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Aenimal
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since 2002-11-18

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the ass-end of space

0 posted 2003-07-03 05:24 PM

She says she loves me though
She's said she loves coffee
She's said she loves books
She's said she loves that movie

I ponder just
where it is I stand
amongst these things
Am I loved equally
or above them?
More than some
and less than others?

Love..

A word once revered
by lovers and poets
tossed around
without conviction
by people by adverts
a new kind of slang

Stripped of its
power and purpose
each time I hear it
I bow my head in sadness
at the rape of a word

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I'm painfully aware that words have the same disdain for me as I for them lately thus this bit of nonsense. My muse has left the building and this is all I've been able to scrape out of my weary head.Bah humbug

EagleScorpion
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since 2000-03-08

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Here, Now, Forever

1 posted 2003-07-03 05:36 PM

we have officially raped the word "love." We REAPED it!! How could we?!?!

i think it is very important to tell someone you love them only if you mean it.. and not to just to hook up with the person

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

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in the shadows

2 posted 2003-07-03 05:43 PM

Well, Sir, your muse may be on holiday but she clearly left you with all her tools.

You are right about the loss of meaning of the word love. I still laugh at times about some research from just a few years ago that showed most women rank both love and sex behind a good baked potato in level of importance.

Aenimal
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since 2002-11-18

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the ass-end of space

3 posted 2003-07-03 05:57 PM

Thanks Eagle haven't seen you around in awhile

ice that's very comforting isn't it..jesus at least chocolate..sighs what a world

1slick_lady
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since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

4 posted 2003-07-03 06:21 PM

not to worry r...i lust you...ROFLMAO...sorry...(redhead alert...redhead alert)...h

inkedgoddess
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since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

5 posted 2003-07-03 07:18 PM

just define it as what it should mean to you, thats all that matters anyhow, isnt it raphael?

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

6 posted 2003-07-03 07:22 PM

I agree...the word 'love'is thrown around too easily,
This is great!
~Hugs~

~If you haven't heard the sunset,
you haven't been listening.~

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

7 posted 2003-07-03 07:25 PM

Bah, humbug. It's overused...ah, the word love, that is...unless you know the person, and their substance....and their effusiveness...

Enjoyed, Raph....once again, despite the humbug....

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

8 posted 2003-07-03 07:28 PM

Raph, my muse is missing also. At least you still have an awesome way with words with or without your absent partner. Enjoyed. Chris

"Said you'd give me light...
...but you never told me about the fire."

~Stevie Nicks~

Aenimal
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since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

9 posted 2003-07-03 08:39 PM

H Lust is good word...mmmmmmmmmmmmmm redheads ..grins

Of course you're right Mish and with some people I do, some people still know the value of the word I'm sure

Thanks Nancy, it's a shame is all I'm saying

GrumblegrumbleP&moangrumble thanks Karilea grins

Thanks Chris appreciate it and don't bemodest i read your work your muse loves you. Right me and the old crank are having a row that's all

serenity blaze
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10 posted 2003-07-03 09:35 PM

Well.

Hmmm.

On a personal note, it's a two way street.

Sometimes words fail ME--Sometimes I fail words. That is when the language of eyes comes in, tho...they tell truth, lovie.

They do.

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
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11 posted 2003-07-03 10:27 PM

Yep, Raphey...what Kare said...
the eyes don't lie.....
they tell the truth....

KoKo
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since 2003-02-15

Posts 995
Inside the shadow's shadow

12 posted 2003-07-03 11:18 PM

Powerful. Very powerful. Fantastic.

I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
--Chang Tzu

TasteOfOctober
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since 2003-06-24

Posts 94

13 posted 2003-07-03 11:45 PM

yes, it is a very sad thing..

The only difference between the creative and the conformists is that the creative will not be conquered and the conformists already are.

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

14 posted 2003-07-03 11:58 PM

I KNOW this word and I completely agree with you . . .

I despise when IT is tossed around
like hello, or how ya doin . . .

A write much needed. Too many people I think dont even KNOW what love is.
That is so sad . . .
*nodding head*
an awful crime indeed
xxoo

[This message has been edited by littlewing (07-04-2003 12:00 AM).]

Aenimal
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since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

15 posted 2003-07-04 12:17 PM

Thanks K

Hey Ethel where'd yu get that pic of me..it's my best..in the dark

Thanks KoKo appreciate it

Thanks october tis true

Thanks Sue and hugs needed that smile

Jason Lyle
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since 2003-02-07

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With my darkling

16 posted 2003-07-04 12:20 PM

I wish I wrote this well when my muse was on vacation.

Jason

Aenimal
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the ass-end of space

17 posted 2003-07-04 12:25 PM

Thanks Jason grins

passing shadows
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displaced

18 posted 2003-07-04 02:39 AM

me and you both

Ratleader

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19 posted 2003-07-04 03:02 AM

Good thought here....it's like the overuse of superlatives....use "fabulous" to describe something mediocre, and what linguistic escalator can you get on next?

