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Rex Allen McCoy
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Sippin a Timmy's in London

0 posted 2001-09-30 07:09 PM


Backbone
~~~


A voice descends an icy vine
strangulates ...
and shakes the spine
Though adversary
defends the mind
there's pain to bear
one cannot find
~
A voice descends beyond compare
substantiates ...
complete despair
All noxious thoughts
though we beware
appeasing phantoms
our dreams prepare
~
A voice incapable of speech
comunicates ...
constructs a breach
Impotent yet
can often tweak
the coldest nerve
or blanch the meek
~
A surreal voice devoid of friend
omniscient ...
to comprehend
Invade
pervade
to break amend
a scoundrels touch
we sore defend
~
A voice of ruin without impact
serenity ...
with jaws intact
Deprived of site
fraught intellect
recurred demise
we soon collect
~
Recurrent voice of hollow valor
osculates
behinds of power
Slow deflates
the might of cower
and all for not
perceiving scholar
~
A voice within could overcome
undo connect
of lip to bun
Beyond the gate
finds rising sun
a drowning face
deceiving none
~~~




© Copyright 2001 Rex Allen McCoy - All Rights Reserved
Kit McCallum
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1 posted 2001-09-30 07:12 PM


Wow! Wonderful Rex ... flawless in cadence and rhyme - I just love your style!  

Best wishes,
/Kit

Enchantress
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Canada eh.
2 posted 2001-09-30 07:23 PM


I love it...love it...love it!
Profound write here Rex!!
~Hugs, Nancy~
To the top!


~Time has cast a spell on you,
So that you won't ever forget me.~
  

sunshinemist
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3 posted 2001-09-30 07:28 PM


Rex, excellent read!! Enjoyed very much.
warm smiles ~Marie~

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4 posted 2001-11-06 05:05 PM



This voice says....Wow....

Lone Wolf
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5 posted 2001-11-06 06:36 PM


Superb flow, Rex.  Flawless.  

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

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6 posted 2001-11-06 06:44 PM


Incredible!
It’s always a joy to read your stuff!
Great writing Rex

Tracey
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7 posted 2001-11-06 08:54 PM


Wow, great poem Rex. Powerful, but with such great flow.

If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please?

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just out of reach
8 posted 2001-11-06 09:42 PM


Rex - this is awesome!! Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

Rex Allen McCoy
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Sippin a Timmy's in London
9 posted 2001-11-07 04:42 PM


Thankyou everyone ... I wrote this trying to better understand that undesired, unanounced fear that creeps along the backbone once in a while
It's difficult to do it justice
  

[This message has been edited by Rex Allen McCoy (edited 11-07-2001).]

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