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WhileIWasGone
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0 posted 2002-09-04 03:34 PM


There Was Harassment in the Moon


There was harassment in the moon,
Stained melancholy on the mouths
Of pigeons whose cage had been
Rendered necessitous by the whooping
Pale wolves of fog strangling
The breath from the slate roof,
Perched upon the lowered
Night sky as a visage of hallowed ghost.

In the endless night of summer,
Dawning drew its claws,
Collapsed upon life in the dying
Caress of the moon-barking
Wild beasts awaiting their cue,
Some prayerful devotion to the prey,
Scorched eyes and ragged breaths hanging
In strings of isinglass, rapt and growling
For the single cry of a restless heart,
Retired dreams of compassion compelled
Utterances of fear and discontentment.

Somewhere, tea was being poured,
Soft ceramic clank and unseen drying
Dab of chestnut and white silk complicating
The womb Pigeon Owner called home.
And he sipped steam and tea and sugar with tears,
Forgotten things abounding in the small
Viscera of his so-called mind,
Thoughtless creations of rust destroyed
Within the twilight of calm’s descent
Into the shapeless abominations of his life.

Somewhere,
A fly wove disease in the chestnut and silk,
The clank an unnoticed crack
     Dribbling tea into the lap of his despair.

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1 posted 2002-09-04 03:38 PM


well, hello gorgeous!

beautiful outside as well as in...

this is superbly haunting, thoughts on a breeze as the stars wink...

stunning write, lady.

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2 posted 2002-09-04 03:39 PM


DDA,
This is too good to be allowed.



Mike

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3 posted 2002-09-04 05:58 PM


Beautiful in its' darkness. This wears the colors of night, as comfortably as a raven.

Etoile? You are amazing.

Je t'aime
~Ed

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4 posted 2002-09-04 06:25 PM



You write with wings...amazing and complicated.

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5 posted 2002-09-04 07:13 PM


WhileIWasGone~
A creatively lovely presentation of thoughts~
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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