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Out of the Gray into the Fog
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Out of the Gray into the Fog |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA 
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He dreams of the cool, gray dawn seeping through the faded, pull down blinds, and the crowing of the roosters in the hen yards throughout the neighborhood, and the smell of coffee he couldn’t yet drink, and the aroma of country bacon, sizzling in the old black skillet, and the sound of eggs cracking, and the raspy noise of mother stoking the hot coals in the cast-iron stove . . . He is that boy who vanished along the way to manhood, who disappeared in the fog of change, and is now but a wisp of memory fading to darkness in the lengthening shadows, slowly losing his grip on the last fragile twig jutting from the wall of a crumbling cliff . . . It must be heaven that awaits his fall, for hell is what thrust him beyond the edge, and made him think himself to be a poet . . . |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
When I was a sophomore in college, my girlfriend said I was a type of Rimbaud, and I don't think she meant it as a compliment.  art |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Kudos... from a wisp of memory who thinks herself a poet. Ida |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo Art, No, she probably didn't mean it as a compliment. He was a bad guy, but a good poet. Bobby |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
More than a wisp of memory and a thought Ida, but a true poet you are, and it is good to have met and become friends along this way. art |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
That's what I like about you, Bobby---no frills, nothing wasted, but blunt, right to the point! Many happy returns, art |
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Juju Member Elite
since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429In your dreams |
Lovely -Juju |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
Thanks, Juju; glad you enjoyed. art |
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