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Drexler_McStyles
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since 2002-11-18
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Venice, Ca

0 posted 2003-04-23 12:52 PM


sparrows are chewing bark off the rings under your eyes
its no wonder
you look a little older than you really are
I poured antifreeze into the queen size
see if I couldn’t stir up some heat between us
but you were hung up
on the Johnny Cash playing on the Victorola
so I whipped up some potatoes and boiled some corn
packed my bags
and headed for the highest rise in the county
the clouds were running like mascara
across the face of the jaded sky
wheat swooned to the serenades
of the seductress wind
I crawled up the dirt road
and lied out under the shade of an acacia
a jug of wine by my side
near where she used to lie like a hot poker
on evenings when the fire that burned inside of me
matched its intensity

now, I just listen for the wolves
to come crawling out of me
plunder the wine
and raise an axe to this tree
so no memory goes undestroyed
no proof to remain
of something that died
long before the coming of fall

[This message has been edited by Drexler_McStyles (04-23-2003 05:09 PM).]

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wranx
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Moved from a shack to a barn
1 posted 2003-04-23 04:58 PM


I found this fine bit of reading, too many pages back.

I think another ride on the bullet-train of "open" is required.

Good write.

~wranx

"The shortest distance between two points is.....sometimes intolerable"

~Bukowski~

RSWells
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2 posted 2003-04-23 05:43 PM


Some Santa Ana solitude. Here's to some Spring cleaning. Enjoyed
Cpat Hair
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3 posted 2003-04-24 01:06 PM


going to agree with Wranx.. a fine bit of reading.. well done.
Midnitesun
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Gaia
4 posted 2003-05-18 10:00 AM


amazing, what scented blossoms one can find hidden at this site
one of the best yet D

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