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Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

0 posted 2003-07-27 03:56 PM

Offerings carved upon polished marble
a sacrifice of fatted calf is made
set upon the coals an aura unleased
draws slavering neighbours from their hiding

In the gleam of the gilded orb I pour
libations to gods of my own making
'round the kingly spread I sit in wonder
at the delirium of herbivores

no offense to herbivores intended.. grins

Marshalzu

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since 2001-02-15

Posts 2681
Lurking

1 posted 2003-07-27 04:20 PM

This is just wonderful writing, I can't remember reading any of your previous work but I now know what I am missing. Keep up the great work

Andy

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

2 posted 2003-07-27 11:07 PM

Thanks Andy, most of the time I terrorize Open this is only my second in sanctuary

bsquirrel

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since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

3 posted 2003-07-28 12:23 PM

Welcome to your true home, then.

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

4 posted 2003-07-28 02:47 PM

*smile*
nicely put indeed
brilliant Raph

Wind

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since 2002-10-12

Posts 2981

5 posted 2003-07-29 10:40 AM

double clicked

[This message has been edited by Wind (07-29-2003 10:44 AM).]

Wind

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since 2002-10-12

Posts 2981

6 posted 2003-07-29 10:43 AM

ugh..this is the second time I've read your poem, but I just can't describe what I'm thinking. i bet that doesn't bother you though...so good job.

this is irellevant: your from Canada, aren't you? I have me ways of telling..mysterious ways

pphhllt

insanity is not a crime

gemjop
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since 2002-11-18

Posts 2587
Pencilveinia, USA

7 posted 2003-07-29 10:49 AM

a sacrifice of fatted calf is made

Thats me youre talking about. offense taken

not sure i understand this. but enjoyed the visuals it created.

Instant karma's gonna get you.

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

8 posted 2003-07-29 05:07 PM

thanks everybody, actually a silly little poem about......BBQ grins

Ceinwyn
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since 2000-07-09

Posts 2175
VA

9 posted 2003-07-30 12:28 PM

lol you have such eloquence with your words

err yeah whatever Beef it's whats for dinner

If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried.

Child of the Stars

Senior Member

since 2000-09-07

Posts 1658
Ann Arbor, MI

10 posted 2003-07-30 06:43 PM

We're having bbq tonight...*licks her lips*

Poem was yummy too...

Made me smirk.

~Carly

"How inimitably graceful children are in general before they learn to dance!"
--Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Wind

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since 2002-10-12

Posts 2981

11 posted 2003-07-30 07:16 PM

lol..the other OTHER white meat..

couldn't help myself

insanity is not a crime

Local Parasite

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since 2001-11-05

Posts 2527
Transylconia, Winnipeg

12 posted 2003-08-01 01:38 PM

I read it a couple of times and figured it was about BBQ. Wish you hadn't spoiled it and I could have taken credit for the interpretation. Oh well. Guess that means I should just be hastier with my replies.

Very nice writing, Raph... see? it's not so hard to write poetry now, is it?

Parasite

Faith is a fine invention
When gentlemen can see
But microscopes are prudent
In an emergency.
~~~Emily Dickinson

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

13 posted 2003-08-02 12:06 PM

that is what the smile up there was for -
the title said it all . . . you just had to read . . .

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