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Ode to the Back Lots
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Ode to the Back Lots |
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Don Juan de Feu Junior Member
since 1999-10-15
Posts 25 |
Ode To The Back Lots In the back of the lot mid refuse of a lifetime, waiting there, in the hopes he'd repair it sometime when the boy was older and needed his own wheels, the rites of pre-manhood, that headstart on the seals of approval from the girls' unanimous voices, transport being foremost in making their choices. Where had the years gone since he had parked it? Miles away, in the check-out line at a market, to the first of his many, time had been kinder. She, breath taking beauty, was a joyful reminder of love's intoxication, the caring and daring to be one passion, days, nights, subsumed sharing. Chattering around her were the fruits of union with another. Forcefully expressing her opinion left no doubt, the will he remembered, first hand, had been honed with years of unresisted command, a mother's sharp weapon, impatient tone's skilled usage to get things done, alacrity instilled. The sharpness of the jolt shocked him in his gut, left no doubt in his mind it was she he saw, but, he could not bring himself to reveal it was he. Unsure of reaction, indecision let things be as they were, as they had been these years between the first time he saw her, and a check-out's fateful scene. What is it with "first" love and the psyche of man... be it car or sweetheart, he will never understand passionate enjoyment to the full doesn't mean the first lasts forever. The first, when it's seen in retrospect, is more psychology than true love, although professed to be "it", his life through. So searching the back lots of home place or his mind, the briefest inspection enables one to find what's parked out of sight, was never forgotten, his focus of "first" love, rusty, maybe rotten, reminding of fairer, yesterday's glory, is passion's manly prologue to love's story. --Don Juan de Feu . . . . Poems From the Goober Tree http://nathoo.wustl.edu/goober_tree.htm |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Another excellent piece from The Goober Tree! You all are quite talented! I enjoyed this very much! ------------------ Denise |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
WOW...Wonderful piece....enjoyed this much ------------------ May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
Thank you for posting, I enjoyed. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
This poem shows a lot of talent and thought. I hope to see more of your poems. I enjoyed reading this one very much. |
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Watcher666 Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606 |
Enjoyed this much.Well done! ------------------ Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
stunning piece! |
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