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Marcy (sorta on the sad side)
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Marcy (sorta on the sad side) |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas 
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Marcy Dead flowers litter the ground, crickets, noisily chattering on my approach, hide in the tall, brown grass, more deadness obscuring her headstone. "Marcy" - the only word I can see, Marcy… another dead thing in this place of death. Another dead thing, like me, finally returning after so many years of pretending, of saying all I had to do was pick up the telephone, or knock on her door, or wait for her on the park bench where we always sat. Death lingers all around me, it lays in hundreds of rectangular boxes beneath the ground, surrounding Marcy with death. Walking away, just as I did fifteen years ago, I bleed with every footstep, my insides knotting in pain, but unable to cry this time. All the tears were used this morning when I laid her mother beneath the flowers beside her. w. james beard, jr. © August 2001 |
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Tracey Member Elite
since 2001-08-29
Posts 2808where insanity meets breeding |
Oh wow. That is just so moving. What emotion I can't say anything else. Tracey |
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
this isn't just sorta sad, it's heartbreaking and painful to read. You did this gently.  |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
JWesley~ Yes .... very sad~ ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Alan Senior Member
since 2000-09-12
Posts 1499right next door |
jWesley...You have drawn tears. This is so sad. You written this so soft and gentle that one can feel the sadness in each word. alan |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
Oh Jimmy...how heartbreaking...you write the pain so well |
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DawnG
since 2000-06-23
Posts 1494United States |
It is sad, although I'm not fully sure I understand Marcy's relationship to you. It may just be because I am so tired. Forgive me for not quite understanding. Dawn |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
Very sad indeed.... ((warm hugs)) Charisma |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Such sadness to lose a loved one...James |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Thanks for your comments and especially your read my friends...this came about because I had read the piece entitled "Dead Leaves" and when I left the internet it stuck with me so I typed "Dead Flowers" into Word to see if it would go anywhere and a few minutes later...this appeared. Funny how pieces start, isn't it. jwesley |
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