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bsquirrel
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0 posted 2000-10-13 01:58 AM


the skeletal flower
fell off its post
and broke into bones and petals.

her eye was a jewel
that fell into a pillow
of moss.

(i'm deaf to your calls
and blind
to your need)

she left a smoking hole
where my sense of self
had settled.

(her velvet stench,
loss of sense,
recompense)

she gave me a
skeleton bouquet.
it jangled like keys.

they pointed at me
from the table vase.
their long green fingers
swallowed my sense
of smoking hole.

i gently fingered my soul,
figured on some snow.

her goodbye as close to hurt
as words could go.


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SEA
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with you
1 posted 2000-10-13 08:56 AM


Mike~ this just broke my heart.......(((HUGS)))   -SEA
Janet Marie
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2 posted 2000-10-13 09:24 AM


she left a smoking hole
where my sense of self
had settled.
=================
her goodbye as close to hurt
as words could go.
=================

damn ... you do this so well ...
that pen of yours is razor sharp my friend
I feel every line and thats a good thing
excellent write Mike..
take care ..k?... yeah ... K *smile*
me

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

3 posted 2000-10-13 09:34 AM


a skeleton bouquet...your images are always so vivid, but this one is particularly startling and effective.  Really felt this one, Mike.  Sigh.
bsquirrel
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4 posted 2000-10-14 01:50 AM


SEA,
Ooo, I like this pattern: Write a poem, get hugged by you.  

J.M.,
Thanks. I'm still haunted by my past sometimes. Oh well -- if it makes poetry like this come out of me, who can complain too loudly?

S'en,
Thanks for reading and I appreciate you recommending me to JP (I think that's who it is?) I'm gonna be in San Diego this weekend, but after that, I'll be on to send you a shiny new e-mail. I knew you'd like that.   Take care, friend.

Mike

Elizabeth Cor
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Over the river and through the woods
5 posted 2000-10-14 02:58 AM


I feel like such a goof raving about everything I read, but among these lovely posts there are a few absolutely EXCEPTIONAL pieces, and this is certainly one fo them. Imagery, flow, simplicity & complexity, biting portrayal of emotions: these are not just captured but reinvented in a most appealing cynical light. Bravo.

~ Beth

tracie66
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since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713
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6 posted 2000-10-14 04:14 AM


This piece is very well written
Imagery great, left me with a sense of lonliness and sadness though
great writings
Tracie~


Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe



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