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mirror man
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since 2001-01-08

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0 posted 2002-05-23 01:39 AM

not love, or something like transition

Let us not speak of it,
that four letter word.
It's true

though some would say five:
loveu,
and add something after:
loveu this, loveu that,
loveu hard, loveu bad.

Which is to say,
Love, not being a thing,
is transitive.
For instance,
"Ah, sweet Love!"
As in the feeling,
the need, ambition,
the wish, the want,
or just the act of being.
All transition.

So if you slip,
I'll not pull back.

But not love...

That's a fact.

copyright 2002

[This message has been edited by mirror man (05-23-2002 01:44 AM).]

Sunshine

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1 posted 2002-05-23 07:05 AM

MM, excellent...I always enjoy the way you break the thoughts with lines like these...thank you for the morning read...

Severn
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since 1999-07-17

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2 posted 2002-05-23 07:58 AM

Another good one...inventive...um, yet another name drop - but have you read Donne? You might appreciate his ideas (or not) if you haven't already...

thanks for the evening read

K

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

3 posted 2002-05-23 08:02 AM

Well MM
I really don't think you could help yourself under the right circumstances!!
Then you'd be loving...
hard
bad
glad
sad
mad
like you'd been had...and of course you had been had and that's not always bad and might make you glad...........but probably couldn't pull yourself back and bring your heart back with it!

Martie

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4 posted 2002-05-23 10:31 AM

mirror man

Perhaps a word used too much, when it is meant for something rare.

Startime
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since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

5 posted 2002-05-23 11:52 AM

*sigh* I agree...it is a word that I am trying to remove from my heart...well said...

Christopher

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6 posted 2002-05-23 01:53 PM

actually liked this. agree or not, there are may times love is indeed transitive (which was a striking part)

Christopher

mirror man
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since 2001-01-08

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7 posted 2002-05-24 02:32 AM

Sunshine -- thank you.  Those aren't line breaks, they're the way I think.

Severn -- yes, I've read Donne.  Enjoyed it, mostly, except when I must decipher it.

ethome -- no, it's not always...all that.

Martie -- yes; over use.  But that must be in poetry.

Startime -- well, I never said there was anything wrong with real love.  Maybe someone will invent a love detector.  Read 1984; they used rats.  (that's a joke, ha, ha)

Christopher -- thank you.  Love is an action and a transitive verb for all us word nerds and stuff.

Thank you all very much.

[This message has been edited by mirror man (05-24-2002 02:35 AM).]

Severn
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8 posted 2002-05-24 10:21 PM

LOL to deciphering Donne..I did an essay on him once, in which I 'proved' he was not in fact a mysogynist...hard going...

Just had to revisit this one...

K

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

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9 posted 2002-05-24 11:08 PM

(big hugggsssssss) Wow! This is so very powerfully said, sweet friend, you always express emotions so wonderfully and uniquely with your words! (sigh) I think sometimes we can relate to this aspect of life, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet friend, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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