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Babylon |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn 
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It used to be only a short walk to Babylon Two flights down and around the corner In the afternoon The veterans would sit, as veterans do In the dust of wars in the corner booth Beneath a ceiling fan turning too slow To rearrange the smoke of their lives Evening brought the boisterous young pagans To play eight ball for beers with more vigor than skill On the flat green plain where Gilgamesh Once slew Anu, the great Bull of Heaven The priestesses, gaunt beauties all Would start to drift in at eleven, open to worship Open to offerings and yours for the evening If you had coke in your pocket, or they liked The taste of the snakeoil you sold Then, there was Ishtar, madness that swayed Who wore her gloves full length and fingerless And liked the night wrapped tightly around her But, Babylon has since drifted away, or I have The journey there can no longer be measured Merely in steps, the depth of dust Or the smooth length of fingerless gloves The distance is now hidden in the rings of trees The sons of trees, and in the ancestral memories Of insects, who practiced their husbandry In the Gardens that hung there |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
 you NEVER disappoint another one for my library thanks for taking me back into the good old days  looking for those gloves I left behind LOL |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
wranx, Times moves on and we are left behind. |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
"The distance is now hidden in the rings of trees The sons of trees, and in the ancestral memories Of insects, who practiced their husbandry In the Gardens that hung there" Wranx, I imagine a little bit is hidden in your DNA, too! Did I enjoy this? You know I did!  ...jo |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
You ended this beautifully, as you always do. You brought me right there, I see it in my head . . . might have been someplace similar without realizing it, but I doubt it. The places you have known, exist in tales told by fireside. I can't wait. Joe would smile, you know? (He probably is actually, just because)  I miss your stories, Eddie and you have put yet another slice of your life in my brain. I still want to know about Ishtar. She has stories buried inside those gloves. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Wonderful wonderful write.. I am at a loss for words, which rarely happens. Well done! Hugs~Nancy In the midst of winter, |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
You always remind me of future's past... I wish I could curl up on your couch and listen while you told me your stories. sighing You are wry and soothing, even when you joust with an acerbically pointed pen... *beaming at you* yer witch is weary m'yeti and your words and worlds are tonic |
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coyote Senior Member
since 2001-03-17
Posts 1077 |
I always enjoy a look through your mind's eye. Past or future it sees alot. Great poem, man. "Only the dead, have seen the end of war." |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
"But, Babylon has since drifted away, or I have" Oh yes. I love it. |
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Bagger Vance Member
since 2006-02-01
Posts 108Aotearoa |
you drew me in with your rich fusion friend poet.. aye White Gold Wielder |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Read this the other day but didn't respond..and now everyone else has said all the good stuff! You really do rock Ed.  I love reading your thoughts.."too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Dominique-Simone Senior Member
since 2005-11-12
Posts 643 |
You are a true poet, I love most of your work. This is amazing |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
I still am waiting for a part two to this . . . *grin* |
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