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Impaled on a Tragedy
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Impaled on a Tragedy |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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Impaled on a Tragedy I have been impaled on the tragedy of an old man a gentleman of much tenacity who in dapper verve took brittle steps two times a day for his health and because he liked the look of his long life from down the tree lined sidewalk Crossing driveways skirting skateboarders smiling at the ladies who’s dogs sniffed his trouser leg Perhaps he smelled that errant rose in my front yard Oh, if only I had seen him pressed and hunched there in fragrant bliss Instead I saw him toppled that fragile stately gait in agony hit by a man who rearranged him with his car like a tin can crushed beneath a tire curtailed in his journey across the sun dappled street The driver hit and ran with tires screeching faster then the eye remembers lost himself on all those highways hid himself inside this awful truth the old man died. |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Oh, Martie, I hope this isn't true, but you sure make it sound true. Great writing, as usual Hope it's fiction Liz |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Oh so tragic....I too hope it's not a true story.....so sad. Wonderful writing, of course, Martie! Denise |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Unfortunatley, it is true. It happened last week, just up the street from our flower shop. |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Martie- I would cry if this were true. Heck, I'm crying anyhow. So vivid .. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
How sad! They will probably never catch the jerk that did this! You're poem is so lyrical.... I could see the old gentleman. Wonderful poem! |
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SEA
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since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
This made my heart hurt! I'm so sorry for him. Sad. So sad..........-SEA |
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