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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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she curled her legs around the bottle of cheap wine leaned down wrapped her lips around the here and now yes, I know, she said to some I am polyamorous I take those words put them in a cardboard box and shake 'em saying you got that straight I'm free-wheeling and sexually un-uptight I take creation as it appears before me future is too distant tomorrow is today when it gets here yesterday is fraught with mistakes and forgetfulness TODAY is the key word I sometimes lay in a nearby pasture counting butterflies trying to make out their tiny faces somebody always comes by edging into my airspace telling me to go put some damn clothes on immoral woman she wouldn't've known I was nikked without those binoculars she stares out her window with I give her the eye the one they claim proves I'm a witch she hurries away I grab my shapeless cotton shift shapeless that is until I slip it on yeah, I'm hot some of us gotta be I climb the ladder to my attic love it up here cobwebs, dirt daubers, a few cranky ghosts I hear them groaning as I sit on the old bean chair nikked again I'm safe though nobody comes here they don't dare I like it up here the best it puts a dread inside my heart that feels good don't go bad-mouthing dread nothing wrong with dread keeps you out of trouble so I lean back in the bean chair lift my arms toward the ceiling and allow the ghosts to touch me in not such a gentle way isn't the first time I've absorbed the touching ahhhh . . . I think of the butterflies' faces and become as one with them ~ I think the freezer deserves a light as well. ~ [This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (05-12-2011 08:39 PM).] |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Wow! Jerry that was way cool...never knew what was comming next...loved it! lori |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ah, thanks Lori, got a little metaphysical with this one. At least I tried to. ~ I think the freezer deserves a light as well. ~ |
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faithmairee Senior Member
since 2011-01-05
Posts 1441Poe Haven, USA |
totally absorbing and chilling, JerryPat...the ending just blew me away...this one's cool and then some...love it! Love, Faith There must be a poem in here somewhere. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I got to really liking this woman in the poem. I could almost describe her she seemed so real to me. Thanks, Faith. ~ I think the freezer deserves a light as well. ~ |
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Spiros Zafiris Senior Member
since 2002-10-20
Posts 982Canada |
..another 'Jerry Superb-o' ..much enjoyed ..spiros ----------- ------ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Hi Spiros, thank you a lot. ~ Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill. ~ |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Amazing work, here, Jer. I wish I'd written it...so much of this is how I feel and what isn't? Is pretty much how I am perceived. Love it. Absolutely loved it.  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Appreciate it Karen. You won't believe it probably, but when I was about halfway through with the poem you popped into my thoughts. ~ Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill. ~ |
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