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Playing To The Crowd |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows 
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I see every face, not in every dream, not even every night, but I've no doubt each image, frozen in the instant just before it was erased just before the lightning bolt of change ripped it from its life, reclaims its hiding space and tucks away to wait within its own safe resting place, to wait until a moment's weakness, the random opportunity, or just a petty twist of fate, walks me grinning to some easy killing zone. ©2003 by icebox |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Hard, hard but true. Well said, and something that deserves the saying by one who writes as well as you. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Cruina Junior Member
since 2003-07-01
Posts 16Virginia |
very stark...i enjoyed it, a bit of reality... |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
That it does..too often for some not enough for others.. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I find myself wishing I could see--until I do. smiles to you i.b. (and yep, you warned me about playing with the weather, too--didn't take long did it? sheesh.) You are quite the mesmerist with word, m'friend. |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
I can so relate, but the killing zone would seem a part of our inevitable fate, however tragic the twist. Nice poem cool dude~ |
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TasteOfOctober Member
since 2003-06-24
Posts 94 |
"just before the lightning bolt of change ripped it from its life" that bit sent a jolting shiver down my spine. damn good sir. The only difference between the creative and the conformists is that the creative will not be conquered and the conformists already are. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
"lightning bolt of change" exactly |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Fortunate are we for the ability to record choice smatterings in a trice of time... for your words ring true...  |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
"until a moment's weakness, the random opportunity, or just a petty twist of fate, walks me grinning to some easy killing zone." Isn't it true, as well, that sometimes this is exactly what has to happen to get us OUT of the killing zone? Ice...Ice...baby...your words give me chills...the good kind! Susan C. |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
Ratleader ~ Thank you for your kind and supportive comments. Cruina ~ Yes, reality sometimes is a real attention getter. Aenimal ~ ...yes serenity blaze ~ Well, yes, we should always be careful of that for which we ask, whether it is insight or a "little" rain. *laugh* "mesmerist?" You should see it from the other side of a candle and a bottle of wine! *grin* BluesSerenade ~ Yes, no one gets out alive. Thanks for reading my poem. TasteOfOctober ~ That is about as close as I can get to describing what I was looking at and still be comfortable writing it. passing shadows ~ Thank you for reading my poem and for taking the time to comment. Some changes are very swift, yes? Nan ~ You remind me that I have often wondered how poets survived without going mad before the days of cyberspace sharing of their work. Thanks. Susan Caldwell ~ Yes, we all get out of that zone...one way or another. I hope the chills aren't disturbing you.  |
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