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brian sites
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0 posted 2003-08-09 02:24 AM



entertainer

I call you out!

living in my skull
            you slipped through
        the closing door

didn't see you
so you saw it all

you know how to make me exclaim
      in wonder
I thought
     I thought
I knew
my own mind

but you
pull rare bits
out from under my hat

           and make me

remember

those

                laughings
              that

made my fists tight

oh
you are a funny one, mister!

make it all real for me
so I can
lash out again
you...
funhouse kind of fella

~he staggers away
from the mirror
the same time I do~



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BluesSerenade
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1 posted 2003-08-09 02:58 AM


You've got the entertainment down!!!!  
I liked these couple lines most of all,

you are a funny one, mister!

make it all real for me

and the way you both staggered off at the same time.  Scary huh???  

Very good Sir~


passing shadows
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2 posted 2003-08-09 05:11 AM


cool!
serenity blaze
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3 posted 2003-08-09 05:17 AM


Taps on shoes can weigh a ton...



This brought to mind a story of Janis Joplin, who, in full "Janis" regalia, feathers and spangles and fringe and such, encountered a clown on the street. The story goes, that she cackled and howled, full belly laughter, pointing at the clown.

They said the clown did the same, pointing at her.

gawd I love you bri...this is wonderful.


Sunshine
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4 posted 2003-08-09 07:15 AM


Came looking
for
pebbles...

found a rare bit
under a
hat.


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5 posted 2003-08-09 09:33 AM


THIS is pure magic!!
~Summertime hugs, Nancy~

~The breeze that kissed you on the face,
    Has held me in the same embrace~

littlewing
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6 posted 2003-08-09 09:41 AM


ahahah LOL @ K - yes Pearl indeed . . .

Bri . . . and just how many magicians you have up your sleeve there?
xxoo

wranx
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7 posted 2003-08-09 10:23 AM


Nearly magical, the way these things show up in the wee hours.

Then, stagger off...

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just out of reach
8 posted 2003-08-09 10:23 AM


Wonderful write Brian! Enjoyed. Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul ~
            Emily Dickinson




    

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9 posted 2003-08-09 10:27 AM


brian

I've seen a clown or two in my own mirror...yep..understand this.  Well done!

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10 posted 2003-08-09 10:32 AM


oh
you are a funny one, mister!

make it all real for me
so I can
lash out again
you...
funhouse kind of fella

~he staggers away
from the mirror
the same time I do~


Brian, I love this ending......
We all are "funhouse kind of fellas"   every
now and then, aren't we?
Hugs to you  
Ethel

Janette
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11 posted 2003-08-10 11:21 AM


"but you
pull rare bits
out from under my hat"

Nahhhhhhhhhh ... not "rare" at all ... you always appear to be magical to me.

Now let me see you pull a rabbit out of that hat ... please. *wink*

Really did enjoy this one.

always seeking joy, adventure and romance and wishing you find the same

arthur
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12 posted 2003-08-10 11:54 AM


the greatist of all love hate relationships is with oneself
the ability to forgive/accept oneself as freely as we forgive/accept others-is rare in the thinking man
arthur

angelblueyes
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13 posted 2003-08-10 12:06 PM


Your words are always wonderful magic to my eyes.
angelblueyes

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