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Paddington Girl
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Paddington Girl |
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Antonio_L Member
since 2003-12-01
Posts 110NorthEast USA |
Hello friends, it has been a long time. I've been pretty busy lately with a lot of things including building on my website so I haven't had much time for writing poetry. I finished this one a week ago, it is about a time and a place that is now just a smile. :-) by Tony Lagio On no Paddington Girl, I'll not let you break my heart... 'Tis a beautiful part of Olde Sydney Town, sun-kissed lassies driving Volkswagons abound, fruit peddlars and delies on quaint Oxford Street and the blaze of bright colors and the haze of the heat. Paddington la belle, a fun turmoil for each, just four short miles to that famed Bondi Beach. You'll find beautiful people, youth and fast money, And it's where I first met you, who would be my honey. And you've been trying to win me, all this time... Beautiful you with your laughing blue eyes, winning the hearts of all of those guys, atop this bar table, those bare dancing feet, full hips swaying to the seductive beat. I bring out the memories of those other men and I count their faces, just three less than ten who all fell in love with your bright wanton way and you loved them each once, then cast them away. So now your dance is more blatant and bold, I look deep into those eyes which now look as old as those of the courtesans down through the ages, but I will be strong, and as one of the sages. Paddington Girl... no father nor mother? Someone who loves you, perhaps a strong brother, someone who cares and to whom you belong, someone to watch over a girl so headstrong. I feel as Odysseus, I have listened too long to your Daughter Of Ceto's, sweet siren song. And even though this will task my young heart, the time is now, I sail off into the dark. Arrivederci Paddington Girl, to you and your wile... Tony Lagio Copyright © Spring, 2004 |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Welcome home Tony! Much enjoyed this bittersweet write. Hugs~ To have lived the dream of a love so true... |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Great write Tony! JL  |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Tony, Welome back, enjoyed the read. |
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young_blood Senior Member
since 2003-09-19
Posts 1115Indianapolis, IN |
bravo! the word usage was very good. i enjoyed how this flowed as well. very well done. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
smiling at your story here |
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Antonio_L Member
since 2003-12-01
Posts 110NorthEast USA |
Good morning and thank you Enchantress, JL, young_blood, Seymour and Passing Shadows. It's nice to drop back even if only for a brief visit. I'll try not to be a stranger. Tony :-) |
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