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I've Been In Hell, Ever Since
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I've Been In Hell, Ever Since |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas 
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I've Been In Hell, Ever Since The last time I Listened to God, I gave a soul to a small protoplasmic lump in the womb of a woman. - - - Ah-h-h . . . so this is awareness. This feeling, this knowing . . . I am. Whatever that means. He asked me to do this for Him. That it was important, that this one was special, it's time was now. And it was time for me, too. I don't remember a lot aboutthe womb. Mostly the constant barrage of weird sounds the body makes; the never ending drumming of the heart, doing its thing; and the constant pressures and pains the woman who carried me, caused, in her act of being. Until she tried to kill me. It began as a longer than normal squeeze from all directions More pressure exerted, more of everything, except for a seeming lack of concern for how I felt. And it got worse. Waves of immense pressure, staggering pain, with increasing frequency, starting at my toes, rolling down my body, stretching me, driving me deeper and deeper into her lower groin which seemed to get narrower and narrower, until it felt like my head was being distorted and crushed. Until . . . it's a boy! I heard someone shout. Intense, blinding light made me squeeze shut, my eyes . . . I Screamed, and screamed! I've been in Hell ever since.
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Jimmy, a very unique way of describing childbirth. Fantastic! Can't say more. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Cerulean Member Posts 109 |
jwesley- it is the best poem (the only one, in fact) on childbirth I've ever seen... not that there are that many such poems out there!  |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
wow, extremely creative, and thought provoking, no wonder the babies always cry...lol.... Very enjoyable read!!! |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
very original, and painful, hope you will get some good days too, such a poem to read yann |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
JerryP - Thank you my friend, I appreciate that greatly. Cerulean - Well gee . . . I really appreciate that - thank you for stopping in. LeeJ - Aw shuckens Lady - that puts roses in my cheeks. Thank you very much for stopping in and letting me know you did. 2islander2 - Thanks to you too, my friend - always enjoy your visits. jimmy |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Very well done Jimmy! That was a unique and captivating ride to the big reveal of truth at the end "I've been in hell, ever since" ~L |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Hmmmmn..so it wasn't worth it? Tell me what you really think... |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Thanks Lori!! |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Blues . . . Life for me, from conception to now, 73.5 years later, with all it's ups and downs is a perspective I wouldn't change a thing about. It's truly a gift, and mine hasn't been seriously defective. Oh sure, ". . . if I could go back . . . knowing what . . . blah, blah, blah . . . ": but then, anybody can follow a script; where's the mystic in that? And where are the memories the loves, the heartaches, the pain and the pleasure that made the road such a enigma. I could go on but basically that's "what I really think." my heart, my friend, as it's always been . . . j. |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
I just want to hug you.  Thank you for your reply and for your reply to Lori's poem as well....AND Thank you for bringing something special to these blue pages. |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Wow! That's pretty powerful, Jimmy. |
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Poet In Pink Senior Member Posts 1066 MI |
Very unique write J ~ Made me smile throughout reading  Alana |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice writing....interesting title...james |
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