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ecrivan
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0 posted 2005-07-22 12:24 PM


Now and then interest is lost
one retreats from the spoken word
to go back to the provincial capital
wait and see
if reverse migration occurs
will old town blocks comfort
the newly annointed city dweller?
he came to build scenarios downtown
laid townspeople aside
for boulevard friendships

Interest was gained
an ego was stroked
big city skyline maimed
its atmosphere choked.

Older relationship fallen aside
newer ones budded from the inside
older interests waned
the foliage of old friendship wearied
one retreated from being used
friends strung along for sure abuse
money governed an ego's pursuit
no place lay for thoughtful gestures

there wouldn't  have been a connection
if there wasn't capital gain
in interest free gift
but friendly interest are lost now
that connection retreats
into a businesslike world
even if the city accepts his kind
its welcome goes unfelt...

provincial humor eaten up alive
in an anonymous city
where eyes won't easily meet;
how could this sheltered man survive
of those random ships that met at night
some collided
others parted in separate flights...

interest was gained
an ego was stroked
big city skyline maimed
its atmosphere choked.




[This message has been edited by ecrivan (07-23-2005 11:03 PM).]

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Gaia
1 posted 2005-07-22 12:45 PM


whoa, there's a lot happening in this write. It's good to read you, for you always offer a complex yet simple snapshot of life.
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singapore
2 posted 2005-07-23 01:09 PM


quote:
if reverse migration occurs
will old town blocks comfort
the newly annointed city dweller?


this was such a neat thought. "reverse migration"~maybe some day we'll find this term in our geography textbooks and so we'll remember you as one who was ahead of our time

ecrivan
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3 posted 2005-07-23 11:08 PM


one comes from a small town in Ontario and sets a niche in Quebec..among French Canadians... here the small town anglophone wanted to find the comforts of the small town and is learning the hardway, one can't expect...


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