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Corazon
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0 posted 2000-06-13 11:53 AM


I will have to say
that the got up late driving too fast
putting on mascara with one eye
and looking for flashing lights
with the other
Monday morning commute
is not exactly conducive to finding
love
but now the drive home
on my highway of dreams
that’s another story
it’s a passing fancy of mine
you see
I like to study faces
and wonder who goes home
to who
and who is out there for me

a profile sticks and nudges
me for a second look
I slow down
he speeds up
he looks at me as I look at him
simultaneous smiles
but his lane slows
mine speeds on
deadlines take me away
faster and faster til
I pull into the drive alone
one time too many
and I think I must
rethink my going
straight home
everyday
perhaps I  missed a side street
where slower going allows
a look behind the smile
and maybe just maybe
it turns into a gasomat
where hands could
reach out and touch
at the rack
where they sell sunflower seeds
chips and fate…

its tough to find a
soulmate on the Monday morning
commute


© Copyright 2000 zoe d. - All Rights Reserved
wayoutwalt
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1 posted 2000-06-13 11:58 AM


i liked this corazon but remember us men we get married and still like to catch the ladies eyes o yuh!
Kit McCallum
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2 posted 2000-06-13 11:59 AM


I know that feeling all too well Corazon ...  great expression here!  Life is just too darn busy and that highway just keeps pulling you along ... well done!

Best wishes,
/Kit

Corazon
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3 posted 2000-06-13 12:16 PM


lol@walt....flirting on the freeway...thanks walt  

thanks kit....and yep it sure does pull, if you want love you gotta find the brakes  

Aimster
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4 posted 2000-06-13 12:37 PM


~corazon
i really enjoyed this! you have
penned some very good thoughts
here. the highway of life, goes
faster and faster...gotta take the
time to slow down and enjoy. oh and
you know what they say right. when
you aren't looking for love, that's
when you find it. guess what? they're
right lol.
take care.
amy  

 "Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is before you can meet again. And meeting again after a moment or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends."

"Fate exists but it can only take you so far,
Because once you're there
It's up to you to make it happen."




SpitFire
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5 posted 2000-06-13 01:03 PM


~Corazon,...love the style used to write this one,...as well as the little story it holds.  hehe.  Cute,...'tis so true as the others have said ,...we must slow down a bit at times and not let life "pass" us by. Very nice writing. *Peace.
JamesMichael
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6 posted 2000-06-13 01:56 PM


Your making me laugh Corazon...may all your commutes be romantic ones.   James
Trew
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7 posted 2000-06-13 02:13 PM


Oh great!  Now I can never just drive to work and sing with reckless abandon again!  I'll be too paranoid... looking for that glance! Hmmm... what is she looking at? lol!!
A great poem!  

Sudhir Iyer
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8 posted 2000-06-13 02:19 PM


he looks at me as I look at him
simultaneous smiles
but his lane slows
mine speeds on
deadlines take me away
faster and faster til
I pull into the drive alone
one time too many
...

well, it is so, monday blues are terrible to face, but then the freeway, and the rush and the deadlines, are they not everyday whims of this corporate oriented world...
I remember the beautiful words 'no time to stand and stare', how much these words ring at such times....

....

beautiful work corazon, really worth reading over and over again...

regards, sudhir.

Corinne
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9 posted 2000-06-13 03:41 PM


Loved this, the rush to work followed by in no rush to get home, and how do we meet someone if we just go from point to point, as in ships passing in the night?

Corinne

RainbowGirl
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10 posted 2000-06-13 06:14 PM


So it's in black and white and therefore as true as in mail..

I love you poems of late, they really talk of the most common
emotions known to man and yet so few are capable of describing them, so
many use buttery or flowery words. but really and truthfully, it is the basic
foundation of us all to love and do things in such a simple way that
soemtimes we miss the simplicity out and give those deeds/emotions
grander words, when really the most wonderful of all is as you are
describing of late...hope that makes sense...I'm not to good at
vocalising these days...

I'm just letting my thoughts flow from my mind to the keyboard..

(a little biit of editing here)..

Big HUSG

Corazon
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11 posted 2000-06-13 06:51 PM


rg, gonna start with the last first, but thanks, and no you vocalize just fine, love is love, no matter how you describe it...and it sure is good to see you ...love you girl  

corrine...you caught that huh, rushing to work but not home? yep, you read it perfect   thanks

sudhir..."no time to stand and stare" wow that does say plenty...its been a long time for me too...and I would have to say we need that...we need make time for the soul to stare and make connections ....thanks

trew, just tint your windows and keep them rolled up if you are going to sing....lol...that's what I do *g*

jmlee glad to make you smile   thanks

spitfire and aimster, yep we DO need slow down if we are to partake of the pleasures in life.....imagine what you would lose in a kiss if it was just a drive by *g* thanks for the read  

Tennessee Angel
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12 posted 2000-06-13 08:09 PM


Oh boy can I relate to this one!  I'm always looking at cars around me to see who is in them.  And usually when I see an attractive man who smiles...there is a car seat in the back.  Oh well...such is life, right?     I love this!

 "That man has shown himself great who has never grieved in evil days and never bewailed his destiny." --Seneca

Mike
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13 posted 2000-06-13 08:14 PM


Very nice.  Enjoyed muchly.

JulieAnn
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14 posted 2000-06-13 10:52 PM


really enjoyed this.....I too will be looking soon......too many faces......how do we choose?? well maybe we can JUST look LOL!!
Nice work! Julie

Balladeer
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15 posted 2000-06-13 11:01 PM


Girl, you need to start taking the bus! Not only can you check out everybody there but you can also watch the cars going by and, because you're looking down, you can get a better view of the entire, er, scenario. Leave the driving to us!  
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16 posted 2000-06-14 06:14 AM


Corazon~

Country roads take me home
and all along the way ...
smiles and waving of hands
beckoning me with friendly gestures.
I'm glad I passed this way !

Honey child ... flirt with them all !
Enjoyed this very much.
~*Marge*~


 ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Corazon
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17 posted 2000-06-14 09:31 AM


thanks all, glad you enjoyed the ride  
doreen peri
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18 posted 2000-06-14 01:09 PM


i loved this one, corazon

seems like all too often, i just think of my life and you write it down

i saw this fox of a guy on the road yesterday and i swear it was all i could do not to flag him down... instead, i just kept driving


and home again to ratatat on a keyboard
something's wrong with this picture

great job on this, ms. c



Corazon
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19 posted 2000-06-15 09:37 AM


lol@flag him down....yep have gripped the steering wheel a couple of times to keep myself from doing the same...rofg....thanks doreen  
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