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Near golden sunsets

0 posted 2003-11-19 03:22 AM



Reluctantly waiting
expectant, but unnoticed
the stress, eating him alive

another long draw
another slow exhale
another uneasy glance
a twitch of finger
a drop of ash
and the frustration takes him

pacing
pacing
back and forth
three steps forward
three steps forward
turns in between

Reluctantly waiting
expectant, but unnoticed
nervousness, driving him mad

and he finds the wall
he finds the clock
he finds the hands
a sweat bead races the small hand
tick tick tick drip
tump ta-thump tump ta-thump
his heart a small engine
of regret and denial

the lights click out
a point of flame
with one last draw
and a disgusted flick
accompanies his departure


starting up her car
she drives away
knowing that it's killing him
she watches from the shadows

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Inside the shadow's shadow
1 posted 2003-11-19 04:05 AM


Wow...


Wow!

This is definitely going in my library. It's fantastic.

I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
--Chang Tzu

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2 posted 2003-11-19 04:28 AM


I second that WOW
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