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Petticoats & Pinafores
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Petticoats & Pinafores |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart 
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Petticoats & Pinafores there are some women here daughters of mothers mothers of daughters women who have cried… women of women of women of women... you think we keep score but more and more we know it's a man's game but not a man's world can't do with us, won't do without us stop the fuss control the muss quit the cuss no controlling us… because we know we don't want to take over we'd rather roll in clover…some of us… but sometimes you toss aside the marital ride the willful stride to walk the wild side cause chasms wide I could be talking only for one but I'd rather not be under your gun of right and wrong when in contemporary we could together sing a song that could bring us to our knees please in such a harmony we would be so beautiful I guess sometimes I am still in a moment and then still in petticoats and pinafores in my thinking and in this thinking …that there could be a life for we that man and woman would could should be harmony we are deeper than you in many ways you are stronger than us in some ways but the pain we bear is as real as yours…. sometimes, more so…. why do we outlive you? why do you leave us so soon? why do we promise you forever… when you shoot for the moon… sometimes, sometimes in petticoat and pinafore dreams I live in dreams of fine I live in dreams of mine in dreams of kind dreams of mind certainly dreams of rhyme I would rhyme with you walk in step keep the kept in deep then sleep aside of you wild the ride of you be the hide of you clue clue clue petticoats and pinafores travesties and paramours opened and then closed doors what did you expect? circumspect and then did I seek a new life once did I thought perspective was the clue look at me…but what did you? petticoats and pinafores…. wish I could wear them more and more wish I could be one of them then, but wishes and more won't bring you back through that door… guess that's why I wear slacks or jeans and sorts of running pants you've made me live in a man's world and feminine I'm not but funny how I find men still looking at my mind even when I turn around and they're looking at my……………… but… if you would let me love you like no one else could love you just if you would listen take in all my kissing you would not be missing me in dreamy, ivory creamy petticoats and pinafores 01.17.01 |
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BlueEyes Member
since 2002-08-30
Posts 152TX, USA |
I LOVED this.... Didn't want it to end... BlueEyes |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Big smiles here Karilea! You just know I love this! What a womanly ramble this is! Love it!! Love it!! YES!!  ~Hugs & Smiles!~ ~Time has cast a spell on you, |
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the_loner_23 Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
Awesome write Cold hands means a warm heart |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
The phrase that keeps me thinking is: "just if you would listen".... That must be the biggest problem between the two sexes! Communication... Loved this, Sunshine!!!! A truly happy person is one who |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
because we know we don't want to take over we'd rather roll in clover…some of us… ******************** I'm hearing a song...LOL. But maybe some of us do want to take over, so we can dangle the gameboard in front of them teasingly with a 'come hither' look, then give it back to them with a fresh new feel, new playing pieces. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
"...we know it's a man's game but not a man's world"---I agree! In fact, I agree with everything you have so eloquently expressed! I read this poem three time from top to bottom and then from bottom to top! This is most definitely a keeper for me. Thanks Karilea! Extra warm hugs for this! Linda |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
"I could be talking only for one but I'd rather not be under your gun of right and wrong when in contemporary we could together sing a song that could bring us to our knees please in such a harmony we would be so beautiful I guess sometimes I am still in a moment and then still in petticoats and pinafores in my thinking and in this thinking …that there could be a life for we that man and woman would could should be harmony" "but… if you would let me love you like no one else could love you just if you would listen take in all my kissing you would not be missing me in dreamy, ivory creamy petticoats and pinafores" yeah... and this goes into my library... such a treasure I found!! |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
Karilea, Always the optimist and more feminine than you confess.  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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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Karilea--I wore pinafores as a girl, but they didn't keep my knees from turning green or hide the band aids. Enjoyed this, the back and forth differences are perhaps something that draws us to eachother like yin and yang. But can also cause problems.  |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
hmmmm... I think Larry said it best... but I'll add I enjoyed |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
"but… if you would let me love you like no one else could love you just if you would listen take in all my kissing you would not be missing me in dreamy, ivory creamy petticoats and pinafores" The dream of a man, young or old, is that this is who he is getting. But human nature on both sides of the gap does seem to get in the way. This is a lovingly written scenario. KJ Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
we are deeper than you in many ways you are stronger than us in some ways but the pain we bear is as real as yours…. sometimes, more so…. Well you certainly got down to the heart of the matter. Love your shine~ |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Karilea, I love it!!  It's a  "Love makes the world go around" |
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GG Member Elite
since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532Lost in thought |
I love it!!! I wanted it to keep going so I could see what tune and wise, witty words you had next! Always, Alyssa - And so it was that time stood still - |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
*mouth hanging open* uh....wow |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
Lady you have NO idea of just how much I loved this little treasure. I'm glad I went digging in the back pages to find this lil' gem. Hugs you.... |
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Robert Frazier Senior Member
since 2003-02-06
Posts 1014 |
My first visit here and I so enjoyed this poem! Equal measures "grin" and "bear it" while acknowledging its central truth. Will definitely search for more of yours! Rf |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Haha, think RF meant grin and bare it? I had to come back to this one again, it is superb! |
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