In Nine Months I Lost 95 Pounds, Two Teeth And All My Friends

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Open Poetry #31

In Nine Months I Lost 95 Pounds, Two Teeth And All My Friends

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2004-03-25 04:15 PM

In the Summer of ‘68
it seemed my life was woven
out of motion;
at times
I crossed the oceans too easily
as if they were the savage streets
where I grew old before my years.
I had no notions of mortality,
except perhaps the certainty
that I knew how to make it cling
to others.
I traveled harm's way
without a sane man's fears.
In a time when we were really free,
it was egoistic tools
like me
who built the stage
on which we now watch our freedoms
fade away.
It didn't matter
if it was a war zone,
or a friendly local
government sponsored riot,
you could swear you saw me
anywhere,
I'd deny it knowing
if you insisted
one of us was going to disappear.
I would have bet,
back then,
I could have shown Claude Rains' Jack
a trick or two;
my life was not so much made of chaos
as it sounds,
I simply justified the madness of the times
on grounds that when there is no proof,
there is no trial,
there is no need for a defense.

©2004 by icebox

Toerag
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since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

1 posted 2004-03-25 04:38 PM

you weren't pregnant were ya?....nice write bud...as all of your's are...

Toerag
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since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

2 posted 2004-03-25 04:38 PM

Oh wait....you LOST pounds?.....Okay, never mind....

MGROVES

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since 2004-02-01

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california

3 posted 2004-03-25 04:40 PM

i too remember those time. i enjoyed reading this

Martie

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California

4 posted 2004-03-25 05:13 PM

icebox

The summer of 68 I was heavy with my first son and my world revolved around his growing. It is hard to imagine the one you lived in.

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

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Between the Lines

5 posted 2004-03-25 06:06 PM

your titles always grab me...

and your memories rise up and meet many of mine

hugs
M

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

6 posted 2004-03-25 07:50 PM

Understanding this and nodding here.
Hugs~

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

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

7 posted 2004-03-25 09:11 PM

Sounds like you must have been employed in her majesty's service at the time. Enjoyed the write which has peeked my curiousity.

Sadelite
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since 2003-10-11

Posts 2519

8 posted 2004-03-25 09:16 PM

many thoughts occured during reading your poem... You always make me think and ponder.
Sadie

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