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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2004-08-31 05:11 PM


Just for today, please
do not put a mirror
directly in front of me,
for I do not want to see
my 3D reality.

One dimension is more than enough.

The skin I’m in is stretched too thin
to bear any more even if I care;
I’ve more than my share
of stretch marks already.
Give my allotment of attention
to someone who is more flexible,
resilient, bendable...
more Gumby-and-Pokey-like.
For the world today just doesn’t play
with the same rule book I’ve chosen,
and I’m afraid I’ll be the big loser
in this worldly game of monopoly.

So keep the mirrors away from me please,
at least for the rest of today,
so I won’t have to see my pain
when there is little hope for gain.
It’s enough to suffer the feel of it.
Tomorrow, it will all begin again;
perhaps I’ll feel up to growling then.



© Copyright 2004 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
nakdthoughts
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1 posted 2004-08-31 05:47 PM


It’s enough to suffer the feel of it.

exactly, Kacy *s

M

Midnitesun
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2 posted 2004-08-31 05:51 PM


thanks, M
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3 posted 2004-09-03 10:31 PM


Kacy,
So how about today? You feelin' feisty now? Come on baby, bring it on, one more time...

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

kayjay
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4 posted 2004-09-04 10:18 PM


This is not one of your "tilt at windmills" writes, but it is neat to see another dimension of you.  Nicely done.  KJ

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

BluesSerenade
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5 posted 2004-09-04 10:45 PM


The skin I’m in is stretched too thin
to bear any more even if I care;


No, not tomorrow either, spare me please!  

Nicely said and done, Kacy girl~

DarkDreamer
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6 posted 2004-09-04 11:56 PM


that's awsum. i love it! it's got nice style...
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7 posted 2004-09-05 02:07 AM


Kacy lady, you are a winner in the big game and in my book -- there will never be only one dimension to you either unless it's one of love.  Great poem, though, and I know how you feel ... just don't let it get you down too much, 'kay?   *hugs you* .......jo
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8 posted 2004-09-05 06:37 PM


thanking each of you, my friends
Ken? LOL, I might not understand that reply as you meant it. I saw myself flapping arms in the wind, trying to warn everyone of impending doom...and then, with my finger in the proverbial dyke, trying to plug the wholes of loss...of humanity's conscience.
Enlighten me.

kayjay
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9 posted 2004-09-06 11:15 AM


Hmmm...maybe I missed your point.  I know of your themes against world idiocy, but thought this spoke of your own human vulnerablitiy.  Always a pleasure to read you.  
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10 posted 2004-09-06 02:44 PM


LOL, no, Ken, you didn't misunderstand.
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11 posted 2004-09-06 08:33 PM


Oh God Kacy,
in me head missy . . .

Sideways Glance in the Mirror

The lines wrought in plaster
cracked and dry upon my
walls
have always been there.

Sometimes not so noticable
beneath twenty or so coats
of paint,
but today they seem to be screaming
into my auditory canal
causing my ears to bleed
with envy . . .


Midnitesun
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12 posted 2004-09-07 02:28 AM


OK, kiddo, so all you gotta do is put those headphones on, and dark shades, and dance to your favorite tunes...and ignore the layers of painted plaster.
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