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serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

0 posted 2001-06-16 01:48 AM

On
line
off-center
middle of the road...
I miss the buzz
the hum of the city
the boys in drag were sweet
Sidney smelled so heavenly
wore tailored Gucci button down
and blue silk boxers,
(very well...)

Musicians,
my mates--
comrades of pain
and I smile now knowing
why drummers are always late
my eyes still see best
in darkness
and I know the secret handshake
(look closely)
see the flash of green?
I know the
smug protection
of being bouncer's pet...
The drinks that flowed
so steadily
for the price
of the dumb luck
of
being
me...

Now PTA
and civic meetings
where the ladies always
smile too wide
complimentary they think
remarking just how
eloquently
I can speak my mind...
(guess I clean up nicely...)

So we do lunch
and order salad
with croutons always
too damned big...
they get too silly
on white wine spritzers,
loosened tongues
drip curiousity,
--breathless--
amused like I'm a bug--
do tell us all about the road...
And I push my lettuce
around my plate--

I miss the meet
of eyes of friends.

I want so badly to go home.

*repost from open 8*

Paula Finn
Member Ascendant

since 2000-06-17

Posts 5546
missouri

1 posted 2001-06-16 02:59 AM

You girl...you just rip the mask right off their faces....

catalinamoon

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

2 posted 2001-06-16 08:50 AM

Yes, very true, I hate that false world as well. Great description.
Sandra

Lone Wolf
Member Ascendant

since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

3 posted 2001-06-16 09:20 AM

I hate people who cannot just be themselves. The mask they wear should be burned. Although, at times, I have worn it also. Maybe that's why I abhor it. Good write.

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

A Whisper's Caress
Senior Member

since 2000-11-03

Posts 791
on the horizon of a fairytale

4 posted 2001-06-16 09:32 AM

I loved this. great flow, wonderful images.

May your dreams always dance to the rhythm of a lover's heartbeat...

brian madden
Member Elite

since 2000-05-06

Posts 4374
ireland

5 posted 2001-06-16 04:15 PM

Seren. we can't turn our backs on what we are, you let that Girl break free sometimes and return to your roots. We will have to get a cabaret together, I will even put on some eyeliner.. and maybe a dress. We will paint this town red with our irish blood, plastic smiles beware. Wonderfully written,
Southern soul.

"Build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life". Terry Pratchett

Logan
Senior Member

since 2001-05-28

Posts 1641
Arkansas

6 posted 2001-06-16 04:23 PM

It is always nice that you can do it, listen to inane chatter, and smile. But I understand best to be what we are is much more satisfying to the soul and then to walk away from what we do not wish to be...gentle smile

JLR
Senior Member

since 2001-02-04

Posts 1785

7 posted 2001-06-16 04:24 PM

So many lines of this I've lived...where did I drop those breadcrumbs? Applause!

wayoutwalt
Member Elite

since 1999-06-22

Posts 4870
TEXAS (it's all big)

8 posted 2001-06-16 05:03 PM

What a change in yuh o yuh

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

9 posted 2001-06-16 06:28 PM

so much to like in this one, rich imagery and specific descriptions. A joy to read.

"This rose has seen red, I have been blue
I'm going to Ireland in 2002!" Kathleen.

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