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Undeveloped Film
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I found a roll of film today Undeveloped I’m afraid The label says 1982 Seeing this, I am dismayed What photos lurk within Negative images here A time past, love lost Passions we held dear Do I want to see what My heart has as memory Will I again feel the pain Of love that used to be? I hold the film in my hand Then quietly toss it away Like the love I held in my heart Remnants of a happier day |
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Wizzard Member
since 2000-02-09
Posts 209 |
How the heck were you able to toss it? Curiosity would kill me....just not knowing what`s on there.lol Nice poem Poet  Today is the first day of the rest of my life. |
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Mistikman Senior Member
since 2000-01-10
Posts 682San Jose, CA, USA |
Wow, great poem. It flows wonderfully. Excellent work as always I am not a poet, I am merely one who speaks in emotion |
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Tasi Junior Member
since 2000-02-08
Posts 38Canada |
Poet I wish I had half the skill you have!! Excellent poem. Mistikman is correct it flows wonderfully : ) Tasi |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Oh Sharon ... Go get it ! Go get it ! I have a friend whose mother passed away last year. On going through her cedar chest she and her sister found a roll of undeveloped film from some 36 years ago. They took it and had it developed and to their wonder and amazement, it contained pictures of the two sisters at ages of eight and ten years and their mother and father. I purposely placed four rolls of undeveloped film in my cedar chest for my children to someday find and enjoy. The magic of the camera commands HALT ... and time stands still for years. Me? I'd be dying to see what my memory tells me is captured on the film. Wonderfully developed poem, my dear. Love ya' ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Breathe~ Member
since 2000-02-05
Posts 315Washington... |
You have more self control than me...I would have developed it...*smiling* Very nice poem...I like the idea here..  )Freedom of expression is the watch word... |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Thank you for your kind repies. This is a work of fiction...I personally could never leave a roll of film undeveloped...I found one today from about 3 months ago..knowing what was on it, of course I will get it developed. But it started me thinking...what if I found one that had been taken before my divorce? Would I want to develop that one? So this is the poem I wrote about such a problem....  |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Arghh, I'm not sure how this poem made me feel. I don't think I could be strong enough to just tossit, but then I know I'd most assuredly regret developing it too...sigh. Great poem. michael |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
mmmmm been there and done just that PdV...some are better left in the can...nice work even if it is apocryphal -- especially if it's apocryphal -- you exactly captured the mood when it happened to me. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Sharon- Whew ! I'm glad to hear that. Even if it was like wine and '82 was a bad year ... I still wouldn't know it until I tasted it, so I'd have to develop it. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Justin Thyme Member
since 1999-09-13
Posts 216Oz |
I guess that I am Justin Thyme You say you found some undeveloped film with pictures of your past? And yet you tossed it in the trash for fear of pain that might just last? I'm reading right, I take it, friend, you threw away the roll of pics? Well, all that I can say is this... there's nothing that that film could fix! You did the right thing, clearly, dear, you tossed it in the garbage quick... 'cause if you saw the past in print you'd think of lost thymes and get sic. (?) That's JUST what happened to me, too! I tossed away the past and then I got crusaded to a 'stute where I don't have a clue of "when"! They tie me up onto a bed and make me drink some potions -- YUCK! And then they wisk me off to bed to try to sleep and say, 'good luck'! Well, 'stute life ain't the best, dear one, but what it teaches me each day... is that I shouldn't call it "done" with memories of yesterday. And so, deVine, I beg you, listen... go to the trash, and find what's missin'! sincerely yours, your friend, Justin Thyme |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
I don't disagree with throwing it away. There's nothing worse than a revolting development~~~  |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I don't think-no, I KNOW I could not have ditched it. I looked GOOD in '82... |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Sharon it amazes me that you would think of something like that from finding a roll of film....NOT! haha I might have tossed it, but I know sooner than later I would have went and got it. I still have 3 rolls from Colorado I haven't developed yet. I don't develop them I guess because of what was left behind. One day, maybe, they will get developed. <*\\\>< When you can't make up your mind Which way is right for you, Stop and softly ask yourself, What Would Jesus Do? |
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