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Angry Bird |
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Ethan Halo Senior Member
since 2000-04-28
Posts 793on the roof again 
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*angry bird* You wanted to hug and you put on a smile, but I froze you where you stand. There's a finger in the middle of us. The one in the middle of my hand. You tell how much you hate me. In ten minutes you'll say, "Sorry I was so mean." What you don't mean are the words you say. So I put up a finger in between. I'm sick of all your piercing words and of these soggy apologies. I'm tired of trying to talk to you so my finger speaks for me. You can come and sob to me. Tell me things that aren't true. But if you wanna know what's in my heart, my finger won't ever lie to you. Don't come near or touch me. I know how the love of a fist feels. I choose to bottle my anger in a finger, but my hate for you is just as real. My finger knows the back of your head, and it knows your bedroom door. Today it knows your eyes because we choose to hide no more. My finger starts the car and turns on the A/C. I drive far away as it jumps out the window to say "Goodbye" for me. Perhaps you call "tough love" what I call "hate and abuse". But if you ever need a reminder, my finger is here for you. Everyone's got their demons. We all got somethin' to atone for. |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
YES!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU babes..  jeeeeeze I just LOVE this poem.. I never get tired of reading it... its one of those poems I wish I had wrote.. I just adore the sarcasim and wit and bitter edge of it Ethan ... its just so very way cool... our minds think way too much alike when we've been hurt by someone... >>There's a finger in the middle of us. The one in the middle of my hand. You tell how much you hate me. In ten minutes you'll say, "Sorry I was so mean." What you don't mean are the words you say. So I put up a finger in between. I'm sick of all your piercing words and of these soggy apologies. I'm tired of trying to talk to you so my finger speaks for me. You can come and sob to me. Tell me things that aren't true. But if you wanna know what's in my heart, my finger won't ever lie to you. ===================== My finger knows the back of your head, and it knows your bedroom door. Today it knows your eyes because we choose to hide no more. ========================== Perhaps you call "tough love" what I call "hate and abuse". But if you ever need a reminder, my finger is here for you. ====================== I do so love this bird...  thanks for posting it ... love ya later-you rock-gator me |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I remember this one well, m'friend...loved it then, love it now...guess me and the twin can relate, huh? LOL...but yes, this one was an instant classic. |
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Ethan Halo Senior Member
since 2000-04-28
Posts 793on the roof again |
serenity! now there's a name i've not seen in quite a while! i'm glad this still rings bells... =) thanks for stoppin in to read. oh how i've missed this place and the people that reside here! much love to ya! |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Well my man a little bird told me of this one and I am so glad it did. I loved this one and it is going to go in my library for those times that I just need to get my fingers on it. Excellent read. |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Ethan, you deserve a hand for this finger poem Actually, I think it was extremely well done....you made your point in a clever yet unmistakeable way....good writing |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ethan--more than just a finger expresses your feeling...words do as well, and this poem is full of those strong ones...the ones that say you will be okay!! |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
ROFL!Ethan, too funny... but not really funny... at the same time... what a PERFECT combination! i really did laugh outloud "my finger won't ever lie to you." arghhhhh.... well, if you know how to talk with your fingers to speak your heart then you and i have something in common... tap tap tap tap tap... hehe... but seriously, if you get ticked at someone here at passions, they plug in asterisks, so... used words like "ticked"... *g... thanks for a great read... it really made my morning... it's good to start the day off with a smile and know there's other people out there who realize sometimes only helen keller can say it best :P    ~ all you can really ever expect out of life is a sincere apology and some decent poetry ~ |
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pandora Member
since 1999-07-26
Posts 184 |
bump *grin* great poetry |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Ethan, LOL!!!! Been there and done that from time to time!!! This was just too funny!!!Lone Wolf Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Just had to come read this gem again... it will ALWAYS be a fav of mine ... its one of the coolest poems ..sarcastic witty, sad and defiant all at the same time. miss you around here Ethan... heart-hugs jm When your own emptiness is all thats getting through |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
wow! what a sad relationship ended nicely |
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