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bsquirrel
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0 posted 2003-10-20 03:13 PM



At dewpoint
we savor the water droplets
collecting like thin-skinned coins,
fat thin-skinned coins,
shaking and pregnant,
leaving a residue.
They slide and slither
down the air
to break further below.

At freezing,
crystals chafe the sky
in white hues, white white
hues in trees turned stone.
Death is pretty, an understatement
to the gray ashen horizon,
burning dead fires,
slumber, dormancy,
the flames frozen in place,
glinting light off of windows,
fingerling wind
through fist-heavy frosted trees.

It's a quiet sound the wind makes when,
14 degrees below freezing,
a quiet, steady, urgent howling
sets itself up for a long night of answers.
The questions blow across the waste,
the answers come back in again.

I'm not sure
exactly what that means --
answers following questions
following answers.

© Copyright 2003 MPC - All Rights Reserved
Wind
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1 posted 2003-10-20 03:40 PM


note reply at ASOTS

bumbumbum

I missed you. now I am happy

What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?
All walls are great, if the roof doesn't fall.
-yorke/bjork

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2 posted 2003-10-20 05:12 PM


Death is pretty, an understatement
to the gray ashen horizon,
burning dead fires,

This is downright elegant Mikie.

(and yikes--ASOTS!!! I knew I'd forgotten something...sigh..the twisted one is gonna KILL me.)

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3 posted 2003-10-20 05:41 PM


lol ser...must I follow you everywere?

What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?
All walls are great, if the roof doesn't fall.
-yorke/bjork

bsquirrel
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4 posted 2003-10-21 12:08 PM


I'll head over to ASOTS immediately. Thanks, guys.
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5 posted 2003-10-21 04:17 PM


::::::bumps head on walls::::::

I need pointless threads..


you
are ruination of perfect darkness,
every glance from your direction
turns good blood to filth.

melt me like sugar in the rain,
melt me like ice within the flame-
I am corrosive saccharine,
don’t be fooled by the sweet taste.
everything I touch dies,
I’ve bent three flowers today
and tomorrow they will wither

::umm..yeah you inspired me...::


What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?
All walls are great, if the roof doesn't fall.
-yorke/bjork

[This message has been edited by Wind (10-21-2003 04:18 PM).]

bsquirrel
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6 posted 2003-10-21 05:07 PM


Wow .... that's potent.
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7 posted 2003-10-21 05:37 PM


Thanks.

back to my insane decline.
egha

What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?
All walls are great, if the roof doesn't fall.
-yorke/bjork

bsquirrel
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8 posted 2003-10-21 05:52 PM


Ahhh.... so you're hijacking my poem to make into a useless thread? For shame!
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9 posted 2003-10-21 06:13 PM


never...

you could never be useless.

I on the other hand..am vanishing.

pay no attention.

been listening to downward spiral

and I wrote something. gem will be delerious with joy. others might worry though

What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?
All walls are great, if the roof doesn't fall.
-yorke/bjork

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10 posted 2003-10-21 06:26 PM


"Listening" to downward spiral?

Don't you mean "Becoming one with?" (at least if you listen to it the way I listen to it)

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11 posted 2003-10-21 06:30 PM



I am becoming....

smiles.

sometimes...but not always.

NIN is a two sided band.
gotta love that

What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?
All walls are great, if the roof doesn't fall.
-yorke/bjork

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