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suthern

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Posts 20723
Louisiana

20 posted 2003-07-04 10:59 AM

There is some language... my mind is playing blonde right now and only letting me recall a few bits of info *S*... where one word has many meanings depending on intonation... even English has its share of multiple meanings for one single spelling...

Which is a long-winded way of saying yes... in our effusiveness and laziness, we do overuse the word... applying it when we really mean like or enjoy... or lusting. *S* But does that really make the word mean any less when it's exchanged between two people in deepest sincerity? Especially when connected hearts speak without need of words... and eyes speak silent volumes? *S*

Now see what you get for making me think on a holiday morning? LOL I did enjoy this... very much... and agree in spite of my ramblings. *S*

Aenimal
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the ass-end of space

21 posted 2003-07-04 08:32 PM

Thanks Dix grins

Ed there's so many words i could have chosen, make this a serial poem on the destruction of the english language

Suthern it causes enough doubt that one wonders at this point if anybody truly understands just what love is

Janette

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since 2001-07-20

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Chicagoland for now

22 posted 2003-07-05 06:29 PM

Good points made here, I often think the same way about the overuse of this word ... love.

Enjoyed.

Honeybee
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since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

23 posted 2003-07-05 07:47 PM

Would you give me an atomic wedgie if I said that I L-O-V-E this poem?!!!

Seriously though, you've penned another keeper...and you hafta stop doing that cause my library is full of yer stuff and well umm you're making me all jealous of your talent

You always seem to write the things that I am thinking and of course you say it with more depth and flair than I ever could.
I've always thought that the words 'love' and 'friend' are perhaps the most overused and insincere at times....

GAWD sometimes us chicks just won't shut up huh?

See, it's all your fault for being too good of a poet!

Melissa~

Intellectually I know that Canada is no better than any other country. Emotionally I KNOW that Canada is the best country in the world!

Janet Marie
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24 posted 2003-07-05 08:01 PM

this reminds me of a quote I saw the other day online...

"Love & baby ...

the two most overused and abused lines in the cyber world."

So...is this where I say:

OH BABY ... I LOVE THIS POEM!

Cool write poet sir... well done.

Well ... OK ... but you have to wash it first.

(bumper sticker humor) ;)

Aenimal
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since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

25 posted 2003-07-09 11:20 PM

Jannette I'm guilty of it too bad habits die hard

Melissa you have alot of talent if you would just keep your mouth closed more often and write instead of talk you've fill libraries with classics lol Hugs

Lol thanks JM

gemjop
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26 posted 2003-07-10 01:05 PM

*tiptoes in* I was being that standoffish English bleep again wasn't I. where do you hide these? why do i always miss them?

This, struck a chord, as i'm sure you know. Why do people use the word, why? why?

then abuse everything it stands for. I have a prime candidate, for someone who despite what he believes, does not know the first meaning of the word. Actually, i know quite a few. sad really isn't it.

sigh.

But, I love you and your words Raph. So i spose the word lives on, irrespective of who destroys its essence.

muchos hugs minhgemnchhherrrr

Aenimal
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the ass-end of space

27 posted 2003-07-10 01:37 PM

You're too sweet Gemma. Thanks for always reading and supporting me but as for you being a standoffish english bleep.

Midnitesun

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Gaia

28 posted 2003-07-10 04:44 PM

Does this mean I can't tell you how much I do?
I'm going to risk it anyway.
I love you, you crazy aenimal.

Jennis#1
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IL, Usa

29 posted 2003-07-10 04:45 PM

It blew me away. It made me want to cry.
keep on posting.

Wind

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30 posted 2003-07-10 05:34 PM

You were allways good. But now you're great. This is absoluely ermm...what's that word you allways use?

If art is still inside, I feel it
-Aaron Lewes

[This message has been edited by Wind (07-10-2003 06:50 PM).]

Patricia
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31 posted 2003-07-10 08:14 PM

Wow, Aenimal. You are so right about this. (But I have never know you to be wrong.) The other word I believe has gotten a bad rap is "adult." This word used to mean a person of maturity. Now it means...well, think about it..."adult movies", "adult website", "adult magazines" and so on.

I so enjoy your work. Man, you make me think. Didn't I just tell you that last night? Oh well, it doesn't hurt to hear it again, does it?

Patricia

Dark Angel
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32 posted 2003-07-10 10:07 PM

I don't know how I've missed this.. but Sir Raph, I enjoy it when you think like this and then pen it so powerfully. And yes the word "love" def overused. It just doesnt seem sacred anymore huh? and what Karen said..it's in the eyes.

keeping this.

Maree

fate is not just
whose cooking smells good
but which way the wind blows

(Ani DiFranco)

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

33 posted 2003-07-10 10:41 PM

Thanks Kacy I'll let it slide

Thanks Jennis appreciate it

Superfluous? Im not sure which word Liz but thanks for thinking it

Thanks Patricia sounds like the second Adult is alot more fun

Maree few things seem sacred anymore. Sadly.Always a smile when you stop m'lady

Bill Charles
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highways, & byways, for now

34 posted 2003-07-10 11:54 PM

Aenimal - good write for just scraping. I'll be waiting for a read when the muse returns...

BC

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