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Mistletoe Angel
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0 posted 2004-10-28 04:01 PM


    

A Perfect Circle
By: Noah Eaton
9/7/03

Vicariously I take these fingerpaints
Spilt from the forgotten palette
I stare at a symbol on some strangers driveway
Hoping its artist didn't forget

Perhaps I can build a ladder to the sun
Suspend this religion and encourage everyone
To train them to dive into this abyss
Oscillating in synchronized harmony

I've been staring through these thin doors
Peering through electric windows
Hearing children gossiping about constellations
Soon enough they'll join the vigil
Then these fingers can draw
A perfect circle...

    

Walking through this Walpurgis Night
Swimming through a sea of dragonflies
Wearing paper hats on all our heads
Running for cover, running for the daylight

Arranging down these roads these warning signs
Holding a box of rain without an address implied
Skimming through corn fields for its owner
Looking for the headlight in this firefight

I've been staring through these thin doors
Peering through electric windows
Hearing children gossiping about constellations
Soon enough they'll join the vigil
Then these fingers can draw
A perfect circle...

Clarity is not a one-eyed Cheshire cat
Not a cardboard pirate riding an aluminum ship
Teach your children to draw halos with their fingers
Show the world how to frame the full moon with the eclipse...

The way to love is no Sunday matinee
You've got to go with the flow everyday
Time to jump off the moon
To where heaven can see us and draw a perfect circle...

A perfect circle
A perfect circle...
A perfect circle
A perfect circle...

    



"You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come back home" MB20

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1 posted 2004-10-28 04:05 PM


"The way to love is no Sunday matinee
You've got to go with the flow everyday
Time to jump off the moon
To where heaven can see us and draw a perfect circle..."

Noah this is so true and so beautifully presented.
And..by the way...Happy Birthday!
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~Autumn..the year's last, loveliest smile.~

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2 posted 2004-10-28 04:06 PM


nice
bernie

A smile a day keeps the world in smile's.
Bernie Slicker

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3 posted 2004-10-28 07:43 PM


Great writing Noah, I really enjoyed the read, thanks for sharing.

Andrew

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4 posted 2004-10-29 01:39 AM


you are very talented! enjoyed


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5 posted 2004-10-29 01:54 AM


just beautiful!
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6 posted 2004-10-29 12:28 PM


Noah...this is truly beautiful
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7 posted 2004-10-29 12:29 PM


Walking through this Walpurgis Night
Swimming through a sea of dragonflies
Wearing paper hats on all our heads
Running for cover, running for the daylight

each and every paragraphs was sheer wisdom and beauty, you orchastrate well amazing
sounds

Thank you

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8 posted 2004-10-30 02:38 AM


it does not get much better then this! beautifully written!
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9 posted 2004-10-30 06:33 AM


"Clarity is not a one-eyed Cheshire cat
Not a cardboard pirate riding an aluminum ship
Teach your children to draw halos with their fingers
Show the world how to frame the full moon with the eclipse..."

excellent.....

enjoyed
----------ice/ford
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Come read to me some poem,
Some simple and heartfelt lay,
That shall soothe this restless feeling
And banish the thoughts of day.
Longfellow

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10 posted 2004-10-30 11:21 AM


Noah, you Dear Angel Boy, build a ladder to the sun with your poetry, your songs, and your loving ways.

Love you, Dear One!
EA

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11 posted 2004-11-01 04:50 PM


good read
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12 posted 2004-11-01 05:06 PM


enjoyed your thoughts and presentation, Noah~~

M

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13 posted 2004-11-02 04:36 PM


Noah,

As always,  I enjoy your poetry.  I wish I could write as beautifully as you do.  

Take Care,
~Laura~

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