Max's Kansas City Phone Call

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Max's Kansas City Phone Call

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

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in the shadows

0 posted 2003-11-28 09:50 PM

The Ice Queen called last night
while packing for the morning plane,
to Turkey, Europe, Africa
and outward to the sun;

she called to leave security
where she thought it would be safe.

I told her I was marrying,
she choked a bit
swore,
caught herself,
she mumbled soft amenities,
she stumbled on her words,
where just before had bubbled joy
of self-accomplishment,
was now self-conscious
awkward silence,
closing doors,
the inward pulling self-defense
of children caught off guard;

thoughts of opportunities
and passions passed
of old realities
regrets
uncertainties,
and wanting not to cry,
all came flashing from her mind,
and suddenly
the Ice Queen seized control.

I wished her luck,
much happiness,
yes
she would write,
we plan to meet in years;
the call was at an end
and then,
she softly said
"I love you"
honestly
the first and only time.

©2003 by icebox (written March, 1972)

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since 2003-01-23

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Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

1 posted 2003-11-28 10:38 PM

....it's true -- living well IS the best revenge. And a tiny crack in the wall, where a tree may grow and bring the whole thing down, priceless.

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passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

2 posted 2003-11-29 05:20 AM

priceless indeed!

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

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3 posted 2003-11-29 07:59 PM

You melted the ice queen...

smiles and nodding.

An ex tracked me down once about 12 years ago, and when he heard my baby boy cry over the phone, he asked, "What is that?"

"Life." I answered.

oh I know this one well, icebox.

Hugs you.

Martie

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California

4 posted 2003-11-29 10:49 PM

icebox

I just saw my x at my son's on Thanksgiving...I kind of like him now. I read him some poems that made him cry.

Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2003-11-30 12:21 PM

IceBox~
Very gently penned~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram
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