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Portia Member
since 2000-05-18
Posts 157 |
oh for an old aunt some emily who has been through this more times than I had ever been aware whose cool touch and soft words could make me believe an aunt with an old teapot from which chamomile and mint and catnip flows so that I might find sleep some time. peppermint to ease my aching head and eyes and stomach catnip to ease my mind, chamomile to ease my racing wakefulness. and if my body stops aching will my heart, too? but emily's time is done she has been and gone, the dear sweet thing, her joy that knew no bounds came crashing down in my cold lies. and now I am faced with someone else's sarcophagus a well-preserved skeleton with a little too much memory clinging -- ah, me. it is all too close. he, they, it, we are too real. too much for me. Pandora was a child. She knew nothing of this. Would that I had had you here with me to help me slam it shut or to at least ask the little beasties their names and purposes before they all escaped into my head and heart. It is no use, no good to wish. No candle will shed light into this. [This message has been edited by Portia (edited 07-14-2000).] |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Portia, another great poem. Very interesting anaolgy and simply loved the whole thing.. (I'm not too eloquent this morning) "If a man moves you to feel like a woman, the least you can do is let him." Merrit Malloy |
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lotharingia Senior Member
since 2000-06-04
Posts 897saarbruecken, Germany |
Portia, Another excellent poem! Do I detect that your beloved aunt passed away a while ago and you have been reminded of this at the funeral of another loved one? Or am I totally out? I hope I am wrong and she and everyone else you know are still going strong!! Lotharingia "For God's sake, he's a poet. Poets are meant to feel miserable. Otherwise, what the hell are they here for? What are they going to write about?" Tom Holland |
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Portia Member
since 2000-05-18
Posts 157 |
Thank you catalinamoon... lotharingia, "The poem is not the poet."  I have lost no one, thankfully. This was a comfortable theme in an uncomfortable night. |
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