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serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

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0 posted 2006-07-13 06:32 AM

Hey
my eyes
went that a-ways
back a bit
the way that said
that I could be lost for days
fingering the watermarks
just above the height of me
as if it all were just a lark
like a leaf in dangling
that I leapt to own and dark
was recognizing all my ways
significant
and not at all

blooming

blood

and anyway

hey
my heart
and damn it's pain
I wish that chorus of refrain
would cease in their white frocks
as they
singing ooooooh-ah-la-la love
and waving hands
and dancing doves
fluttered fingers down as trust
in the soft white feathering
settled on the stomp of stage

and everything I cried
was rage

singing ooooooh-ah-la-la love

and all the spaces
wept, afraid
of all the places
that we sought
and I would wish me home again--

if my home were not so...not.

ooooooh-ah-la-la love...

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

1 posted 2006-07-13 06:56 AM

*for Betty*

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

2 posted 2006-07-13 07:32 AM

Oh honey...such a sad song...

sending hugs...

serenity blaze
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Posts 27738

3 posted 2006-07-13 07:46 AM

I suppose after Spike Lee has his "phenomenal" and "most important" HBO film ever, people like My Betty will get some much needed attention. She was only "drafted" by a FEMA vulturite, and yeah, we got her back and yeah, we got her an attorney and yeah, she got HER money back.

In the meantime, suicide is up, my hubby o.d'd on the front lawn, (O.D. does not mean DEATH btw) and we can't get tickets to the premiere...

and there are still teeny tiny flies coming out of our, um, PIPES.

I heard it's cause we're white.

But naw...

so how's things with you?

all of which is politically incorrect, so feel free to delete my reply and just leave the standard:

"thanks for reading"

I thought I should edit to add, that the above, if it wasn't obvious, was dripping with sarcasm.

I happen to be looking forward to the Spike Lee version of Katrina.

I'm one of his fans.

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

4 posted 2006-07-13 08:17 AM

geeze Karen, what can ya say...I so wish, I really really do

Hugs to you and yours....

Got a story for ya...will try to touch base later....in the meantime hun...you write a mean library of congress

Love you
Lee J.

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

5 posted 2006-07-15 01:19 AM

"and all the spaces
wept, afraid
of all the places
that we sought
and I would wish me home again--"

I can feel the spaces in this. Say hey to Betty for me and *hugs*........jojo

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2006-07-15 01:34 AM

Nice writing...of a sad situation...James

Kristabell
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since 2003-11-29

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Portland, OR

7 posted 2006-07-15 03:55 AM

So sad... but I suppose that those who go through it, know it best. Nice writing.

Kristabell

"Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to life."

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

8 posted 2006-07-18 09:44 AM

I was there a few weeks ago... and if you stay in just the right place and squint your eyes so that peripheral vision disappears... you can forget for a moment...
Then you drive another block and have to pull over cause you just can't see through tears... and carry home enough mold in your lungs to keep you sucking on an inhaler for months... and each gasp for air is a reminder.

Don't you 'pologize for nuthin', lady. *S*

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

9 posted 2006-07-18 09:55 AM

Hey Karen
Did you know Bradd Pit is down there helping you guys rebuild?

Martie

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California

10 posted 2006-07-18 10:15 AM

Karen?

How come you always take my heart and blow it into a thousand pieces? Wring out the words, my friend!!

LeeJ...Did you say Bradd Pit!!!

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

11 posted 2006-07-18 10:29 AM

oh, this aches

I shall stroll
a garden pathway today
for you,
tend a flower or two
for you,
drink something decadent,
for you,
light incense,
for you,
finger a silver-tipped goblet,
for you,
watch a sunset,
for you,
dance round a tree in twirl,
for you,
and breathe of renewal,
for you,
then sigh outloud,
for you

while wrapping you in warm thoughts
send me your heartaches
I shall dispose of them properly
(not in the recycle bin)

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

12 posted 2006-07-18 04:21 PM

Karen, I keep coming back, reading and hoping I will know what to say. The more I read, the more I don't know. It hits me hard.

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

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Realms of Light

13 posted 2006-07-18 04:33 PM

As sad as all the scenarios are down your way, the spirit of the south is alive and well ~ and you are a fine example of that.

Sending you a loving hug,
Linda

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

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14 posted 2006-07-18 07:28 PM

Thanks for listening to me voice my frustration yet again...

and Ruth, had I known you were in town, I wish I could say I'd have joined you for that cup of coffee we've been planning, but as you can see, the people and the stress--well, I am not the only one behaving badly right now.

So I just stay in my room.

It's okay though, it's a nice room.

It must be--I can't seem to keep people out of it.

Love to all, and especially my friend Ruth, and Kacy? As always you know my heart.

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