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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2004-08-04 07:11 PM



I found your presence today
in a solitary handful of dirt.

No, I did not try to wash myself clean of you.

Rather, I let the feel and smell of the earth sink
into every pore, every inch of me that knew you.

I let the memories flow through me slowly,
as if the sieve of life held only grains of you.

I believe that wherever you are,
you remain the salt of the earth.

© Copyright 2004 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2004-08-04 07:19 PM


hmmmm.. one could take the idea even further..if they wished.. though what you have done here is quite good and is touching..


nicely done ma'am

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2 posted 2004-08-04 07:22 PM


can I just sit and silently drool with that? LOL
you are magnificent!

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3 posted 2004-08-04 07:28 PM


(chuckling) don't drool on the keyboard, it's not good for the electronics you know....

you've read it and gotten the idea.. now for me to edit it out.. this is your poem.. and it is well done.. it doesn't deserve to have my scribblings added in..

magnificent..lmao.. my my dear.. that's way too kind


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4 posted 2004-08-04 07:44 PM


LOL, now what am I suppposed to do? I didn't save those lines of yours!
Grinning here, at least I saw them, if only for a moment.



thanks for the email

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (08-04-2004 08:20 PM).]

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