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howpeculiar
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0 posted 2002-04-17 06:25 PM



sigh, words

how alien
the precise placement
of letters
in text or tongue
and how they scatter
like insects
when my brain
scrambles
to collect them

~

Ah, logic

how alien
the smooth
lines of rails
and highways:
barriers for
people
with their feet on the ground

and I am less like airplanes, or even clouds

than smoke,
which follows wind
and seeks out lungs

a common creature
with peculiar nature

that can suffocate and kill
or die to a dismissive hand

~

Oh,
color

how alien
its richness
in oil
and subtly in sky;
how emotional
and ranging

to define,
I think of magic



In rainbows
I wonder if you envision prisms
triangular boxes,  
smooth and exact
holding all the black, divine secrets of a pyramid
as easy as science, as semantics…

if you know that you seem to me
as mysterious… clear and perfect cut
with razor edge
that in light can explode to full spectrum

that still, to define
I think of magic

and I, smoke,
testing the edge
of you

trying to circumscribe
these ghostly filaments
to sharpness

but can only caress.

[This message has been edited by howpeculiar (04-17-2002 07:20 PM).]

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Larry C
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1 posted 2002-04-17 08:16 PM


Cool! I like the analogies in this piece.

It's never too late to have a good childhood! Woohoo!

BluesSerenade
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2 posted 2002-04-17 11:59 PM


In rainbows
I wonder if you envision prisms
triangular boxes,  
smooth and exact
holding all the black, divine secrets of a pyramid
as easy as science, as semantics…

if you know that you seem to me
as mysterious… clear and perfect cut
with razor edge
that in light can explode to full spectrum

I enjoyed the impact and your explosive expression.  Impressive work all the way around!!!  

ecrivan
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my own state
3 posted 2002-04-18 12:34 PM


an impressive group of analogies here, good write


howpeculiar
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4 posted 2002-04-18 02:03 AM


Kudos (and condolences) to anyone who actually read this the whole way through…

Thank you for you comments and (shocking) praise.

(I can’t believe I posted this thing… I’m so embarrassed )

Christopher
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Purgatorial Incarceration
5 posted 2002-04-18 11:50 AM


at the least... it's not 'bad'

this was cool:

and I, smoke,
testing the edge
of you


and the rest... well, i think you got most of your point across... LOL

Pc-n-hgs

C

msrads...wsitm

heh no +

howpeculiar
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6 posted 2002-04-18 08:07 PM


~smile~ you replied.

you know, that's how the whole thing started? That little phrase... then blankness and written/mused: "sigh, words" and internally: "my nemesis..."

...thus became the above.

Thank you for your words/thoughts/evilness.


Hugs, Charming Incantation


NO, all the time.

serenity blaze
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7 posted 2002-04-18 09:39 PM


Chris picked out my favorite part.

And you are so hard on yourself that I wish you'd quit reading ME. (Oh. You DID. heh heh)

But I did enjoy, and I don't care if you think me nuts for doing so...so? ppfffft!


ThisDiamond
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since 2002-02-22
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8 posted 2002-04-18 09:42 PM


A treat from my very first read, and I made several. Interesting style and excellent expression. ThisDiamond
Jamie
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9 posted 2002-04-18 11:48 PM


words
   logic
      colour
          light

two sides
neither wrong
neither right


muchly enjoyed

J

There is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar.
byron

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