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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2002-11-14 10:21 AM



I never liked taking pills
and your Love is a bitter one
I cannot swallow
lies of any color or size
and the ones you hold out
for me will never slide
down into my reality
so take your bitter pill
and swallow it yourself
for I am not ill
and have no need of it.

© Copyright 2002 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2002-11-14 10:43 AM


bitter medicine... something most of us have tasted
VAS
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2 posted 2002-11-14 10:51 AM


great analogy, great retort!

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

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3 posted 2002-11-14 10:57 AM


Midnitesun
Good strong write, enjoyed.

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4 posted 2002-11-14 11:01 AM


Excellent Kacy!
A bitter pill is very hard to swallow.
~Hugs~

~Love, like magic, depends on believing~

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5 posted 2002-11-14 11:03 AM


Good write.....(I never liked taking pills either)......I used to take all kinds...all at the same time....now I just eat a handful of pain pills every morning.....(Just in case I should get hurt later in the day though....Preventive medicine of course)...
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6 posted 2002-11-14 11:16 AM


Thanks for the Heimlich help. I sometimes need to cough up a bitter pill from the past that got stuck. I'm feeling so much better now.
Toe?  Cough'em up now, you know you will feel better if you write out the pain.

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7 posted 2002-11-14 12:04 PM


Hey...they keep me off heroin, coke and booze....okay, so they don't keep me off booze.....LOL....(I'm only 'foolin' yanno..
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8 posted 2002-11-14 12:05 PM


Toe! You had me worried for a minute.
But not fooled.

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9 posted 2002-11-14 12:33 PM


Kacy,
Some things should never be choked down! Good job.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

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10 posted 2002-11-14 12:36 PM


Kacy, just spit it out and don't swallow it, friend.

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~
                  

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11 posted 2002-11-14 12:39 PM


Larry, you got that right!
Garysgirl, smiling as I spit.
YUCK! That didn't come out right.

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12 posted 2002-11-14 05:57 PM


You are smart in more ways than one!

--to swallow that pill, would make you ill!

Great in-your-face write!!!

EA

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13 posted 2002-11-14 06:06 PM


(in an Austin Powers voice:  "Well which one is it, baby... spit or swallow?")

-MVS

"AS ABOVE SO BELOW"

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14 posted 2002-11-14 06:37 PM


Dramatic and direct...
a wonderful job, Kacy... and I'm so glad you didn't choke
~ loving chipmunk hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

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15 posted 2002-11-14 06:41 PM


I never met a pill I didn't like (and ya know they come in lollipops now, too...lol), but think I'll pass on this one.  Even a spoonful of sugar can't coat some things.  
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16 posted 2002-11-14 07:09 PM


Well said!
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17 posted 2002-11-14 07:21 PM


Kacy - oooh, I like this one, so much so, I am putting it in my library!! Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....
                  
                       -Emily Dickinson

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18 posted 2002-11-14 08:40 PM




(big hugggssssss) Oh Kacy, I too would never wan to have to wash it down, it should be ones own dilemma and supplement to do so! (sigh) This is touching, sweet friend, I love it, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Kacy, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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19 posted 2002-11-14 08:45 PM


Reminds me of a song by Pink. Isn't it interesting how something once so sweet can turn too bitter to swallow?
Sandra

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20 posted 2002-11-14 08:57 PM



I liked this a lot. It is really good. It makes me smile, I can so relate.
It is perfect!

Warm Regards,
Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
        "Desiderata"

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21 posted 2002-11-15 12:30 PM


LOL at some of your replies. I'm glad we could have some laughter and fun with this one.
Mark, I'd PAY to hear your imitation of Austin Powers.
  

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