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James_A_Fraser
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since 2003-09-03

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Out Making Anticlines

0 posted 2004-10-07 04:55 PM

Between My Lady And My Lady

Caught between my lady and my lady,
so incongruous this situation, trapped
in this congruous museum filled
with artifacts that don’t affect us.
Suddenly this place is tearingly vital,
a chance visit or maybe my fate
throwing the three of us together
in an expected unexpected ménage.

I’m here to take my mind off my lady,
here to give attention to my lady.
One has come with me, unknowing,
one came without me, all-knowing.
One I’m holding close as elbows, while
one holds, stranded across the room
by the stiff necessity of distance.
One face calmly takes in the exhibits,
one hovers, frenetic, wanting more...

She’s here because we planned it,
she’s here by random whimsy,
each of them mine, neither mine.
I, suspended like a bubble
here between, revel and sweat.

[This message has been edited by James_A_Fraser (10-07-2004 09:44 PM).]

SEA

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with you

1 posted 2004-10-07 06:36 PM

whew... what a pickle you're in! that can't be a good situation...hope it all works out!

Susan
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since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

2 posted 2004-10-07 06:39 PM

Ah, this balance, this game you play - it is like dancing with a blade of double the sharp edges - careful - tricky, this.

Susan

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

miscellanea
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since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

3 posted 2004-10-07 08:36 PM

whew...so you are sandwiched right in the middle! Be careful. You know what can happen to a sandwich... Well, I guess that depends on the type of sandwich! Enjoyed the honesty of this predicament. Wish you luck!
miscellanea

James_A_Fraser
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since 2003-09-03

Posts 972
Out Making Anticlines

4 posted 2004-10-07 08:40 PM

It gets, um, eaten? There are worse fates a man can suffer.....

~~J

miscellanea
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since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

5 posted 2004-10-07 08:48 PM

I fear I blundered that response, James! Ya got me on that one!
miscellanea

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

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Louisiana

6 posted 2004-10-08 10:22 AM

I, suspended like a bubble
here between, revel and sweat.

Oh, wow. *S* Could there be a better description of tension??? *S* I think not... those lines define it perfectly... with a dash of terror for spice! *S*

I like this very much, my friend... I kept stepping into different shoes as I read... for you captured the multiple viewpoints so well. *S* Excellent work!

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

7 posted 2004-10-08 10:29 AM

the many emotions and faces of love

terrific read and write

Martie

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8 posted 2004-10-08 10:34 AM

Jamie

Not an easy subject to tackle, but you've done so admirably! As my mom used to say in a movie that all of a sudden gets exciting, "the plot thickens".

Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

9 posted 2004-10-08 10:35 AM

OhJaime~
The heart knows many rooms ... ~

There is 'something here that knows me~
And I'm trying to figure out if that's a good thing~

Thank you for this poignant penning~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

10 posted 2004-10-08 05:58 PM

One I’m holding close as elbows

I absolutely love this image.

Well Done Jamie

cuz fate is not just whose cooking smells good
but which way the wind blows

~ani difranco~

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

11 posted 2004-10-11 02:37 PM

And did you smile
in this glee?
Or dance a jig
in reverie?
Or walk backwards
with eyes all around,
or did you tumble
to the ground?

Methinks the poet man
should give himself
a clapping hand! Loved
the visuals!

Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

12 posted 2004-10-11 03:09 PM

Yep, you captured this predicament extremely well....and tis one I can identify with much more than I wish I could at the moment. Well done James.

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