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Tanglewood Trail
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
I met daylight With road mapped eyes And too much scary smooth In me Not the bottle. I found the hydrant out back And drank cold Arkansas well For my breakfast, Stripped off my clothes And wiped down best I could Before I slipped into Clean jeans and a wrinkled shirt. Packed everything back in the truck About the time the sun truly came up Over the stone backed ridge on the east And hit my eyes like straw in a tornado Damn… Scary smooth indeed… I saw it then, the small track Two wheels prints really That cut through the meadow And headed down the valley And closed the truck door Cranked it over and eased around To pick up the tracks And see where they led. About the end of the meadow The tracks climbed left up the ridge So I eased the truck into 4 wheel low And let her idle over the bump and tumble rocks That pitched you first to 30 degree one way then dropped in oil pan threatening dip to pitch you the other. After about ¼ mile of this I was hoping there was a spot wide enough To turn this thing around or I was Going to have to back down out of here And my head already felt like the last jerk Had ground it against the rocks and was now Dragging it under the truck just for fun. I reached the top of the ridge And in a twisted side slip of tires Avoided high centering on the crossframe And hit an open spot. I had to wipe my eyes Cause I figured I was either now Into Saint Vitus land and would soon Be doing jake legged dances when I walked Or indeed I was dead and didn’t know it. No, it was still there Two stories of stone and timber That looked like it was all angles I pulled on up to the front Or what I thought was the front And stopped the truck. Didn’t appear to be anyone around And also didn’t appear to be any other way To get to this place. I got out, took a walk around Confirming there was no other road Then walked up the door and knocked. Lacey answered More red eyed than I was Wearing an old cotton nightgown And barefoot. “Morning.” She said and turned "Welcome to Tanglewood Trail." “Come in, I wondered if you’d find this place.” “Just a minute,” I said and walked back to the truck grabbed what was left of the bottle I had been nursing from and headed back to the door. “You got coffee?” I asked “Yeah, mind sharing that bottle?” she replied. Inside was cool and dark And my heart was turning the same shade Of pale as the blush of chipped stone That marked what looked like A bullet crease along the stone window ledge. She laughed when she saw me looking at it “That was Iambe and You.” “I had to figure out if it was going to kill you or just leave a scar for me too look at.” “Seems you might live, but, now you got to figure out the same.” “I guess that depends, “ I replied. “Your note said you wanted to talk, what’s on your mind.” “You.” She said and poured coffee then reached for the bottle to add a bit of snake bite medicine to both cups. [This message has been edited by Cpat Hair (02-27-2003 06:09 PM).] |
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the_loner_23 Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
This story just keeps getting better.  I loved this part.Cold hands means a warm heart |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
thank you maam... glad you enjoyed my little yarn. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Ah come on... If you and she don't talk soon... I'm gonna need me a drink of the scary smooth! Loving this Ron!! ~Hugs~ ~ Trace my body with your words.. |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Nancy... soon dear one.. soon... got them together now... and If I made these any longer they would make me go post them in prose ( laughing) which is probably where they should be anyway... I promise the conversation in the next one... and we'll see then if it is an end or a beginning.... or if it is just a spot to let them both breathe a bit... I'll also promise you a good one for MC.... no matter what... about time these two flamed a fire don't you think? (laughing) |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
about time these two flamed a fire don't you think? (laughing) ================================== ANY OTHER MOTH REDUNDANT QUESTIONS?????????   LOL |
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Duncan Member Ascendant
since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455 |
'She laughed when she saw me looking at it “That was Iambe and You.” “I had to figure out if it was going to kill you or just leave a scar for me too look at.” “Seems you might live, but, now you got to figure out the same.” “I guess that depends, “ I replied. “Your note said you wanted to talk, what’s on your mind.” “You.” She said and poured coffee then reached for the bottle to add a bit of snake bite medicine to both cups.' Well it's about damn time!!!!!! |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Aye... snake bit. [No, I didn't mistype...] |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big hugggsssssss) Oh Ron, this is wonderrful, sweet friend, I don't know if I want any of that Scary Smooth though, I'll just stick with echinacea tea! (smiles) This is wonderful, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Ron, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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Wind
since 2002-10-12
Posts 2981 |
you and these stories. I love them, there kind of like those ummm... What are they called? The things that greek people write...(help, I'm having a blonde moment) the Wind is invisible. |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
tragedies? |
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1slick_lady Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088standing on a shadow's lace |
hurry up and tell her ...you are killing me here...h |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Another fine chapter -- I tellya, this is going to end up a book. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
you gave me some smiles today... thanks regards, sudhir |
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