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Ryan Member
since 1999-06-10
Posts 297Kansas |
The Last Nights of Summer The whirling neon-pink disc flits in and out of the shadows of another suburbian twilight while far below the rows of fickle streetlamps illuminate our return to childhood. With a sweeping insanity, the game is played under care-free skies filled with the infinite possibilities of more until we become lost within the waves of a two-gallon jug of life. And there we remain afloat, dancing away our nights beneath summer's full moons and tempting the fates of tomorrow from the sugary straits of tonight until the nearing dawn arrives and sends us scurrying down our separate trails. I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till i drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion. —Jack Kerouac |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Ryan~ I liked this one very much!  -SEA |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I also like this one very much! Nice to see you here.  |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
And there we remain afloat, dancing away our nights beneath summer's full moons and tempting the fates of tomorrow from the sugary straits of tonight until the nearing dawn arrives and sends us scurrying down our separate trails. ------------------ wow, love the imagery and the feeling of night you have captured in this very nice writing indeed jm |
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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon |
what fun Ryan! I liked this muchly ~H |
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Lost Dreamer Member Elite
since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464Somewhere near the Rainbow |
Sounds like a wonderful night of fun to me. |
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Ryan Member
since 1999-06-10
Posts 297Kansas |
Thanks to everyone who voted for this poem. It's another favorite of mine. Ryan I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till i drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion. —Jack Kerouac |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Ryan, I loved this portrait of a summer fling that you wished could be more -- got both the sugar and the solace. Thanks for sharing this. Mike |
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BSC
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Member Elite
since 2000-02-04
Posts 2919New York, USA |
Took me back to those long summer nights. Loved this....Bonnie |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
What a gentle whisper. Good work! |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
(~,^) Sunny ~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller ~~~ When you want to be loved, look within...KRJ |
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