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Off with her head
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Off with her head |
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jellybeans Member Elite
since 2000-10-13
Posts 2298
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Desperate and intent to round them up before they were heard, she struggled to assemble them into one accord, to bend them to her will. Some would be offered up for sacrifice- they heartily resisted. Eventual submission was persuaded but lax fingers let a stubborn one or two slip away before the lock was clicked. She angered to watch them go. The others ran circling away from her madness. Chasing, first one and then another she finally tired of trying to collect them and rested, head in hands. Seeing opportunity one, hell bent, dug under and while she tried to catch it by the tail and drag it backwards from its oblivious blunder a couple more flew the coop. Determined still to make sense of what she had left she looked up just in time to see them run nilly willy over the edge as if possessed. The dictator read the decree inventing realities as justification has need. You are hereby sentenced for life- Everything you have said can and will be remembered and held against you. Docilely she listened; nothing remained to recollect and nothing really had want of being recalled and so without a single thought left to argue otherwise, she sat down let go her grip and cried. |
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the_loner_23 Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
Speechless Cold hands means a warm heart |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
The dictator read the decree inventing realities as justification has need. You are hereby sentenced for life- Everything you have said can and will be remembered and held against you. Docilely she listened; nothing remained to recollect and nothing really had want of being recalled and so without a single thought left to argue otherwise, she sat down let go her grip and cried. The cruelty of the sentence is even more poignant, knowing how hard she tried to escape her fate... and knowing how unfair such a sentence is. This is superb writing, dear friend... but so very painful. |
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jellybeans Member Elite
since 2000-10-13
Posts 2298 |
the loner....thank you...well, I am assuming speechless is good  suthern...sigh...well lady...I am hoping tomorrow will be better....it could get worse today, I guess, but I wouldn't want to be around to see it.....hugs lady |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
such pain - oh how well you write this and how well you invite us in to feel the pain - wonderfully written poetry - makes my heart ache...Paul |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
For a minute I thought you were describing me chasing bugs! But, then, you always have such deep ways to be so descriptive.....this one is deep...and superb  |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Doggone, but you wrote a keeper... and a thinker, ponderer and wowser... |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
"You are hereby sentenced for life- Everything you have said can and will be remembered and held against you." This is why I used to burn my journals! You are one intense lady--and I just backspaced out a comment, I will have to e ya...grin...see? ya got me nervous!  |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
damn girl!! is that how it's gonna end up? hell, i ain't doin' it any more!! forget the whole frigging thing!! hehe *doreen stands on the top of the box, wraps the noose around her neck and motions for the stage crew to pull it away, grinning the entire time* well anyway, the docket's always full, no doubt about it but hellifi'mgonna get up on the stand if they won't let me plead guilty jellybeans... that's what i needed today.. jellybeans.... you sweet poet you! have missed you a coupla lifetimes have gone by |
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