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Kaoru
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where the wild flowers grow

0 posted 2003-06-15 06:20 AM


Typically,
she'd put her hand outside the car window
when it's going as fast as it'll ever go.
She feasts on the strength of the wind
and blows away like a birthday candle.
Her eyes climb, fixed upon the midnight sky.
The clouds looked like holograms
as they crumbled atop the moons vision.
The sky never
passes by at seventy five..

Questioning,
Would it be wrong if she were to just forget?
The song skipped a beat and she messed up the words.
Protecter of a miserable fate,
and still, her hands fly to
conform to the wind around them.

The sun is rising, another early morning.
Lighting cigarettes she was smoking
hours ago.
Typically,
she'd put her hand outside the car window..
But tonight,
tonight there were no winds.

© Copyright 2003 Meghan Armitage - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2003-06-15 07:12 AM


Off-balance, out-of-kilter....and intentionally so, to keep the reader from becoming complacent, expecting/accepting cliches....excellent technique, and a beautiful result. I like this very much.

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2 posted 2003-06-15 01:23 PM


wow...I am relating
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3 posted 2003-06-15 01:54 PM


Kaoru...something aches in this...not something I can name, only feel.
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4 posted 2003-06-15 03:38 PM


Very, very nice write. I enjoyed the ride.
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5 posted 2008-02-02 04:32 PM


Enjoyed reading your thoughts

ARCTIC WIND

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