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LoveBug
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0 posted 2005-12-30 07:36 PM


  

Thanks for the love.
--------

Forbidden
but just within reach

what I have in my hands
is putrid
it reeks
and stains my hands
clothes
body

soul

what I see before me
is sweet
firm
rich
bright

kind

why can’t I drop it
this reeking, putrid
lump of what once was?

I do not know
although it is before me
that I could reach
and hold
and taste
and have it

so I hold on
to the one thing
I know I can possess

even if it’s just pretense


Music pours over the sense
And in a funny way
Music sees more than I..it remembers better...
I have forgotten all the rest-Anne Sexton

© Copyright 2005 Erica N. - All Rights Reserved
Sunshine
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1 posted 2005-12-30 08:06 PM



Aren't memories something?

Sigh....

Happy posting in the New Year, Erica!
It's so good to see your writing again!

Enchantress
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2 posted 2005-12-30 08:25 PM


Hi Erica!
Good to see you posting again..
Congrats on your 5000th post.
Happy New Year!
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

In the midst of winter,
I found there lives within me..
An invincible summer.

JL
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3 posted 2005-12-30 08:38 PM


5000!?
Wow!

Very nice too!!

JL


Martie
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4 posted 2005-12-30 08:38 PM


Erica

It IS good to see you posting.  Congrats and I hope to see more poetry in the New year!  

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5 posted 2005-12-30 08:40 PM


stretch!
scorpio
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6 posted 2005-12-30 08:54 PM


A delicate dilemma indeed Erica. Congratulations on your 5,0000 post!!

believe in what your heart feels...

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