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Daddy Goose38 Member
since 2010-09-04
Posts 430obama's a rice paper tiger |
This is one I tweak every 2 or 3 years and this modification is for 2008. April 1: It is afternoon, And for some reason I am feeling festive. I feel the distant heat Of a Sun low in the sky. I am wading in a shallow pool Of blood-warm seawater. I feel the stiff and strong sea breeze on my face. I smell the raw, organic scent of Birth and Death. I feel the shifting crumbling sand Between my toes, Beneath my feet, The sandy bottom shaking, Rumbling, With the elemental thunder, Of the sea. It vaguely dawns on me Why I am there .. Why I don't want to be there, That eventually I will encounter April, That I know what she will want, What I will have to do, Dive into the water While turning inside out, And if I try something like that I will surely drown. As I splash and play delightedly, I find thick and mushy bubble-blobbs Suspended in the water. They smell sweet, like fudge, Feel like warm quivering Jell-O, Or like candy that has not yet set. But I don't think it's safe to eat them Since I don't know what they are. They might be dangerous or nasty, Like jellyfish. Still, I am fascinated by them! They are strange and beautiful. What are they? ... Where are they coming from? I decide to find out. I look for more of them. I walk around, Running my hands, Combing my fingers through the water. Suddenly I stumble Over a great enormous bubble, So thick, so fleshy That I can not run my fingers through it, So wide I can not even reach across it. And it seems richer Than all the other candy bubbles In the water. 2: Are you ready? I am startled. It is April. And The bottom caves alarmingly. And the waves Seem a little higher, And the water Feels a little deeper. Are you ready? Is that annoyance, Irritation in her voice? I briefly think What it would be like to hold her, But she is imposing, demanding and severe; She wouldn't understand it anyway. I dismiss the thought at once. Are you ready? I have to get away from there. If I could only find the shallows ... The shallows? ... Then I realize That I don't know where I am. I don't even know Which way will take me out, And the bottom shudders, crumbles, As if to make me fall into the water, And I am very frightened. I am going to drown. Are you ready? That snarling, monstrous ***** ... Is she sneering at me? I'm know I'm going to drown ... I'm going to ... ... In raw, primeval terror, Flailing my arms wildly, About to lose my balance, I try running frantically Through the roiling chest deep water, Stumbling off in one direction, Then stumbling off in another; But I just blunder Into even deeper water. I'm going to drown ... I'm going to ... ... I ... I ... I'm ... I ...I ... My heart races uncontrollably, My breath coming in desperate gasps. NO! ... ... No!! ... ... NO!!! ... NNNNNNNNN ... Are you ready? Suddenly the bottom is gone And I pitch forward. I know I'm going to drown. I have no choice But to dive into the water And start turning inside out. Then I realize That I forgot to breathe before the dive, And I get stuck in the maneuver. I can't complete the task, my arms and legs are tangled, And now I'm out of air, And my terror turns to panic. I'm going to drown ... The most terrifying death I can imagine. And Time and Space Have lost all meaning ... Reflexively I gulp in brackish sea water and vomit blood. Choking and gagging, Kicking and thrashing. 3: Then April reaches out. She straightens out my arms and legs. She takes my hands. She pulls me from the water. She takes me in her outstretched arms. And in the moment that she takes my life, She gives to me her own. It's okay ... It's okay ... It's okay ... It's okay ... Be still ... Be still ... Be still ... Be still ... Jaime |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Jamie, you had me holding my breath....loved the ending. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Interesting...James |
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