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dingusjr
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since 2003-09-24

Posts 415
Missouri

0 posted 2004-06-01 05:33 PM

It is a warm spring day
in southern Lousiana..
The car careens freely
down the gravel road.

Birds swirl through the tree tops
alarmed by the silence.
The blond beauty beside him
stretches back in the sunshine.

What a glorious day
says Clyde to sweet Bonnie.
I wonder if they have a bank
in the next town?

Now imagine you are Ruth Warren
of Topeka, Kansas,
and that's your 1934 Ford Sedan,
Desert Sand in color.

Or imagine the smiling mortician
at Conger's Funeral Home
in nearby Arcadia,
loafing around on this dull day.

[This message has been edited by dingusjr (06-02-2004 11:11 AM).]

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

1 posted 2004-06-01 05:39 PM

Very entertaining and well written -- I hope you will make this a series, Larry.

Marshalzu

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since 2001-02-15

Posts 2681
Lurking

2 posted 2004-06-01 05:39 PM

It's the first time I've read your work, but i'm glad I spent the time to read it. This was very well written, thanks for sharing

Ratleader

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since 2003-01-23

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Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

3 posted 2004-06-01 10:52 PM

And.........

Nice! And proof that a poem can shout something without ever saying it....

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suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

4 posted 2004-06-02 11:00 AM

I'll admit I didn't recognize the date... until the second line... then this Louisiana gal woke up in a hurry! *S*

I love the way your focus on the peripheral players paints such an intense picture of the center of the storm... Excellent work!!

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2004-06-02 07:04 PM

Larry~
I felt taken back to the stories I've read~
Excellent work, sir~
*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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JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2004-06-06 01:09 AM

Excellent...sounds like the day they were going to be filled with bullet holes...law enforcement definately wanted to make an example of them...James

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

7 posted 2004-06-06 03:23 AM

wow..good write

Sunshine

Administrator

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

8 posted 2004-06-06 10:01 AM

Your talent, Sir...
passes historical moments on
with a fine flair.

Kevo
Member

since 2004-06-02

Posts 466
Navarro County, Texas, USA

9 posted 2004-06-06 01:00 PM

I saw the date and had to read. Great piece. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I was intrigued by your topic. Bonnie and Clyde had a hideout the next street down from where I currently sit at home just Southeast of Corsicana, TX. The have pics of them in the town museum called "Pioneer Village" some of which were where the Richland-Chambers reservoir now sits ...across the street from my home. They were locals here. We had a tornado in Frost, TX, still in our county, I think in 1932. They found a car that had been thrown up against a building amidst the debris and destruction. When they traced it to the owner they came up with Clyde Barrows. There was a pistol found in the glove box. They have a picture of the car in the debris at the museum, too.
Thanks for reminding me of my home's rich history.

Kevin

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