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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533
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That comely frame you view is a cenotaph and means elsewhere's a being discarnate. While I don't recall the moment of schism I'd beg you be kind to the empty whelk. I believe the him in him fled when the noose of uncomprehension tightened. First Prokofiev then T. S. Eliot then racial division among common folk who wouldn't follow the strings of dichotomy, from marionettes to dark tinted limousines. He tried to follow Kandinskys footsteps by becoming part of the colorful painting, even daydreaming of graduation through improvisation to impression to composition. But he never made it to the river Sukona and had by then experienced too much pain to blend in a landscape of primal untamed innocence. The final imponderable was you. He leaked his soul before your declaration that your grand passion was already spent, before your damning silence, your ice suit, meaning his Love could only ever be a mackle and his devotions inevitable fate would be rubbed raw, the blankest palimpsest. . . . . . . cenotaph-a monument erected to a person whose body is buried elsewhere. discarnate-without a physical body, incorporeal. whelk-any of several large,spiral shaped marine gastropods(shell) mackle-a blur in printing from a double impression. A stain. palimpsest-a parchment or like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text. "Happy people have no history" - French Proverb [This message has been edited by RSWells (09-18-2002 12:16 PM).] |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
RSWells, I liked the rhythm of your work and your word usage was interesting. Kethry Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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amusemi Senior Member
since 2001-12-08
Posts 1262A State of Disarray |
Very reminiscent of "The Hollow Men", not necessarily in scheme, yet in voice. Why Prokofiev? "Lolita's" are nothin' but trouble anyway! Who needs 'em! Exceptional verbage and interesting construction. I like that you defined some of those obscure words. It saved me a trip to the ole Websters. LOL  Great write RS! Just believe... |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Mr. Wells...enjoyed the poem after I got to the end and you 'decoded' all those words...LOL....(It also saved me a lot of time looking for my college edition of Funk and Wagnalls) |
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Lady In White
since 2001-02-12
Posts 2799USA |
Perhaps there should be a challenge to revive obscure words just getting the tongue around some of them causes one to take them in, whole, to taste understanding, a little better... |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533 |
Thank you all for your attentions. The reference to Prokofiev, Eliot and the races allowing themselves to be manipulated all were intended to display my ignorance of certain things. Prokofiev wrote some music I couldn't follow, Eliot some poetry beyond me and this ill-fated Love (its end) will be forever out of my reach. |
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amusemi Senior Member
since 2001-12-08
Posts 1262A State of Disarray |
Oh man! Dropped the ball on that one! Prokofiev also wrote Peter and the Wolf! I am such a dolt....oops! I was thinking Nabokov. |
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