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1slick_lady
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standing on a shadow's lace

0 posted 2009-04-08 10:33 PM


Barefoot


April fell in diamonded drops
from a dark heavy velvet sky
I stood by the open window
trying to catch its salty breath
and the wind took a haunting of
the gauze covering the panes
wrapping like searching hands
flying around all past ghost
dancing a repertoire of one
and tenderly I collected the step
dance with me my darling
as outside the rain jazz taps
we a passionate floor ballet
barefoot to formal ignorance

"I'm so hard to handle
I'm selfish and I'm sad."
— Joni Mitchell



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1 posted 2009-04-08 11:55 PM


Those ballets are the best and this just proved it.   Lovely!
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2 posted 2009-04-09 12:36 PM


Lovely, Keep on dancing, Helen.
                           Ida

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3 posted 2009-04-09 01:16 PM


ms slick...would always wonder about the gauze or your fragile shell collection..enjoyed this
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4 posted 2009-04-09 02:29 PM


and tenderly I collected the step
dance with me my darling
as outside the rain jazz taps
we a passionate floor ballet
barefoot to formal ignorance

This leaves me smiling... and envious. *S* Some moments need to be captured... you make cameras unnecessary. *S* Beautiful!!

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