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serenity blaze
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0 posted 2004-08-24 03:58 PM

"yeah"
he lost it
straight away
islands
jimmying
the stream
"yeah"
the eyes
met leveling
sidling
the pocket hands
begging mama
for reprieve
(how much can I stand and stay?)

"yeah"
(he lost it anyway.)
shrugging shoulders
lost the way--
I yearn to lick my hand and curl
his hair back into place...I stayed.

placing paw on shoulder left
"yeah"
I said, " a cigarette"

blowing warnings at us both--

over glints
of flash intent
popping circles with my lips
"yeah"
a circle of misfit
as mama blew the room
in twos
of chains streaming
conundrum
flowing
from a river run
with gloss au natural spittoon.

I realized "too late" too soon.

Cpat Hair

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since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

1 posted 2004-08-24 04:04 PM

mmmm baby... you know what you do with words is beauty... and the things you express in that beauty a reflection of the depths inside....

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

2 posted 2004-08-24 04:05 PM

...yeah...

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

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3 posted 2004-08-24 06:10 PM

"yeah"
the eyes
met leveling
sidling
the pocket hands
begging mama
for reprieve
(how much can I stand and stay?)

"yeah"
(he lost it anyway.)
shrugging shoulders
lost the way--
I yearn to lick my hand and curl
his hair back into place...I stayed.
=================================

c'mere baby... i just wanna hug you.

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

4 posted 2004-08-24 08:06 PM

serenity

Sometimes I just don't know what to say except you blow me away....and....I want to hug you too!

Susan
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since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

5 posted 2004-08-24 08:15 PM

The words tumble across the tongue and there is a rhythm that catches one. Enjoyed.

Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

wranx
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since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

6 posted 2004-08-24 10:28 PM

Yep...

Y'yeti

*Belabebeautiful*

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since 2003-01-03

Posts 696
washington, USA

7 posted 2004-08-24 10:32 PM

"I realized "too late" too soon."

This made me stop and think. Beautifully written.
~Live and Laugh~

Don't look to me for perfection for I will surely let you down.
~Bella~

Duncan
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since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

8 posted 2004-08-24 11:49 PM

"placing paw on shoulder left
"yeah"
I said, " a cigarette"

blowing warnings at us both--

over glints
of flash intent
popping circles with my lips
"yeah"
a circle of misfit
as mama blew the room
in twos
of chains streaming
conundrum
flowing
from a river run
with gloss au natural spittoon.

I realized "too late" too soon."

Ya know the Joplin song "Piece of my Heart"? You are so often, the poetic equivalent.
I can't read you without knowing that the experience may cut deeper than I'd likely care for, yet I continue to visit. Go figure

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

9 posted 2004-08-25 12:14 PM

See what Duncan said in his last lines? I feel you inside Serenity, and in doing that, sometimes the pain is less of an itch, and more of a scratch I can't get at enough. You know I carry you in my heart, but to quote you,
(how much can I stand and stay?)

"yeah"
(he lost it anyway.)
shrugging shoulders
lost the way--

placing paw on shoulder left
"yeah"
I said, " a cigarette"

blowing warnings at us both--

This aches, just simply aches. C'mere will ya?

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

10 posted 2004-08-25 04:34 AM

dang ...

Dark Angel
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Posts 10095

11 posted 2004-08-25 09:10 AM

Oh this hurts a cry

love you m'lady Serenity

The clouds never expect it when it rains, but the sea, changes colour, but the sea, does not change.
~Stevie Nicks~

vandana

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since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

12 posted 2004-08-25 09:44 AM

enjoyed

Midnitesun

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Gaia

13 posted 2004-08-25 01:09 PM

maybe needing
a damn good drenching 'bout now
yep

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

14 posted 2004-08-28 02:02 AM

WOW....your gift for self-expression sends goosebumps up my arms, really.

& *hugs* too

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

15 posted 2004-08-28 02:08 AM

wow! what a read, what a poet!
Roniece Dawson-Bruce

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

16 posted 2004-08-28 03:18 AM

ya'll make me smile in spite of myself...

I do love you folks.

thank you

elfine
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since 2004-06-08

Posts 35
traveling

17 posted 2004-08-29 10:38 PM

I love the jazz rhythm here. Oh, that we could delay our knowing ...

(and yeah, wow.)

Dr.Moose1
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since 1999-09-05

Posts 3448
Bewilderment , USA

18 posted 2004-08-30 06:27 PM

serenity,
Were I not married, I would seek you out just
to see what fantastic possibilities might arise.
As it stands, would you do me the honor of collaborating on a piece?
Doc

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

19 posted 2004-08-30 06:32 PM

*jaw on the floor*

Are you KIDDING me?

and wince, I just got instant writer's block reading that--

but here,

my addy?

[email protected]

and damn where's my tiara?

I feel like I've been asked to sing with Streisand!

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

20 posted 2004-08-30 06:59 PM

this entire thread makes me smile . . .

Dr.Moose1
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since 1999-09-05

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Bewilderment , USA

21 posted 2004-08-30 07:28 PM

serenity,
A little music, nothing more. I'll be in touch.
Doc

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

22 posted 2004-08-30 10:10 PM

Doc?

nodding.

I didn't mean to appear to jump your bones.

(it was RESPECT, I tell ya!)

but I am honored that you'd ask.

thank you

Dr.Moose1
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since 1999-09-05

Posts 3448
Bewilderment , USA

23 posted 2004-08-30 10:24 PM

serenity,
The honor would be all mine, we need only iron out the details. I will E you soon.
Doc

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

24 posted 2004-08-30 10:40 PM

Doc she really does sing too

she sings on the phone to me once every so often, and she's not bad really, LOL. Gosh come to think of it, she writes, sings, cooks, is kinda a smart talker, well read, and has a heart of gold. Sheesh, pretty soon she will be darn near perfect.

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

25 posted 2004-08-31 02:53 AM

She's not really my mom.

She just plays one on the internet.

(Graces, everywhere tonight, lawsy!)

gawd-i-luv-this-place

Dr.Moose1
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since 1999-09-05

Posts 3448
Bewilderment , USA

26 posted 2004-09-01 06:22 PM

Mysteria,
"Darn near perfect?", surely you must have forgotten the one key element that earned her her tiara, that of grace under pressure.
(I really want to do the collaboration thing)
Doc

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

27 posted 2004-09-01 08:12 PM

aw...now that was sweet.

C'mere doc.

and patience, Doc.

I'm just on the go for once.

I'll be back!

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