16

Posts 535

4 posted 2014-05-20 05:38 PM

I don't know if I'm reading you right, but I was hearing The Eagles.'Lyin Eyes'. We all read poems in our own way. Loved the writing style.

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

5 posted 2014-05-21 10:24 PM

nice...James

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

6 posted 2014-05-30 07:46 PM

Such a pleasure to read your words again. I have been absent for quite some time but your pen never fails. I too enjoyed the ending as you wrapped it up perfectly

Martie

Moderator

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

7 posted 2014-06-03 05:08 PM

"you wore happy as a mask
guaranteeing you'd be free"

Interesting how one can pretend on the outside and be free on the inside because of it.

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

8 posted 2014-06-07 04:56 PM

Thank you all for the gift of your time and for your thoughts!

Balladeer

Administrator

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since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

9 posted 2014-06-08 10:49 AM

Life is trade.

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

10 posted 2014-06-08 07:13 PM

One of your best, my friend...

j.

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

11 posted 2014-06-17 10:46 PM

A serious dose of reality....
Check!!!
There is something for everyone here to relate to...your writing is passionate and brutally honest.

Loved every word!

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