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Minister Joe
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since 2003-02-22

Posts 78
TX, USA

0 posted 2003-08-17 01:53 PM

I dropped a buck fifty in Super Tokio
for a pack of Lotte Nectar gum.
A torn off top reveals wilted
late summer honeysuckle
seeping through the foil.

I flip the pack over, reading. I don't
understand Japanese, but I don't care
as I slide the pink stick in my mouth.
Chewing is a fat drop of nectar pulled from
popping the green cap off of a flower,
then drawing it's tongue through amber,
to drip at the end of the petal pipe.

A buck fifty later and I'm seven against
a chain link fence, tangled in vine and drunk
off of summer's wine. I inhale honeysuckle,
looking for the yellowest and fattest eyes. I suck
on those pipes, and grow dizzy as we whistle in
sugar--a dazed bee of a boy clinging to the fence
until after dark, and past suppertime.

Give what you have.

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

1 posted 2003-08-17 02:15 PM

I don't know how I've missed your work--but that's not a mistake I'm likely to make again after reading THIS.

I loved the slow description and the inner journey--all tied into one simple act.

I'll be looking for you in the future, Minister Joe.

Enjoyed this ALOT.

Kaoru

Member Elite

since 2003-06-07

Posts 3892
where the wild flowers grow

2 posted 2003-08-17 03:19 PM

WOW,
this is amazing.

Mmm, Tokyo.

Love it!

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

3 posted 2003-08-17 03:58 PM

Minister Joe...You took me with you from the first word, and I may have enjoyed it more than you did.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2003-08-17 04:03 PM

Amazing write...most enjoyable.
~Summertime Smiles, Nancy~

~The breeze that kissed you on the face,
Has held me in the same embrace~

Minister Joe
Member

since 2003-02-22

Posts 78
TX, USA

5 posted 2003-08-17 04:10 PM

Thank you all very much! As a boy I really did used to eat the nectar out of the honeysuckle in our backyard... it's definitely a summer memory.

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

6 posted 2003-08-17 06:57 PM

This is a perfect example of why I have been missing you, Dear Matt! I do so enjoy your descriptive experiential poetry! Your trip down memory lane just took me down one of my own. I used to suck the nectar out of flowers as well! Tedious but rewarding! lol