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wranx
Member Elite

since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

0 posted 2002-09-28 11:09 PM

A recent post made me recall this event with a homeless man that hung around my restaurant. It upsets me when people consider the bloodying of their designer sheets.

A glint of steel
A beacon
Flashed in alley

Hidden in dark
Huddled in damp
A miserable man
In pitiable pile

Plays with notions
That animate blade
Hide and seek
Within his collar

I hunkered close
Leaned and asked
Why this? Why here?

Idiot responses
Inane reasoning
In my reality
In any case

I sought some sanity
In this too tired man
Offered a trade

A roof
A meal
A bottle
For his blade

And I bartered
Argued
Pled

For an end
To this drama

But, he held fast
His agony
Was dogged
In his despair

And as hours
Disappeared
I became as trapped
As he

Until finally
I bade him
Meet my gaze

And told him
That I was tired
And was leaving

And he should
Just do it

Now

And he handed it
to me

~wranx

In reply to "which way do we go?", the answer was never "straight", but, "progressively forward".

~wranx~

[This message has been edited by wranx (09-28-2002 11:26 PM).]

brian sites
Senior Member

since 2002-06-25

Posts 1475
usa

1 posted 2002-09-28 11:47 PM

sshheeeewwww
this ZINGS
like a blade
leaving sheath
FAST

but then
in your wise way
you turn that mother
AROUND
and face us
pommel first
magnificent
Ed
brian

WhileIWasGone
Member

since 2002-07-18

Posts 486

2 posted 2002-09-29 03:30 PM

Great work as always Ed....enjoyed much!

H.

Purity
Senior Member

since 2001-11-20

Posts 526
Once Upon, USA

3 posted 2002-09-30 02:20 AM

Wranx, my never-met-before special friend... If humbleness is the world, and "tears" is the monetary system, then I just gave you what amounts to a billion dollars back in this reality that lacks...
Can't say anything more.
{Except this...after reading it again for the umpteen time, you must continue life being one who "bades". Choice of words made this ten fold the strength of the already sobering concept. The pedastal of your viewpoint is rising fast}

[This message has been edited by Purity (09-30-2002 02:23 AM).]

Zall
Member

since 2002-08-25

Posts 214
London, England

4 posted 2002-09-30 03:47 AM

Nice work wranx,

Some great images here,

Zall

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

5 posted 2002-09-30 07:36 AM

I thought I heard someone knocking at the door, but it was just your heart beating, right through this screen.
Your Humanity shines.

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

6 posted 2002-09-30 03:33 PM

Ed ...

Yes.

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

7 posted 2002-09-30 04:38 PM

That I was tired
And was leaving

And he should
Just do it

Now

And he handed it
to me

yeah.... it happens...
nicely written... enjoyed!

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