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time prophet
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since 2003-07-30
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In New Zealand Amongst the Ancient Trees

0 posted 2008-11-27 04:08 PM




I place my feet,
the same
that my father
when living
oft referred
as bloody great plates of meat.
Right here
where Shakespeare
hangs in the air
"et tu Brute".
Where when dead
life's blood fled
deep beneath the flagstone cracks.
The echoes
and fear
I smell survives
as I try to comprehend
in whose footsteps I stand.
I wonder
what might be
added to history
if his DNA
be found beneath.



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Margherita
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since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236
Eternity
1 posted 2008-11-27 06:24 PM


Well, Poet!! Thank you for another breathtaking view and deep reflections, right here ... you followed my own footsteps, all the way southwards to Rome!

Yes, I do know the feeling that overcomes you when you stand or walk upon such ground ...

"Caesar" was the first of Shakespeare's plays I saw in the Stadttheater Zurich and I remember the impact it had on me ... must have been then that I began longing to know the Eternal City...

Fantastic!

Love,
Margherita

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200
Between the Lines
2 posted 2008-11-27 07:26 PM


Even if I can't travel, at least I can through your words and pictures, Frank.

Excellent!


M

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