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Cpat Hair
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0 posted 2002-09-17 12:34 PM



highway rhythms are just like ZEN


Long days and hot sun
can make even thoughts of Iambe
waver like a mirage
just over the horizon
that fools you into spending
the last three dollars you have
trying to get a drink

I'd been gone for about two weeks
now headed down the west Texas road
where highway rhythms are just like ZEN
I think I got lost inside the sound
of hearing her voice in my mind
and holding her body next to me.

It would be another night
before I pulled into the yard
hoping she was out there
bent over in her overalls
as she worked on someones newest old truck
so that I could come down off the road
before she spoke

Good thing I had a credit card
cause it was going to take more
than one drink tonight
just to wipe the dust of her
out of my eyes

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Deep in the heart
1 posted 2002-09-17 12:36 PM


I love it!

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

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2 posted 2002-09-17 12:39 PM


I need a bigger hard drive, more storage. Into my library.
I have a yen for zen.

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3 posted 2002-09-17 01:04 PM


Long days and hot sun
can make even thoughts of Iambe
waver like a mirage
just over the horizon
=================================
I'd been gone for about two weeks
now headed down the west Texas road
where highway rhythms are just like ZEN
I think I got lost inside the sound
of hearing her voice in my mind
and holding her body next to me.

===================================
so that I could come down off the road
before she spoke
===================================


Ahhhhhh .... timing is everything...
I stopped in for a Poetry Salad for lunch...
and instead I find Ambrosia ....

I sooooo needed some Iambe longing....
would you think me a greedy moth if I asked for more...


bsquirrel
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4 posted 2002-09-17 01:12 PM


Ron,
Thank you for cracking
the hot smells of pavement
and eye-white lines
for me.

Mike

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5 posted 2002-09-17 02:40 PM


*beaming at you*

I have missed Iambe'. Must admit tho, still owe her $50 from that last game of pool (wasn't fair, she got me drunk)



Thank you, m'friend. It's always a treat.

Pilgrimage
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6 posted 2002-09-17 02:45 PM


Mmmmmm this is lovely.

Nan(Pilgrim variety)

Sunshine
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Listening to every heart
7 posted 2002-09-17 07:31 PM


Wheeeeee, more good reading!

bsquirrel
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8 posted 2002-09-26 02:19 PM


Ah ha!
Now I return to this poem
knowing who it's for
and what it's about.

Don't I?

Enchantress
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9 posted 2002-09-26 03:02 PM


WOW!!  Excellent write!!
Oh how I love the lambe series!
~Hugs~

~ Time has cast a spell on you
  So you won't ever forget me ~

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10 posted 2002-09-26 04:33 PM




(smiles) Awwwwwww, I love this, sweet friend, this is beautiful, this reminded me of Richard Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"! (big hugggssss) Bravo, 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..."

Shakira

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