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Iambe's Canyon
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Iambe's Canyon |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Oklahoma City is an easy flat roll of highway away from Tulsa and Tulsa a short haul From Joplin, straight down 44 That is unless They are working on the road And they are always working On that road to fix The winter heaves And summer ruts of 40 thousand pound trucks cut in soft pavement 2 Am and the trucks which never stop are also using center stripes as center lines for grill as hours of staring start to turn into small blue pilled pushings one more mile one more before they stop Just outside of Tulsa Someone luck ran out And a load of hardware Ace hardware’s finest Collection of fasteners Was strung out over A half mile of four lane And red lights were Illuminating the Low hanging clouds As if even the glow Was trapped in tragedy I had time While we all waited Engines off For the remains of Some poor trucker to Be removed from mangled Jackknife jumble And for O.D.T. to shovel Up tons of screws, nails, and staples. To think about how, How, inside of me Iambe had flowed. She’d run through my life For years in either a trickle Or a flood that tumbled Her family in the channels she cut And with her gone That place eroded in me Sat dry A place to fall into On dark nights when You stumbled And then lay there Cursing both the empty And the pain Of your own Mistakes. An hour later, The last of the O.D.T. boys Were setting up cones to direct at least one lane and we began to move. Truckers heading home Or to the next terminal Families Going on early vacations Everyone was headed someplace Me… I was heading Towards Lacey About sunsrise I felt a trickle in that Empty canyon Iambe cut And realized Lacey Had broken My drought |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (sigh) Love can truly be a canyon, where either it seems barren and dry but when it is true it has the arroyo flooding and the coyotes at peace with the moon! (big hugggsssss) This is wonderful, sweet friend, I just love this journey, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Ron, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Yup...we're headed back to Lacey!! 'Bout time too!  and...can't you drive any faster? ~Hugs & Smiles~ ~ Trace my body with your words.. |
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KristieSue
since 2003-01-31
Posts 1460PA, US |
ditto on driving faster...sheesh! he was stuck in that traffic jam for a few days! LOL Love your work Ron and love reading every word of it!! |
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Duncan Member Ascendant
since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455 |
'Me… I was heading Towards Lacey About sunsrise I felt a trickle in that Empty canyon Iambe cut And realized Lacey Had broken My drought' The road is never longer than when the woman we desire...waits at the other end. Buckle up... |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
She’d run through my life For years in either a trickle Or a flood that tumbled Her family in the channels she cut And with her gone That place eroded in me Sat dry A place to fall into On dark nights when You stumbled And then lay there Cursing both the empty And the pain Of your own Mistakes. ============================== Me… I was heading Towards Lacey About sunsrise I felt a trickle in that Empty canyon Iambe cut And realized Lacey Had broken My drought ============================ LET IT RAIN ... OH LET IT RAIN ... LET IT RAIN ON ME Where the touch of lovers end and the soul of friends begin, |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
And don't you feel....sometimes, that you're as criss-crossed as the surface of mars, with such canyons? Extra fine. Ed |
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regards2you Member Elite
since 2002-10-01
Posts 3940California |
Grinning at Janet's reply. With just as much enthusiasm as the others, yes....hurry along...(we were all stuck on that road, by the way, great imagery)... eager for the next chapter.... Enjoyed, Pat  ..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.. |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
About sunsrise I felt a trickle in that Empty canyon Iambe cut And realized Lacey Had broken My drought Are you sure we are heading back and not forward? |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Interesting...they say that on the Autobahn in Germany they rairly have ruts...the secret is the thickness of the road...thicker roads need less maintenance...somone should tell the Oklahoma Division of Highways this...James |
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