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ShadowRider
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0 posted 2002-03-05 12:19 PM



the Centennial Plant Day

   on days when getting a kiss
        is as likely as a lottery hit
        or a thank-you as rare
        as opening of Centennial Plants
        or times when blue-eyed beggars
        shoot you with their money-eyes

   I pace the hours clumsily        
        needing an infusion of oil or fresh blood
        or both at once

       like a Cheshire wanting to feel
       the soft purring in the back of a throat
          I just want some order
          some predictability
          some courtesy

   but instead, I found myself staring
        at the Centennial Plant
        patiently
        hoping this is one day in 100 years
        the Plant (or myself)
        will bloom.
            
           pity
        if there was no one there
        to witness the miracle

[This message has been edited by ShadowRider (03-05-2002 01:17 PM).]

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Temptress
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1 posted 2002-03-05 01:02 PM


Well, it sounds like something I don't have the patience for since there are so many miracles happing all around me sometimes I have to get up and see as many as I can, but this..lol..you make seem most important today, Sir. I enjoyed this very much. I love the way your thoughts write themselves.

How grave is my condition, for I cannot find the words to say, I need you so.
~Sarah MacLachlan~

ShadowRider
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2 posted 2002-03-05 01:43 PM


Thank you Temptress, I was just writing about one of those days that goes on forever, waiting it out, know-what-I-mean? Good days are meant to be shared. (Especially when your home sick ~ack~) Again, thank you.
tSR

N orth Carolina Girl
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3 posted 2002-03-05 02:38 PM


ShadowRider,I don`t have that kind of patience.Well maybe I do with my grandson.This was very enjoyable to read and I`m sending you an angel since you like the one on my poem.

Juanita

"always have a smile on your face it makes people wonder what you`re up to:

ShadowRider
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4 posted 2002-03-05 02:49 PM


Aw, thankx Juanita.  I love those graphics!  Really really do!
Believe it or not, i have some grandchillen of my own,
and i agree:  it's easy to have that kind of patience with them, too.
As a matter of fact....its a blessing and a pleasure to do so.

Thank you for your kind heart,
JkF

Victoria
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5 posted 2002-03-05 04:14 PM


Sounds like you need some company and somebody better get home real fast haa..

                ~Victoria~

"Mistakes are the portals of discovery."
-- James Joyce


ShadowRider
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6 posted 2002-03-05 07:26 PM


Vic:
ah, but we are judged by the company we keep...hey wait!
does that mean i am being judged......~shudder~

Am home, have great company, but still feeling like dog-stuff...
appreciate the thumbs-up, tho, and its good to know a body
has some friends on their side!  
Thankx friend!
Jeff

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7 posted 2002-03-05 07:31 PM






(sigh) Oh Jeff, I too know these days ever so well, I dream of spring coming to my heart finally and that I want to share it with my dream love and plant dreams into the earth to share forever for tomorrow always! (big hugggssssss) We all love you so much, sweet friend, this is fabulous! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Jeff, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

ShadowRider
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8 posted 2002-03-05 07:52 PM


Merci, mon ami, Noah.  Time-backward days, no less.
It's all ya can do just to hang on with your teethskin
and ride it out.  
Naps do help pass the time, tho! hehehe

Thankx muchly Noah, and have a great day tomorrow and every day!
Jeff

nakdthoughts
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9 posted 2002-03-06 06:09 AM


Time-backward days...may I borrow...love the phrase *s

Hope you are feeling better soon.

M

Dulcinea
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10 posted 2002-03-06 10:47 AM


          pity
        if there was no one there
        to witness the miracle

Aren't you glad there was darlin? ~~big smile~~

ilys

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