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SpitFire
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0 posted 2001-05-06 12:32 PM


Water danced.
The water danced on walls for me
and horns were blown inside.
So weather wrapped - and in air, I stood,
and days were counting me.
Counting me in ways that added spots (and clapping),
in ways that watched the redness crawl.

The tears on lines so distant now,
so linear and disconnected.
How could I push empathy through plastic
or have you comprehend my silence?
My wishing sent and touches traveled, cross country (FULL),
grasping you and sand and sounds.

I woke repeatedly to so many of them riding,
coasting watered weight - away and back again.
And when they stayed there bobbing,
I acknowledged your need to rise and fill
the way the days seem to,
the way the excuses roll around inside my mouth.

I trampled the idea of running,
then gathered the pieces and swore.
And sometimes when things are still
and my chest is pressed too tight,
I hold my feet and close my eyes,
and watch the water dance,...
I watch it dance, once more for you.


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1 posted 2001-05-06 12:35 PM


Great images!  Especially that last stanza, it's fantastic!
Joyce Johnson
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2 posted 2001-05-06 12:39 PM


Yes, it takes another reading.  Joyce
Martie
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3 posted 2001-05-06 12:41 PM


SpitFire--I always get such pleasure from reading your poetry, it is so complex and unique.  Just a couple of my favorite lines below...but in truth, I liked it all.

"and days were counting me."

"How could I push empathy through plastic"

Marge Tindal
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4 posted 2001-05-06 12:53 PM


SpitFire~
So intriguing are your thoughts ...
You often catch me in mesmerizing moments of reflection ...

'So weather wrapped - and in air, I stood,
and days were counting me.'


WOW !
~*Marge*~

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Janet Marie
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5 posted 2001-05-06 12:58 PM


Water danced.
The water danced on walls for me

So weather wrapped - and in air, I stood,
and days were counting me.

in ways that watched the redness crawl.

The tears on lines so distant now,
so linear and disconnected.
How could I push empathy through plastic
or have you comprehend my silence?
========================
I trampled the idea of running,
then gathered the pieces and swore.
And sometimes when things are still
and my chest is pressed too tight,
I hold my feet and close my eyes,
and watch the water dance,...
I watch it dance, once more for you.
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Oh I just loooove getting me way    

and I love the way your write...
such deep, layered conflictions...
and the always unique and thought provoking imagery you meld in with the emote.
your poetry makes us reach and think and pull up things inside us...
and thats something I admire in poetry...
very cool write A ....
SO GOOD to see your name here today  
me

you speak to me in riddles
and you speak to me in rhymes
my body aches to breathe your breath
your words keep me alive

~Sarah McLachlan~

Tiersdin
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6 posted 2001-05-06 01:05 PM


Wow!  excellent writing! enjoyed reading...

*smiles*
-Tier

Sven
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7 posted 2001-05-06 01:43 PM


SpitFire, I just want to spend one hour with you so I can see how your mind works. . .

excellent. . .

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