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Poor Donna (for Gemini)
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Poor Donna (for Gemini) |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn 
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This girl wasn't as strong as you. I know that your situation is/was different, but your "Growth Spurts" reminded me of her. Poor Donna She was invisible, or nearly so. Sort of a tertiary person. Her name was Donna, or Debbie, or Deirdre and, she was alone, for no obvious reason. She walked the halls of her school alone in the midst of the student throng, part of no circle, member of no clique, just a barely perceived presence. One would hardly notice that she had long hair, and long legs, and long wished to be shed of her lot. She never raised an eyebrow. She never raised her voice. She never really spoke. No one really ever spoke to her and no one spoke about her. Yet, it was generally known, that is to say, rumored and gossiped, that her family was exceedingly poor, that her home was little more than a shack, that her father was a mean spirited brute, and that he “did things” to her. And this, this alone, this is what made her a pariah, an outcast in perhaps the only place where it might be possible to find solace, relief from her familiar situation. Then, one evening while talking on the telephone to a boy that liked her, but, wouldn’t admit it, she pointed her fathers’ gun at the hurtful place she thought her heart must be and made it all just go away. I do hope the anonymous boy from 35 years ago has kept some part of her close and dear and safe or, at the very least, remembers her name. _______________________________ If this was inappropriate, I'll apologize now. ~wranx |
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arthur Senior Member
since 2001-08-14
Posts 678england |
well done arthur |
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Gemini Senior Member
since 1999-12-15
Posts 1203Wisconsin, USA |
Thank you, your poem touched me and was very appropriate. Though her name may have been forgotten, I think this poem speaks for alot of people who have grown up like her and have touched every one of us at some time or another. I thank you for reminding me of those among the forgotten. |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
Thank you Gemini for your kind thoughts. Although I am not the young man mentioned, this thing broke my heart many years ago. I am still bothered by the...waste of it all. She was a perfectly good human being in all respects. Well... ~wranx "Writing is a perfectly natural thing to do....just remember to wash your hands afterward"....Heinlein. |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
........so true. She said burn ... together. |
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Tiersdin Member Elite
since 2000-11-17
Posts 2364east coast |
Touching... very... well done, Wranx... ~Tier "I shall never bond again, as I have bonded with you..." |
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Anvrill Senior Member
since 2002-06-21
Posts 710in the interzone now |
Ow... In that good, tingly way, but also the really oogie too-close-to-home sorta way. You're very good.
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brian sites Senior Member
since 2002-06-25
Posts 1475usa |
can't let this haunting piece go this girl and her witness dig in deep past the retinas and stay there for a long time awesome BS. I never aimed at reality; I aimed at truth. --Orson Welles |
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GoddessofHell Member
since 2002-07-09
Posts 76 |
Great poem!!!! Heather |
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idrift2u Member
since 2002-07-09
Posts 60MD., USA |
Hey, I remember this one wranx, still good, you know, you should make a book...  hug, and love! |
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