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my day |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) 
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I woke up this morning and that translates into: a groan-a snooze-a groan-a snooze-a get up and go I imagined that an angel or maybe even God waited on a word from me All this as the shifted wait pumped blood into my legs All this as I scratched my self neglected shower shaved a look into the mirror sprayed two shots of whiskey cologne and glossed my pits with aerosol. The globule of rain grew pregnant The cumulus cloud wouldn’t claim it The ... drop of rain in it’s a-suicide descent screamed with its brothers its sisters and its color My college dirty shirt flung over loose-leaf head storm gathering outside umbrella-ed thoughts brought shorts from the not yet dryer buzzed Coffee in my sorted fingers as socks hit hard I’m not hungry but I eat the machine dings twice walking through my house tripping on the wake The drop of rain screamed soft Its tear ducts filled with acidic dew down it dropped down it grew Falling brought no weightlessness Filled ambiguity doubting mind Would ever this torment come to end its brothers screamed its sisters screamed so it remained afraid falling as rain drops do leg on peddle foot is sleeping my envied toenails count the miles of when the gas will only go as far as wide as long as me I like to think I paint this road the demon pours ahead anon erase his words the seraph on his diadem pushes broom to clean the street in his chevy tinted wagon writes the tale we all are told follows from behind-waits on a word from me the bead of rain settled in curled itself lamazed itself released the babe without a pain but died upon the window shield did two flips cart wheeled back caught itself ‘neath angel’s wheels washed away the dogma ... the sweeper missed the point of this and for once the world was new but here I was two cars up spitting chew into a cup… [This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (04-16-2002 11:40 PM).] |
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skyshine 
since 2002-02-07
Posts 3058Beneath the northern stars |
quote: this reminds me of MY mornings!  ~sky I'm in charge, and I say question authority! |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
"I woke up this morning a groan did two flips cartwheeled back spitting chew into a cup" beats my morning all to heck :-) "As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it." Wendell Berry |
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cruz Member
since 2000-07-18
Posts 282Dallas,Texas USA |
kind of frantic. different from your usual. the raindrop/weather stuff is cool. i like how the rain comes to life. what's the deal with "..." i like it a lot. it reads really fast. |
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elisaseyes Member
since 1999-07-15
Posts 196fort worth texas |
tomorrow tomorrow... |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
What's that you were chewing Walt? I might like to give it a try!!.....Good ramble! |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Walt, you have the greatest imagination! Cor |
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