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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan 
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. Things have certainly changed In the neighborhood These once new houses That everyone then was so proud to own Have settled heavily into their time The late model cars along the curbs Hardly obscure how old they are That certain sagging among the eaves There must be a name I imagine For when after ever so long Shrapnel wends its way out of a wound However safely and deeply buried In the files for the next few days It might as well be on the walls No matter how blind the heart might be There’s always another inside who sees With a cold and clearer eye Those vipers that slithered among the leaves That tiger too often behind the door The garbage so carelessly strewn In the Garden of Eden And why no one’s in a rush To get undressed anymore . |
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gmcooper Junior Member
since 2007-05-30
Posts 47 |
I like thinking about how neighborhoods change, or not and how we should and do. |
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Drauntz Member Elite
since 2007-03-16
Posts 2905Los Angeles California |
same as gmcooper. enjoyed your quite different style. wish you a happy day! Sir Pawlik. |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
Enjoyed this one. It made me think of peeling paint and fading dreams. Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
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aziza Member Elite
since 2006-07-09
Posts 2995Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy! |
I like it too. It made me think how subtle change is. It is so insidious sometimes that we don't realize that we are swept along in those changes -- until later or until it is too late maybe. A |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
John... I like this view of your neighbourhood... RDB Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight......... |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
nothing ever looks the same when gone awhile I stayed in Kansas for 5 weeks and came back...things looked so different to me on arrival nothing I could put into words though I guess |
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Neeraja Senior Member
since 2002-06-22
Posts 812The Netherlands |
A couple of weeks ago I went back to the house I've been born and grew up, the house was pretty much the same but the envirement changed a lot and that made me feel a bit sad, still in my mind I heard children's voices.... sigh.... nice poem!!! |
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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan |
. /main/forumdisplay.cgi?action=displayarchive&number=91&topic=000717 . |
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