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Brad Majors
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0 posted 2001-04-05 04:37 PM


Tangled up inside
a coiled mangled mess
of empty hopes
and infomercial dreams

Rambling about someday
when tomorrow never comes
and yesterday is past

My hourglass is shattered
and all I can do is
slow the grains
rushing
rushing
through my fingers


My time is coming fast
to an end
and I'm not yet
dressed for the ball
the white rabbit
keeps saying he's late
to the Queen of Hearts
Execution Gala

I've drained my last
drop of hope
but here's my
magic hat
and abracadabra
I will have just
a little more

Tripping outside
I play my part well
a happy, ignorant fool
loitering in a life
that isn't mine
waiting for my tombstone's
final completion.

[This message has been edited by Brad Majors (edited 04-05-2001).]

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Sunshine
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1 posted 2001-04-05 04:43 PM


I would only change "hoped" to hope...and I certainly enjoyed the references to the White Rabbit....it brings back many thoughts....

I enjoyed!

Honeybee
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2 posted 2001-04-05 04:43 PM



Wow - wow - wow- oh my, Brad! Although a very despairing poem, this is a superior write, clever, so deep with emotion, excellent use of a metaphor and references to charcters. I must have this for my library    I'm truly sorry that you feel this way, I have felt like this many times before, hopefully your pain will lessen, hugs to you~

Take care,
Melissa~

Brad Majors
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3 posted 2001-04-05 04:50 PM


Thank you both.   This place is awesome!
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4 posted 2001-04-05 04:59 PM


Brad, excellent! very cool write!    SEA
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5 posted 2001-04-05 05:06 PM


My time is coming fast to an end
and I'm not yet dressed for the ball
the white rabbit keeps saying he's late
to the Queen of Hearts Execution Gala


A splendid write Brad...
I enjoyed the read...
I'll keep my eyes posted for more of your poetry...
~coco~

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6 posted 2001-04-05 05:25 PM


loitering in a life
that isn't mine
waiting for my tombstone's
final completion.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Interesting write.  You DO have a vivid imagination.  An excellent tool for a writer of free verse and prose.  Give us more.

Live for love. Without love, you don't live.


Brad Majors
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7 posted 2001-04-05 05:30 PM


Thank you!
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8 posted 2001-04-05 06:43 PM


Brad--In the end, time ticks us all out, doesn't it...quite an interesting poem...enjoyed the reading...thank you.
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9 posted 2001-04-05 07:18 PM





Brad*
Although painfilled this poem shows the
talent of a gifted poet...excellent writing~

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10 posted 2001-04-05 10:03 PM


Brad, this is a very nice poem , it portrays life so well, how it seems to go by so quickly, as the sand from the hourglass rushes through my fingers, I loved this.
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11 posted 2001-04-05 10:44 PM


You know what I think...before I can think it.  But I was here...I read it again because I'm waiting for the book.  

"I'm a junkyard full of false starts....Elliot Smith"

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12 posted 2001-04-06 11:27 PM


of empty hopes
and infomercial dreams
-----------------
I absolutely loved this!  An awesome write for sure.  

Lone Wolf
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13 posted 2001-04-06 11:47 PM



My hourglass is shattered
and all I can do is
slow the grains
rushing
rushing
through my fingers


Very powerful images here, Brad.  This was a great write!  

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Brad Majors
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14 posted 2001-04-07 12:37 PM


Thank you all very much!  
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15 posted 2001-04-07 12:48 PM


This is an interesting write, indeed.  The poem is imaginative--laced with despair and a dash of wit.
Marie~

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16 posted 2001-04-07 03:08 AM


Very impressive piece of work Brad.
For a moment, I felt as though I was gasping for air.
Way to make the reader feel your work.
Looking forward to more.  

~Sheri

"The things that come to those that wait may be the things
left by those who got there first"



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17 posted 2001-04-15 09:22 AM


vivid imagery...great write!

Aloha with warmest regards, Koko
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