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That gypsy sat
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That gypsy sat |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa 
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So that gypsy sat and pondered some on the form of human love and saw what should be straight and true was convoluted, bent. She scratched the surface, looked inside, and, lo/behold, a once bright gem was covered thick and densely with the moss of an agenda. How it got there still unknown but on her travels round about she knew the ground beneath her feet had hardened over time. No longer could she softly tread and feel the sand between her toes because there is no give between the layers of agendas. Now agendas lie in tandem with the silence of a lie and smile their satisfaction at their invisibility. Agendas, agendas! There is no magic wand that clears the underbrush with the flick of a wrist and who will take the time to find the unadulterated hard to hold purity of soul? It’s only purity that loosens up the base to enable easy access to that intolerable moss but being like love not puffed up it requires a guiding hand to find its hiding place. “Take my hand!” that gypsy cries but of her feet, oh, no, no, no, they hurt each day and suffer more than ere can be believed. No longer pondering that gypsy now must wander so she packs her wisdom deep inside, her love off to the side, and trundles over hardened ground until her sure demise! Helen / 24 February 2013 |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
. . . and the gypsy, i.e., love, perishes 'neath the boulders of agenda . . . Excellent writing, Helen. ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways . . . ~*~ |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Yes indeed, Jerry. The question is whether that gypsy has enough strength and will to live again. Always appreciate your comments, Jerry. Thanks. |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
It is sad when we feel that love is in the past but sometimes we have to open our hearts and let love in...I enjoyed reading abut the gypsy Helen...  ~Victoria I was adored once too. |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Both times I started to go in and read this I saw "That gypsy 'cat'" Nonetheless, I was not disappointed. Your use of vocabulary and the repetition of "agenda" was marvelously woven into your words. I do still have a hankering for a poem about a gypsy cat...I wonder if you or someone will weave one up for us. Whether on the shoal or on the shore, |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Thank you Victoria and VAS - and VAS, I will be happy to oblige. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Very nice flow of thought...James |
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