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Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

0 posted 2003-12-05 12:02 PM

Marshall Brodien
By: Noah Eaton
12/4/03
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Every now and then I feel like this,
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I feel half-ashamed to admit it,
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somehow it doesn't mean anything,
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But that starving artist I feel's a part of me.
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It's not about throwing 7's and 11's every time
It's not about X-ray vision
This is not an ad-lib I'm stretching
There's nothing I'm hiding in this profonde

But all at once
Sleight of hand is digitally challenged
And you turn around
The magic words slip and become misinterpreted
And a second truth comes out
Prejudice only lets the damage run
And conseceration desecrates
But who can say
What passed through passe passe
During translation?

Couldn't pull the silent act through
Woke from a miser's dream a moment too soon
The blindfold widens the sidelines
Prestidigitation cancels out time

"Magic is seldom spectacular,
because it seldom needs to be."
But when the rabbits multiply,
who will attend to the breakaway's need?

And all at once
Sleight of hand is digitally challenged
And you turn around
The magic words slip and become misinterpreted
And a second truth comes out
Prejudice only lets the damage run
And conseceration desecrates
But who can say
What passed through passe passe
During translation?

But when you squeeze it into a Stodare egg
The illusion takes effect instead
And the hat production comes to an end
And during the broken wand ceremony
When you turn 180 degrees
Finally it makes sense what it all means
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And all at once
Sleight of hand is digitally challenged
And you turn around
The magic words slip and become misinterpreted
And a second truth comes out
Prejudice only lets the damage run
And conseceration desecrates
But who can say
What passed through passe passe
During translation?
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How did you do it,
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that trick,
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when you redefined yourself?
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how did you do it,
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that trick,
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when you redefined yourself?
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when you weren't wearing,
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that magic hat,
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and held that wand,
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dear child,
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dear child,
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dear child.

"You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come back home" MB20

[This message has been edited by Mistletoe Angel (12-05-2003 12:30 AM).]

S Arthur Grey
Senior Member

since 2001-03-19

Posts 719
woven by a poet's loom

1 posted 2003-12-05 12:15 PM

I have trouble enough with "p" in one language, who needs a translation?
Ah, maybe that's the point, your dictionary, my dictionary.
And puzzles me even more when others ooh and aah at what makes not sense to me . . .

the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

2 posted 2003-12-05 07:11 PM

Noah another awesome piece of work.

Cold hands means a warm heart

SharaRose
Member Elite

since 2003-07-19

Posts 2501
Somewhere out there~

3 posted 2003-12-05 07:27 PM

It's more like (dis)illusionment. Slight of hand? Maybe slight of minds eye. I know just what you mean by this. Losing what was the perception of that person is not easy to go through. It's very hurtful to think you believed one thing when they were another.
Love,
Terri~

Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender...Dido

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

4 posted 2003-12-05 07:32 PM

Noah,

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain, he knows not what he says!

You are an old soul, friend, an old soul.

Corinne

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

5 posted 2003-12-05 07:39 PM

Love this Noah! hugs, Chris

"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet."
-Plato

skyshine

Member Elite

since 2002-02-07

Posts 3058
Beneath the northern stars

6 posted 2003-12-05 07:42 PM

Ah, the pain of disillusionment....

~sky

Dreams last for so long, even after you're gone...
~Jewel

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

7 posted 2003-12-06 02:13 AM

Noah, there is pain when we think something
is one way and it turns out to be the
complete opposite. And, the deception hurts.
Hope all is well with you, my friend.

Hugs

Ethel

Sunnyone
Member Ascendant

since 2000-07-06

Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England

8 posted 2003-12-06 03:51 AM

Oh, lil bro, I truly DO understand this one! Especially enjoyed the quote: "Magic is seldom spectacular, because it seldom needs to be." I wish for you more magic, as you have given it to us so many times! ~S~

Life is what you make it
Don't let it make you...

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

9 posted 2003-12-06 06:47 AM

Noah
Some kind of wand has been waved above you, perhaps it is Marshals waved telepathic? Anyway, this poem is magical, but there is no trick to it, this poem proposes no illusion, just pure everyday miricles....
"Why!,who makes much of a miracle?
As to me, I know of nothing else but miracles," (Walt Whitman)

_______ice
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Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

10 posted 2003-12-06 09:53 AM

Noah, the answer to Hamlet's question of whether to be, or not to be, is to simply BE! Be YOURSELF! We may slip and slide on the slippery path of life, but if our intentions are good, it matters not if the magic eludes us at times.

Be true to yourself, then everything will fall into its proper place.

Loves 'n hugs,
EA

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

11 posted 2003-12-06 01:04 PM

pretty neat write Noah

jaicie114
Senior Member

since 2003-09-27

Posts 750
On the edge of forever

12 posted 2003-12-07 08:59 AM

"Couldn't pull the silent act through
Woke from a miser's dream a moment too soon
The blindfold widens the sidelines
Prestidigitation cancels out time"

Very intense imagery in this one, Noah. I especially love the verse above. Nice....

Thank you!

Love and Light...jc

This I know as Truth...we are all Beings of Light.

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

13 posted 2003-12-07 09:02 AM

Wonderful Noah! Very much enjoyed this piece.
Hugs~

~ Let peace begin with me...

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

14 posted 2003-12-07 09:51 AM

Sleight of hand is digitally challenged....What a great way to get these points across.......it's dil-el-de losin al control......

Great write Noah!

Eric

eringobraugh
Junior Member

since 2003-12-06

Posts 16
Michigan

15 posted 2003-12-07 10:46 AM

If this write is any indication of what you've done, or will do, then you have a rare talent.

I could see, feel, and even hear your voice through this work.

Excellent!

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

16 posted 2003-12-07 10:49 AM

Noah - what can I say that I haven't said about your writings my friend, excellent write...

BC

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