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Dark Stranger
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0 posted 2004-06-18 08:17 AM



I saw the snakes again
were they tattoos
or were they real
and maybe I am the tattoo
they can't shed with skin

they were mating there
entwined in writhe bathe
they glistend with wet
slippery slow wet
not the rain kind

the big one knew me
the others were blind
but they followed
when my leg was a tree
and they were birds pretending

what fruit did they want
I was wearing winter
but they searched my openings
and peeled my bark
they undressed me to sand

and left me under their ocean


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Dark


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Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla
1 posted 2004-06-18 08:53 AM


Dark Stranger
Your writing is full of symbols that can take you anywhere. LOL

Gentle Spirit
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2 posted 2004-06-18 09:02 AM


The images that you conjur up are extraordinary ya know? *w*  Loved the slip and slide babe.  Good morning.
Sunshine
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3 posted 2004-06-18 09:04 AM



I was wearing winter...

~*~

the Sun was too far away to
give warmth, then...

Nice work, DS...very very nice....

Enchantress
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Canada eh.
4 posted 2004-06-18 09:06 AM


So many wonderful images..
much enjoyed the read Dark.
Hugs~

Something tugs at me, I've no doubt of that.
Something from the sea, whichever one I'm near.
When I stray too far from beachland, it calls me back

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5 posted 2004-06-18 09:29 AM


Yer a strange man, DS....but a darn good poet!

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LeeJ
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6 posted 2004-06-18 09:30 AM


Excellent poet you are...you always leave a reader wanting more.  Thank you
Kahlil
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7 posted 2004-06-18 10:41 AM


I covet your demons, Mr. Stranger...

~K~

Martie
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8 posted 2004-06-18 11:11 AM


Some great lines in this DS...my favorites;

"I was wearing winter"
and
"they undressed me to sand"

"were they tattoos
or were they real"

Tattoos are real, are they not?



Honeybee
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9 posted 2004-06-19 11:01 PM


As always I stand in awe of your style and how you pour words into my eyes like silk.  Your use of imagery in all of your poems is beyond compare.

Melissa~

Intellectually I know that Canada is no better than any other country. Emotionally I KNOW that Canada is the best country in the world!

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