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wayoutwalt
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since 1999-06-22

Posts 4870
TEXAS (it's all big)

0 posted 2000-07-10 01:02 AM

What made it today?
You had a heart attack
In the front yard
Of your white picket fence
The mortgage just paid
Your house and
Your life
And there crouched
Above you
Is your beautiful wife

The sun wasn’t shining
No harsh words were said
Your shoelaces were tied
And now you lie dead

What made it today?
The death angel comes in drag
He’s Heavenly arrayed
With pert wings and body bag

What made it today
A tickle of fate?
Where Chance meets
Destiny
On a quiet avenue
Trade white picket fences
For a high rise
With a view

And you have life

[This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (edited 07-12-2000).]

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

1 posted 2000-07-10 01:20 AM

Hey Walt
this is great!! especially loved the ending

Trade white picket fences
For a high rise
With a view

And you have life

I read this as ... he is on the other side with a new life.

Loved it!!

Yes, I am here, but I am dead, not alive,
my body goes on, my spirit has died
and I though alive, feel dead inside.

"Rose Petal"

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

2 posted 2000-07-10 01:21 AM

y'know walt, I'll have to explain it to yuh sometime, but you just capped off a perfect ending to my day today...and I gotta thank you for that...great poem, m'friend...

Jamie
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since 2000-06-26

Posts 3168
Blue Heaven

3 posted 2000-07-10 01:26 AM

Careful, or people will start calling you
"notsofaroutwalt"
very good poem

Jamie

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil.
"Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely".

wayoutwalt
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since 1999-06-22

Posts 4870
TEXAS (it's all big)

4 posted 2000-07-10 10:56 AM

thanx for the replies they mean alot yuh

Sudhir Iyer
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since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

5 posted 2000-07-10 03:58 PM

hey walt,
yuh habe penned a great piece here...
and yuh have done it in style...

regards,
sudhir

doreen peri
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since 1999-05-25

Posts 3812
Virginia

6 posted 2000-07-10 06:44 PM

WALT!!!!

i love it! hehe

nice job, my friend

wayoutwalt
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since 1999-06-22

Posts 4870
TEXAS (it's all big)

7 posted 2000-07-12 02:46 AM

thanx sudhir and doreen 'preciate it yuh yuh

Severn
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since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

8 posted 2000-07-12 06:16 AM

Hmmmmmm (but that's not predictable)
I like this a lot...I like the tone...the solemnity - that's how I see it Walty...velly vell dun...

K

A.C.Turner
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since 2000-04-30

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Reading, Pa.Home of Bardfest

9 posted 2000-07-12 05:01 PM

Love the message in this one. Great concept. Peace to you. ACT.

Kit McCallum

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since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

10 posted 2000-07-12 09:24 PM

Oh Walt ... I do like your style! Excellent poem!

Best wishes,
/Kit

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

11 posted 2000-07-12 09:39 PM

Walt, you had me expecting a cute piece of fluff and surprised the hell out of me..there's a lot to this poem and you have crafted it very well...impressive indeed.

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