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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
The levee walk was a black damp That you could leave footprints in As you followed the bank in and out Of wisps of fog that the river sloughed off To float along its edges when it got tired. Unseasonably cold, the old man said While pulling his collar up and urging A small wire haired companion to come along By tugging on the chain leash. My own color seemed no defense Against the wind that so enjoyed scattering Bits of refuse from one place to another Only to turn it around and send it back. Each step seemed to have purpose Though inside I felt none and each echoed in the empty of me, to mock the mystery until as if a Chinese gong, each resonated deep within the sounds of me. it was profound emptiness absent the warmth of even my own heart to let me know I was not alone that drove me towards light and the warmth of a bar stool where a double shot to drive out the chills I returned later to my room And opened the door knowing I would lie cold On sheets changed just this morning wishing I could be touched or touch something besides these spectral half seens being dreamed inside I realized she owned the most And I nothing |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
...see?? you touch.... |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
He sure does!!  |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Amen, he does. I love these poems you're writing!! You must have gotten a new muse!  |
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Local Parasite
since 2001-11-05
Posts 2527Transylconia, Winnipeg |
Wow guy... this is just terrific. I really, really enjoyed reading this, it sucked me right in and I savoured every word and every line. You've worded it all so well that I had trouble remembering it was a poem, instead of something like, a movie, or an actual experience. So having read it only once, I can't even remember if it had any rhyme or rhythm, just because of how atmospheric it was for me... I haven't read something like this in too long... thank you for breaking that silence for me, Ron. I'm putting this in my personal library.  Excellent, excellent work... Parasite "Faith" means the will to avoid knowing what is true. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Atmospheric, now there's a word that can relate to your skyward writing... |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Thank god for bodies of water to stand next to, huh Ron? Where would poetry be without the lapping of water on eroding stones and levees? |
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Marshalzu
since 2001-02-15
Posts 2681Lurking |
Wow this is just breathtaking, packed with interesting imagery and so compelling. |
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