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wornways
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0 posted 2001-11-09 04:47 AM


Enate

She was supposed to love me
Look forward to my coming
Cherish my existence
Adore my helpless
Little hands

She was supposed to love me
Thrill to see me
To hear my cry
Make eye contact
And ever praying
I would be okay

She was supposed to treasure
That which I am
That which I was
That which she born
Into this world

She was supposed to accept me
Her little boy
Her little love
Just as I was
Just as I was…

She was supposed to want me
Love me
Accept me
Adore me
Or so…
One would think
No...
I was her curse
Her great burden
Her useless trash
Her pathetic, helpless
Unwanted
Little child

I was her execration
Object of despair
The one cause
For all her trouble
For all her pain…

Yet
She was supposed to love me…
By God!
She was supposed to love me!
Just love
Just accept…
But…
My helpless little form
My helpless tiny life
She didn't even want

So why?
Why bring me here?
Why?
I just don't understand
I can't understand…
Why…


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Professor Gloom
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of Depression
1 posted 2001-11-09 08:52 AM


Is Enate suppose to be Innate?
If so you capture that feeling well in this.

Innate : to be born in, originate in; natural; inborn; not acquired

Gloom

wornways
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2 posted 2001-11-09 09:14 AM


nope, the title's right. look it up. it's a little known word. this poem is three years old or so, spent 30 minutes writing the poem, 60 more touching it up, and 5 days finding the title.
wornways
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3 posted 2001-11-09 09:18 AM


here's some good word refs for 'enate':

  http://www.notredame.ac.jp/cgi-bin/wn?cmd=wn&word=enate
  http://www.bartleby.com/61/25/E0122500.html
  http://www.lineone.net/dictionaryof/difficultwords/d0005082.html


Sunshine
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Listening to every heart
4 posted 2001-11-10 09:49 AM



I relish words that make me look them up, or for them [my 1957 Webster's did not contain this word] so you are going to become one of my favorites, I can tell...

you make me think!

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