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Burning web of lies
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Burning web of lies |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855
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Burning web of lies The carapaces are beautiful here. The coal-black beetle carapaces. They dot the smoke of this web and hang like jeweled dead eyes. The rain shudders still across the silk and catches itself drinking deeply. The drops slide slow to sticky center and break themselves to tears. Raining away the center fire that twirls and spins and burns a glow. To leave the carapace of thought hanging itself from inside out. I count the legs. I count the eyes. I count the strands of this web. Burning web of lies is fed by leader's breath of snow and lead. * A rare political moment! Said if I only could ... |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
THAAAT'S my squirrel dude! Got dem ol' deadndark victimages goin' all about. Oh Yesss! I feel better already! ~wranx The shortest distance between two points... |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali |
dark n yummy images for my coffee cup this morn Mike... good thing too..I'm outta sugar  Open arms can be the most fragile in the world... |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Thanks wranx and devina. Good to be back.  Oh, and I thought coffee *was* dark and yummy stuff, d. M. Said if I only could ... |
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Anvrill Senior Member
since 2002-06-21
Posts 710in the interzone now |
Hmmph, I may have issues with yr new signature.... But it is so cool to see you use the word carapace! Is this a new word in yr already formidable lexicon? Oh, and, not living in California, or the States... I sorta see the politics, but can y' 'splain more? yet deign i embrace you with meek adoration? |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Nothin' to explain, baby (except maybe my signature). It's not meant for any one "issue," though I suppose "Burning web of lies is fed/by leader's breath of snow and lead" COULD be about U.S. foreign policy, if you really squint ...Mikey Said if I only could ... |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Oh, and carapace has been in my words-I-use headfile since about 13. I just don't have many opportunities to dust it off. Said if I only could ... |
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Anvrill Senior Member
since 2002-06-21
Posts 710in the interzone now |
Okay, so a sense of politics, but no issue. Gotcha.To me, politics aren't poetry anyway. :P Augh, especially when your politicians are bible-thumpers and drunks. My kingdom for another province! Hmm... I don't have a kingdom. Damn. The loneliest words you'll ever know: |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Sounds like W.Said if I only could ... |
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PoetryIsLife
since 2001-10-27
Posts 1763...in my boxers... |
Tight. Can I say tight?  Smartly done piece, Mickey.Sincerely, Titus PS: Ah! I know! Another short reply! *wallows in shame* I have a headache, okay?  "They say that a hero can save us. I'm not gonna stand here and wait..." |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Thanks again, Titus. Pass th' food!Said if I only could ... |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
Love the title, Mikey |
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