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Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2003-02-24 01:53 PM

When I stood outside
those chain links of LaBrea,
residued history invading my nostrils,
I wondered first

if the chain was keeping me out
or keeping them in…

and I wondered of the land rovers
who were hulking and huge,
tremendous masses of life
living

and I wondered
at their demise, and if their brains
signaled their end
as they heard their own wailing

and I wondered,
in my teen years,
if I knew what it would be like
to grow old.

I have always wondered.

Cpat Hair

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since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

1 posted 2003-02-24 02:56 PM

(smiling).. keep wondering for old you are not..

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

2 posted 2003-02-24 03:05 PM

Well done Karilea. I wonder how you manage to write your thoughts so easily! Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....

-Emily Dickinson

Duncan
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since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

3 posted 2003-02-24 04:24 PM

I'm still wondering what it's like to grow up!!!

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2003-02-24 04:37 PM

'Wondering' is a good thing...no?
Love this piece Karilea...
~Hugs & Smiles, Nancy~

~ Trace my body with your words..
And in doing so, you touch my heart. ~

Robert Frazier
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since 2003-02-06

Posts 1014

5 posted 2003-02-24 04:47 PM

the bonds of those wonderings can be so strong...you have not forgotten. Thanks for sharing!

Rf

Ericc
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since 2003-01-31

Posts 4178

6 posted 2003-02-24 05:44 PM

You say so much here...and so beautifuly.
Thanks,
Eric

kayjay
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since 2002-06-24

Posts 2015
Oregon

7 posted 2003-02-24 06:19 PM

And I wonder..when it is time for humans to go in the tar pits, will we know it is coming? Beautiful write, KJ....K J

PS Methinks you've a long time to wonder!

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

[This message has been edited by kayjay (02-24-2003 06:20 PM).]

Auguste

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since 2000-02-16

Posts 3953
By the sea

8 posted 2003-02-24 06:26 PM

Well, first of all, you're not old!

My mother once said that she still felt like she was 18 inside, though her body, being 67, said otherwise. My father felt similarly. As I age, I'm finding that to be so very true.

The stars will shine when I am gone,
the earth will turn on as before,
the gulls, still race along the shore,
the morning star, still kiss the dawn

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

9 posted 2003-02-24 06:37 PM

Karilea--The tar pits are facinating..I remember them making me wonder too as a child. Wondering will keep you young, don't worry.

Albert J. Allie
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since 2003-02-13

Posts 512
Queens NY

10 posted 2003-02-24 07:16 PM

Ahhh such beautiful words.

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