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serenity blaze
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0 posted 2003-05-31 04:18 PM

"Come on in," I said to Tim,
because it's what I always say.
His company could be a chore
but just the same, I'd let him in
just to keep him off the street.
Not so generous of me--
a simple mode of self-defense--
Brother Tim is dangerous
left to his own device.
It was not unusual
for me to wake
and find him there
sitting tall on my back porch
hastily refolding
my paper while I yawned.
Then he'd offer helpfully
to put the coffee on--
So, "Come on in," I said to Tim--
I really never had a choice.

I sniffed the air suspiciously
before he even took a seat.
Something different in the air--
was it the way he held himself?
Then I noticed he had hair
for once, above his eyes.
He'd shaved his head and brows for years
and wore the look of alien--
he noticed that I'd noticed
and nodded shyly with a shrug,
"I guess the medication 'took'."
But I was cautious--unconvinced.

He sat politely in the chair
and didn't even try to grab
the remote control for my tv
(he used to need it to calm down)
I would go about my day.
He scanned the channels
all intent, quite convinced
that God (and friends)
were talking code to him
in televisionspeak.
But there was no talk today
of the Apocalypse.
No longer was he "chosen one"--
I guess the medication "took".

There was no talk of theory
of government conspiracy,
and he just smiled sheepishly
when asked about that microchip
implanted in his nose.
"I can't smell redfish any more."
But he discussed the bait,
and the merits of a float
compared to using weights.
Then they planned a fishing trip,
but Brother Tim declined.
He said it was impossible
because his curfew was still nine.
There was no talk of grand escape.
Quite lucidly he said he'd ask
permission when he got back "home."
And that's when I felt sad.

I searched the air above his head
wanting just to cut the strings
that tied his puppet normalcy
I felt that Brother Tim had died...
The doctors surely must be proud.
The medication must have "took"
that, or they'd removed the chip
the government had planted
in his nose when "they" had posed,
disguised as alien lifeform
so many years ago...

He left here uneventfully.
Thanking, "hospitality,"
then my husband turned to me
asking, "So?
what do YOU think?"
I sighed and said that I missed Tim,
and channel surfed in search of God.

[This message has been edited by serenity blaze (05-31-2003 04:28 PM).]

QjQ
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since 2003-04-18

Posts 3756
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1 posted 2003-05-31 04:21 PM

a terrific write,, enjoyed...

It's the quality of the complement that i feel, not the quanity.

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

2 posted 2003-05-31 04:48 PM

Okay Karen....the goosebump thing is happening again. hugs, Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....

-Emily Dickinson

passing shadows
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displaced

3 posted 2003-05-31 04:54 PM

mouth hanging open, dazed

Sunshine

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4 posted 2003-05-31 06:15 PM

The hospitality goes a long way...
thanks for letting us
have a bit of sit
in your kitchen with Tim...
and you.

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

5 posted 2003-05-31 06:18 PM

wanted to say thanks, but if you'd like to read the intro to "Brother Tim" you can find him here...
/pip/Forum55/HTML/000263.html
/pip/Forum55/HTML/000272.html

oooops.

and of course, this one:
/pip/Forum76/HTML/002983.html

Thanks again for reading. You are all so lovingly generous, it touches me consistently.

[This message has been edited by serenity blaze (05-31-2003 06:22 PM).]

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

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6 posted 2003-05-31 08:05 PM

I thought he was familiar...an excellent write m'dear packed filled with imagery.

enjoyed.

Maree

Larry C

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since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

7 posted 2003-05-31 08:55 PM

Only from you could such charming oddities be given their just treatment. I think I had a friendship very similar to this once. You are a sweet blaze that inspires serenity in the right places.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

8 posted 2003-05-31 09:06 PM

Amazing write once again Serenity.
Much enjoyed sitting a spell with you and Tim.
~Hugs~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

brian sites
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since 2002-06-25

Posts 1475
usa

9 posted 2003-05-31 11:58 PM

sigh

I know how much this means to you

it IS sad

we are all.....
only
a collection of sames and differences

and you bein from Mother Mud...
would like that
spicy
different
ness

beautiful

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

10 posted 2003-06-01 12:16 PM

I thought that "Brother Tim" looked familiar too. Karen, your love and compassion just jumps out into this poem you've written for your friend.

Hugs

Ethel

vlraynes
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since 2000-07-25

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Somewhere... out there...

11 posted 2003-06-01 12:18 PM

Karen...your heart is showing in this special write.
Big *HUGS* to you, lady.
"...until you have read the verse on his heart,
you have not truly met the poet.
~vlraynes

apoetdreams
Member

since 2003-06-01

Posts 52
NJ, USA

12 posted 2003-06-01 12:36 PM

Yours was the first I read. Wonderful image and I know this feeling well.I have some like brother Tim in my life. Poem says so much. And it touched me personally. The pre-medication family member is real too.

loved it.

Aenimal
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since 2002-11-18

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the ass-end of space

13 posted 2003-06-07 05:38 PM

This is both my favourite(i have alot of favourites with you oh hell i love em all) but at the same time this hurts. I've seen the effects, the zombie complacency that drains the essence out of them

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

14 posted 2003-06-08 05:00 AM

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

15 posted 2003-06-08 12:01 PM

Damn woman - this one screams . . . silently

and coming from MIss Pharmocopecia herself
yes . . . some things are better left as they are . . .

brilliant story K
xxoo

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