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Local Rebel
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0 posted 2005-04-12 12:06 PM


a small gathering
perplexed perhaps
vexed
no

intrigued and staring
at the wall
led by a heavenly creature
a woman

arrayed in business armor
or the attire of
maybe a teacher
it was houndstoothed and
pressed right down to her
stocking clad calves
and up to her so uptight

she had discovered
upon the wall
a shadow or smudge
that could if
one squinted
become the image of
a sage or
Philosopher
so many would try to
savor as one might

a miracle?

as I approached
she looked at me with
John three
sixteen eyes

I looked back
Matthew twenty-five
thirty-one to
thirty-six

Pity she hadn't seen the shadows
of Rwanda
if she strains to see perhaps
a map of Sudan
might appear

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Martie
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1 posted 2005-04-12 12:31 PM


Hawke

Very impactful!  

serenity blaze
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2 posted 2005-04-12 03:05 AM


in Revelation to us all...

(couldn't resist)

make me tell you about maps in faces someday...before Botox fills the valleys and the surgeons become Gods--or izzit too late already? sighs and hugs

I should sleep.

Thank you for this one, (and with biblical reference I know and understand! yay!)



I sleep.

I hope.

Aenimal
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3 posted 2005-04-12 03:13 AM


excellent write Reb
Sunshine
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4 posted 2005-04-12 08:11 AM


Reb, not only do you provide from what was,
but you bring forth thought of what is.

And in my personal life, you also opened
a new window.

Thank you for that.

suthern
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5 posted 2005-04-12 08:48 AM


Pity, indeed... but tunnel vision predominates. *S*

Excellent write, my leather feathered friend. *S* SMOOCH!!

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6 posted 2005-04-12 09:57 AM



nakdthoughts
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7 posted 2005-04-13 04:53 AM


Learning something "new" everyday...thank you~~ ( and thank you for your kind words)

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8 posted 2005-04-13 08:45 AM


A very strong poem...form and content

__________ice
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passing shadows
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9 posted 2005-04-13 03:37 PM


you made me rummage through my unpacked boxes and bags to find my Bible for this one

but dang, was it worth it!

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10 posted 2005-04-14 06:20 AM


thump
Kaoru
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11 posted 2005-04-14 01:09 PM


How could I possibly not love this?

Local Rebel
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12 posted 2005-04-14 09:08 PM


Peace to all... and thanks.

I'll be back as soon as I'm done taking care of my Federal and State membership dues -- some of it will undoubtedly do some good somewhere.

MGROVES
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13 posted 2005-04-17 08:15 AM


very good write~
glad i stopped in~
thanks for sharing~

My spirit will rise
above the sea~
There will be no drowning
of my soul or me~

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14 posted 2005-04-22 06:20 PM


its always good to read you...well...lets say thus far its been....
John3:16 eyes....don't know anyone who could use that for a description as well as this
it is my goal to have eyes as that, but mine still hold lightning bolts....shrug...its a work in progress.....*s*
great write

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