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Cpat Hair
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0 posted 2004-06-24 03:01 PM



I undressed the page
slipping one word then the other
off bared pale
                    erotic in my own tease
of careful fold
one meaning here
another there
bits revealed of this or that
till not yet stripped of all
enough could be seen
and teased between the creases
lines drawn
         I stared
so much shown I sighed
so little you said....
              as you picked up a pen
and scribbled one word across the edge
then tore it
rough layered shatter of white
        to hand to me...

lust

     was what it said
but inside the very threads that held the tiny scrap
I saw a finer word...
                                  of tenderness
                                           instead

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Martie
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1 posted 2004-06-24 03:05 PM


Ron

"lust

     was what it said
but inside the very threads that held the tiny scrap
I saw a finer word...
                                  of tenderness
                                           instead"

Oh lovely, lovely!!!  

Susan Caldwell
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2 posted 2004-06-24 03:11 PM


"so much shown I sighed
so little you said...."

lol...yes...

Love it Ron.

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

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3 posted 2004-06-24 03:35 PM


Very very nice Captain...
Very nice indeed.
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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4 posted 2004-06-24 03:36 PM


yer so beautiful...


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5 posted 2004-06-24 05:30 PM


scribbled one word across the edge''

There's a place I like to hide-open your mind to me-Visualise your dream- Record it in the present tense, I am smiling next to you, in silent lucidity

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6 posted 2004-06-24 08:23 PM


a fine line between too little and too much...
Your writing is justtt right.
Whoops I just edited a preposition!  Editing is endless, so it seems.
                    Sadelite

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7 posted 2004-06-24 09:08 PM


Clever you -- this is cute and coy!


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8 posted 2004-06-24 10:27 PM


"so much shown I sighed
so little you said....
              as you picked up a pen
and scribbled one word across the edge
then tore it
rough layered shatter of white
        to hand to me...

lust

     was what it said
but inside the very threads that held the tiny scrap
I saw a finer word...
                                  of tenderness
                                           instead"
````````````````````````````````````````````````````
it takes alot of experience and compassion
to see what you saw...in that tiny little scrap.  

most people cant see past their "pen"  

Janet Marie
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9 posted 2004-06-24 10:56 PM


bits revealed of this or that
till not yet stripped of all
enough could be seen
and teased between the creases
lines drawn
         I stared
so much shown I sighed
so little you said....
              as you picked up a pen
and scribbled one word across the edge
then tore it
rough layered shatter of white
        to hand to me...

===============================


you know of course that Im going to shout--
I WISH I HAD WROTE THIS!!!!  


iliana
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10 posted 2004-06-24 11:06 PM


Cpat - This one really touched me.  I see you are very good at reading between lines and writing between them, as well!   ...jo
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11 posted 2004-06-25 11:44 AM


this just proves the why of why I stop and read everytime I see your name....you really should be published, your writing just screams to be read
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12 posted 2004-06-25 01:54 PM


It sure is read too!  Now this makes me want to learn braille   lovely!
Copperbell
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13 posted 2004-06-26 01:42 PM


very nice

very very nice

how's that for poetic language

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14 posted 2004-06-26 04:23 PM


but inside the very threads that held the tiny scrap
I saw a finer word...

~*~

You do raise the bar higher,
each and every time.

RobertB
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15 posted 2004-06-26 06:38 PM


Pretty cool....
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