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gemjop
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0 posted 2003-07-08 09:55 AM



Making sound
now
I cannot

Nettle sting
voice
he can

The ache
of them
makes unseen marks

Stretch my elastic
lived
band of life

Strung
and released
over, and over

Making silence
now
his art

Care for you
breaks
my skull.

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Wind
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1 posted 2003-07-08 10:01 AM


memory is grey,
the sound of silence.
It sounds like children crying and makes you feel
forgotten

shivers gem, shivers


I said I'm going to buy a gun and start a war,
If you can tell me something worth fighting for
-coldplay

[This message has been edited by Wind (07-08-2003 10:02 AM).]

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2 posted 2003-07-08 10:09 AM


oh, I had this wierd dream last night and you were in it. You were visiting someone over here, and I asked you what England is like and you said you lived between England and Germany, so I asked you which one, and you said neither, in between. Then you told me that you didn't really live in euorope, you lived in "Kansas"

ok, how weird is that?

gemjop
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3 posted 2003-07-08 10:24 AM


Ha ha. Weird! Thats odd, because you were randomly in one of my dreams once, as were a few others from here. no one particularly did or said anything, but you were all just there. So, sounds like I was trying to be mysterious! between england and germany eh? in the sea perhaps? i'm an old sea hag! i knew it.

    how good is this?

Aenimal
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4 posted 2003-07-08 11:05 AM


Hello darkness my old friend..no really he is a friend I look better in the dark! Awesome words gemdrop and between Liz's replies and yours it's good to see I'm not the only one who's gone completely insane  

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gemjop
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5 posted 2003-07-08 11:14 AM


You can call me Toto if u like, seen as i come from Kansas. wasnt that to do with the wizard of oz? I do often resemble a dog, especially in the mornings.

Raphael, i thought i told you to stop it. gemdrop, ah you lot make me laugh you do.

HopeS
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6 posted 2003-07-08 11:16 AM


the title did remind me of the "Simon &Garfunkel song , but I read this a couple of times ..... was the sound your heartstrings being played ??
Hope

gemjop
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7 posted 2003-07-08 11:22 AM


Hope, the person i write of played them once, but not anymore. i save my heartstrings for better things now.
I'll have to check out the song, i don't know it.

Thanks for your reply lady.

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8 posted 2003-07-08 11:24 AM


this is so excellent....
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9 posted 2003-07-08 11:27 AM



"Gemdrop"

I said I'm going to buy a gun and start a war,
If you can tell me something worth fighting for
-coldplay

LeeJ
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10 posted 2003-07-08 11:29 AM


your poetry comes from an awesome depth...and insight that is incredibly creative...do you paint?  
Earth Angel
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11 posted 2003-07-08 01:22 PM


gem, this truly is a gem! You're not only pretty, but you have brains behind those beautiful eyes!


EA

littlewing
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12 posted 2003-07-09 01:23 AM


Gem:

Making silence
now
his art

grrrr I know . . .

lmao at these replies and God you MUST listen to the entire album, not just sound of silence . . . go download old friends , christ - thats a good tune

Awesome write as always gem ,
you make me smile you do - even in your sadness
xxoo

ctowen
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13 posted 2003-07-09 01:33 AM


Simon and Garfunkle -  Bridge Over Troubled Waters


        .... Cecilia "making love up in my bedroom"

        
       Thank you for these smiles Gem!!
                    
                     *S

passing shadows
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14 posted 2003-07-09 04:12 AM


OMG! I can so relate to this!
JamesMichael
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15 posted 2003-07-09 03:28 PM


Enjoyed...James
Janette
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16 posted 2003-07-10 10:52 PM


"Nettle sting
voice
he can"

Ouch!  I do know that kind of "sting."

Oh, by the way ... I am originally from the land of Ahhhhhhhhh's, too, Kansas.  Call me Dorothy ... "there's know place like home."  Hahhaha!



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