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bsquirrel
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0 posted 2003-09-30 06:38 PM


The suddenness of the fire
lit her eyes
with an inner conceit
I did not understand.

She crouched toward the flame,
while keeping a distance.
Contemplative
and intrigued,

I approached her.
A glow bronzed her lips,
singed a hole
through my vision of her.

If I could grasp your hair,
I wanted to say,
to keep it from touching the flame,
I would. I would.

You'd what? she asked.
Her smile edged out
any threat of damage --
that close to her.

Did I say that out loud?
I asked (that
close). Her hand
found mine,
within the smoke.

A flickering beam
fell through the trees.
We wended our way
back home.

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gemjop
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1 posted 2003-10-01 10:58 AM


A glow bronzed her lips,
singed a hole
through my vision of her.

If I could grasp your hair,
I wanted to say,
to keep it from touching the flame,
I would. I would.


*melting in this fire*
how do some people make you say thoughts out loud without knowing it? some kind of voodoo magic.

~I wanna live, I wanna give, I've been a miner for a heart of gold~  Neil Young

bsquirrel
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2 posted 2003-10-01 11:53 AM


Yep. It can lead to quite revealing moments, as this poem shows.
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3 posted 2003-10-01 03:42 PM


My god!

I feel.. weakened by this.

Wind
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4 posted 2003-10-01 04:05 PM


oh god...this is anazing.

And the angel said unto me, "These are the cries of the carrots, the cries of the carrots!"
-Tool

bsquirrel
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5 posted 2003-10-01 04:25 PM


Thank you.
Ceinwyn
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6 posted 2003-10-02 09:17 PM


I need a lil drooly icon here.... reminds me of Friday night..scary stuff there Mikey...

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

Yu Lan
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7 posted 2003-10-03 03:15 AM


Oooh. I can feel that.

Bless your cotten sockies, you poetic maniacs. ^_^

Love - Lynne

bsquirrel
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8 posted 2003-10-03 12:32 PM


Thank ya both.
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