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Tara Simms
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since 1999-08-12
Posts 1244
Honea Path, SC USA

0 posted 1999-09-30 12:50 PM


THE END OF AN ERA


Two actors on the stage
Sharing the spotlight.
From comedy to musical to drama
The sets change
But the characters remain the same.

No longer a duet--
A forlorn figure stands alone.
The soliloquy has begun…


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It matters not how strait the gate;
How charged with punishments the scroll;
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
--W.E. Henley
Visit my poetry website: www.geocities.com/Paris/Musee/9954/



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Systematic Decay
Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1301
That place with padded walls and funny people in white.........
1 posted 1999-09-30 03:15 AM


I liked the wording of the poem, but I dont think i quite understand it....my best guess is two actors, and then one gets famous, gets all of the spotlight, and from then on demands the entire spot light....am i right?

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"Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage."
-Billy Corgan-

Iloveit
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since 1999-09-02
Posts 1121
NM
2 posted 1999-09-30 09:47 AM


well, I liked it, seemed to me the ending of a couple and all the happiness and sadness that a relationship has, and the beginning of being alone....
Tara Simms
Senior Member
since 1999-08-12
Posts 1244
Honea Path, SC USA
3 posted 1999-10-03 04:19 PM


Thanks for the comments. It is actually about me and my best friend, the changes we went through during our friendship, and the ending of it.

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It matters not how strait the gate;
How charged with punishments the scroll;
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
--W.E. Henley
Visit my poetry website: www.geocities.com/Paris/Musee/9954/



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