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Jamie
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0 posted 2001-03-27 11:58 PM


When lucid thought gives
up to frenzied reason
loose words are waved
like bloody battle flags
accusations are piled
and heaped like dunes of sand
that shift but do not waver
as truth disappears beneath the
grains and  delirium’s tight grip
suffocates any notion of remorse
the madness becomes consistent
the wretched mind gives way
cause  becomes random driven
distinctions are blurred and erased
confusion mingles with the truth
lustful with sadistic desire
to create its own malignant misery
mixing  hatreds venom in with poison
creating a cauldron of malice
that becomes in this  madness
like fuel to satan’s fire.


Jamie

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil.
"Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely".


© Copyright 2001 Jamie Patterson - All Rights Reserved
Paula Finn
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1 posted 2001-03-28 12:03 PM


Well hi Jamie...I sure have missed you here...this is such a strong powerful poem...with wonderful thoughts of how anger can get the best of us...
SEA
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2 posted 2001-03-28 12:23 PM


sounds like someone having a fight.....it gets away from us so easily......saying things to hurt.....very painful......   SEA
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3 posted 2001-03-28 01:00 AM


confusion mingles with the truth
                 lustful with sadistic desire
                 to create its own malignant misery
                 mixing  hatreds venom in with poison
                 creating a cauldron of malice
                 that becomes in this  madness
                 like fuel to satan’s fire.

Woahhh Jamie, very powerful images you have penned m'friend.

Hatred, poison indeed!

Well Done  

Maree .


Nate Dogg
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4 posted 2001-03-28 02:03 AM


Brilliant writing...I loved your vocabulary too.....peace!!!

Nathan

Jamie
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5 posted 2001-03-28 11:16 AM


Paula, SEA, Maree, and Nate...
Thanks very much.
As I said to K and Maree,, perhaps I have been on one domestic violence call too many,, sometimes it is just unbelievable the things people say and do..hence the madness and malice..

take care----J

Jamie

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil.
"Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely".


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6 posted 2001-03-28 06:55 PM


you've shown it very well here Jamie. . .

well done. . .

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Poet deVine
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7 posted 2001-03-28 07:48 PM



Such darkness here and it's so well done!! I could feel the tension - actually, I read this quickly and became 'breathless'. But I do see what you're getting at with this...I would like to think that anyone who gives up lucidity for this kind of blind anger would get help.

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8 posted 2001-03-28 08:38 PM


Jamie, your examination of the progression of madness makes for a potent composition. A difficult state to find truth in, to be sure, but this piece is nicely put together. Thanks for it.

Claire

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau


Jamie
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9 posted 2001-03-29 12:57 PM


Sven, Sharon, and Claire:

Thanks for the nice words and for taking the time to read and reply... .. take care

Jamie

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil.
"Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely".


Sudhir Iyer
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10 posted 2001-03-29 03:17 AM


Jamie,

This is such a wonderfully well-expressed poem... Thanks for the read...

Regards,
Sudhir

Jamie
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11 posted 2001-03-29 06:08 PM


Thanks Sudhir,, with your great taste, I am flattered...lol

Jamie

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil.
"Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely".


Severn
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12 posted 2001-03-29 08:57 PM


Sheesh!

I might just drag the word devastation out of the depths again dear...

K

Jamie
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13 posted 2001-03-29 09:13 PM


Please Master-- don't drag out that word again-- I'll be good,, I promise--
(well hey,, at least it isnt my devastation..)

Jamie

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil.
"Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely".  


Severn
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14 posted 2001-03-29 09:43 PM


Tch.  

You watch yerself bo', or I'll git yer over ma knee...

Jamie
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15 posted 2001-03-29 09:49 PM


ah yes-- and the profundity of that knee.......most especially along the ambit...heh

Jamie

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil.
"Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely".  


Severn
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16 posted 2001-03-29 10:27 PM


AH-ha!

You have been reading.
LOL - and that's one of my faves...

heh - maybe I wrote it for you ahead of time eh? Ya never know do ya? heh heh

K

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