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Lexy
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0 posted 2004-12-22 11:17 AM


Any word we ever say, or any action of the imagination never leaves us
it is us and we become known for it.
But there's boxes chalk full of new and shining prizes
and we push them up around the old ones as we open them.
and hope that the frenzied fire cat won't come to brush its tail along our face
but it does just the same, he's a magic cat after all and torches all the new boxes,
and we cry and we gasp and then we remember whats in the old box and we thank the fire cat and I rub his warm and purring chin. Because no one wants to forget and he knows this.
So I tell him to come sleep at the end of my bed so I can start dreaming in the present tense.

There's no reason I'm oversleeping
dreamin' my life away...

© Copyright 2004 Alexis Smith - All Rights Reserved
muchos
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1 posted 2004-12-22 12:20 PM


That was beautiful. Its nice to see poetic forms of writing without the dullness of rhyming all the time. it was truly unique and very interesting. It delivered a powerful message to me. thanks for the great read
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2 posted 2004-12-22 07:59 PM


"So I tell him to come sleep at the end of my bed so I can start dreaming in the present tense."

I liked that ending line.  Great write Lexy!
Happy Holidays!

~Alli~

Happy Holidays!

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