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serenity blaze
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0 posted 2002-09-07 11:04 AM


I took a word
and called her mine
I took a verb
and I ran
I raped an adjective
and sinned
and swore
I'd not
do that again


A simple sentence
made complex
by simple
silly willingness
language
leathered
loathing
less...
forgiving
fortitude's
forest--

I know this wood--
I've rested here.
I felt this crook
b'neath my cheek.
I know this wood--
I'm not insane.
Tell me that I live again.

Tap me? I am maple-sweet...
dripping sap of forestry.
I weave leaves across my face--
I giggle--
whisper--
wondering?
like a child
with fingers splayed--
I pretend...

pretend you stayed.

I shudder
when you jump--say boo?
shiver-gasp
The mask? shows you...

[This message has been edited by serenity blaze (09-07-2002 12:04 PM).]

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VAS
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since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon
1 posted 2002-09-07 11:09 AM


you certainly do some fascinating things with language

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

serenity blaze
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2 posted 2002-09-07 11:11 AM


and VAS? the language does some fascinating things with ME!

sigh...

Sunshine
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Listening to every heart
3 posted 2002-09-07 12:28 PM



My dang finicky brain...wanted to change the "boo" to "who"....

and I sit here, in sweet amaze....

Poet deVine
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Hurricane Alley
4 posted 2002-09-07 12:29 PM


Oh my! I should have read yours before I posted mine..this is marvelous Missy!!!
Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla
5 posted 2002-09-07 12:40 PM


serenity,
A delightful write and read.

Gentle Spirit
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6 posted 2002-09-07 03:01 PM


ya know Serenity, you've done it again
you have just amazed me.......again......
you really do have this way with words.
I think we should all thank Mikey for the challenge, it was fun!

If I have touched one heart through my words, then I have acheived my dream...

bsquirrel
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7 posted 2002-09-08 12:08 PM


Sen,
Your words ARE magnets...

I love how you make
the filings dance.

Mikey

brian sites
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since 2002-06-25
Posts 1475
usa
8 posted 2002-09-08 02:03 AM


I'll just be over here....
in the corner......
slackjawed
and
playing with lint

*shaking head*
your words are jungle
b

Kethry
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since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082
Victoria Australia
9 posted 2002-09-08 03:02 AM


you amaze me with your write.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind.  Unknown



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