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Local Rebel
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0 posted 2003-07-05 04:18 PM


Walk into Zen
The Cloud of Karma
Descending haze
The trip to Mecca Ended
 
Lexissa's final syllables
Dripping from crimson
Into a pool I thought
An Oasis
Blades roll off
Stained
The slice tango stultified
In cemented phrases
Lexis lectrons pouring from Twin
Strands of copper
Daggared ice
 
She used to leak Zen
In rivers -- the Zen Queen
But Flowers spilled out of
Her pearls
And withered

She wrapped me
Her voice around me
In neo classic booths
As I tripped while mummified
Aztecs dined on my mind
Sacrificed to Ennui
 
Again
Four Cigars into Tuesday
My Zen Burned
Maduro
Cannibals on flesh
Couldn't draw blood
Like she drew me
Into the universe
 
Empty bar stools
Hurt more than barbed wire
And broken glass
 
I finally shut-up

Tuesday
too thousand
More years my lord
February's gloom
Is brighter than smoke signals
Tapped on keys
Remorse code
Sans
X
Oh-2
Disconnected from the universe
Whata twisted pair
Could do for me now Lexissa
 
I am the evil she spoke of
Encrypted in remorse code
 
Don't touch me
Don't freaking touch me
This is not
A secure connection
Golden Silence Rattles

Thursday
In sonic boomed windows
NT
It's cold in cyberspace
Like empty bars
Full of fans
What she tried to tell
 
I couldn't hear
Until silence
 
Boomed
Prime Zen Rare
Devoured in waiting Lips
She leeched into
Embryonic children
On snow daze
 
All in all
Not a bad walk
 
Mecca rocked

[This message has been edited by Local Rebel (07-05-2003 04:45 PM).]

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inkedgoddess
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1 posted 2003-07-05 04:29 PM


yea, whatever gets u thru the night, its allright, allright,
whats the difference between zen and tao?

Local Rebel
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2 posted 2003-07-05 04:42 PM


that was Zen and this is Tao!
inkedgoddess
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3 posted 2003-07-05 04:55 PM


that was Zen and this is Tao!

yes, perfect response!

garysgirl
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4 posted 2003-07-05 05:21 PM


Well, then...if this is Tao, that must have been Zen!

[This message has been edited by garysgirl (07-05-2003 10:55 PM).]

serenity blaze
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5 posted 2003-07-05 06:27 PM


Very clever tweaking here...
Painful at points, but, I still found myself grinning in recognition at the pure wit behind the pain.

Yer somethin' Reb!


suthern
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6 posted 2003-07-05 10:10 PM


I am the evil she spoke of
Encrypted in remorse code

Don't touch me
Don't freaking touch me
This is not
A secure connection
Golden Silence Rattles

Yanno... I think if I came upon these words anywhere... I'd look for feathers. *S* I don't blame you for favoring this one... it's excellent. *S*

passing shadows
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7 posted 2003-07-06 03:50 AM


a favorite of mine too...of course, all of yours are
Local Rebel
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8 posted 2003-07-06 12:55 PM


ah dixie -- your adulation is always gladly received with gratitude! *bow*

auntie -- if not good I am always distinct -- and in your kind debt *bows again*

blazey -- it's nice to know that someone gets it   -- yep -- I'm somethin -- but it may not be somethin good...

ethel -- well that would seem logical

Midnitesun
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9 posted 2003-07-06 03:15 PM


quote:

She wrapped me
Her voice around me
In neo classic booths
As I tripped while mummified
Aztecs dined on my mind
Sacrificed to Ennui



LOL. Methinks 'twas more than boredom that made them dine on such thoughts.

More like hunger, for a taste of your unique humanity.

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