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Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

0 posted 2013-05-16 07:39 PM

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All the long drive
You’ve been difficult
Making things hard

It’s Friday night
And I’ve bought tickets
To the theatre
For one of your favorite performers
In a pre-emptive attempt
To assuage another of your moods

Out of the ladies room
You’re now completely changed
Phone in hand invited to a party
You’re sure will be fun
And of course we’ll go

So there are stars in the sky
The moon again is permitted to shine
And this is not the way in any way
I ever understood as a boy
For a man to live

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Kit McCallum

Administrator

Member Laureate

since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

1 posted 2013-05-17 03:27 PM

I enjoyed the depth in this Huan Yi. Sometimes the moods change so quickly. It's surprising to me how much we come to know those around us, and how their behaviour shapes our own. I enjoyed the pondering this brought forward, nicely done.

Best wishes,
/Kit

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

2 posted 2013-05-17 03:54 PM

Nailed it, my friend. Sure did.

j.

Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

3 posted 2013-05-17 05:35 PM

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Thank you both

This was written in the character
I was in a dream I wanted to remember.
Most of my long narrative things these days
come from those briefly real worlds.

Thanks again

John

PS

"Oh—Vivienne! Was there ever such a torture since life began!—to bear her on one's shoulders, biting, wriggling, raving, scratching, unwholesome, powdered, insane, yet sane to the point of insanity, reading his letters, thrusting herself on us, coming in wavering trembling ... This bag of ferrets is what Tom [Eliot] wears round his neck."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivienne_Haigh-Wood_Eliot

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[This message has been edited by Huan Yi (05-17-2013 06:29 PM).]

Lighthousebob
Member Elite

since 2000-06-14

Posts 4725
California

4 posted 2013-05-20 08:46 PM

"Bag Of Ferrets," Ha! Thank you for the added narrative. I can certainly see more clearly how the woman in your poem could easily be interpreted as such. Enjoyed!

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