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iliana
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0 posted 2004-06-02 02:03 AM


Deeply reddened fruit
hanging still by stems on branch
unattainable.




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passing shadows
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1 posted 2004-06-02 02:05 AM


yes...so true!
iliana
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2 posted 2004-06-02 02:06 AM


Yeah, Dixie, that's where I am tonight!  Thanks for understanding and for your post!  lol & hugs, jo
Sadelite
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3 posted 2004-06-02 08:44 AM


Hoow well I understand.  The perfect write!
Excellent!  Way to go, iliana!
              Sadie

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scorpio
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right...there
4 posted 2004-06-02 08:46 AM


well done!!  I'd find a ladder.

believe in what your heart feels...

Professor Gloom
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5 posted 2004-06-02 09:11 AM


Wash away the fuzz
Bite showers chin with sweet juice
Gives sticky embrace

Gloom

Sunshine
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6 posted 2004-06-02 09:19 AM


Iliana...I am very impressed!  Well done!
LeeJ
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7 posted 2004-06-02 11:21 AM


been there, time and time again

Very well done

choshi
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8 posted 2004-06-02 11:44 AM


~Jo,  Perfect!  So clearly stated.   ~P
Earth Angel
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9 posted 2004-06-02 03:42 PM


You have vividly captured that all-too-often scenario!

~ Sending you a ladder that will not only reach that desirable piece of fruit, but will reach all the way to the stars!

Love & Light,
EA

steavenr
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10 posted 2004-06-02 03:49 PM


you have caught this one well...fully expressive of a far too often occurrence...thank you for the succinctly beautiful write...
Susan Caldwell
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11 posted 2004-06-02 04:10 PM


Wonderfully done!

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

wandering glider
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12 posted 2004-06-02 04:31 PM


Plum out of hand's reach.
Oh, for want of a ladder,
while drooling below.


glider

JL
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13 posted 2004-06-02 04:37 PM


Reminds me of that old fox and the grapes.

Great one!

JL


She said: ”You look cute in the dark.”


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14 posted 2004-06-02 06:36 PM


Jo~
EXCELLENT !!!
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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