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Mabel A. Dilley
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since 2001-03-17
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Seattle, WA, USA

0 posted 2001-04-30 06:54 PM






You have watched them orbit,
streets filled with one dim flare, hungry
as Tiger sharks stalking
ever-ignorant blind, deaf prey.

Acid rain falls into
a witch’s brew of rumored lies
where boils a newt of eye,
savored pain, anguish and deceit.

In days of old a letter worn
by those who knew not truth
forewarned all of words that hurt
and actions from the pit.

So answer now a question dear,
who shall fight and defend,
who molds the lone silver bullet,
who holds a wooden stake?




"I am not now that which I have been."

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KokoStewartKoomoa
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since 2000-12-04
Posts 580
Waikiki, Hawaii
1 posted 2001-04-30 07:00 PM


WOW That powerfully drives the point home! The last stanza did clinch the whole point of this poem. Give gossip and unkindness the silver bullet! Excellent work!  

Aloha with warmest regards, Koko
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Mabel A. Dilley
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Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA
2 posted 2001-04-30 07:25 PM


Koko: Thank you kindly for your assistance.

"I am not now that which I have been."

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