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James_A_Fraser
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0 posted 2004-12-18 10:19 AM


He Would Like

Oh he would like to give it up,
simply bolt for the nearest horizon
and keep on tumbling on until
somewhere it isn’t always noon,
someplace where a moon will rise
up over random buildings,
where he’d sit day after night
on a stair or a ledge over a sidewalk
playing maybe a saxophone
for nothing but a D-minor tremolo
off the end of an empty street.

Things would take care of themselves
then, or not. It wouldn’t be a concern,
and he would be the bluesbird
with music pouring out of him
like water from a fountain, a steady mild
blown by that mellow horn out there
or spoken in off-white rooms
where he might return night after day,
a place with play posters on the wall
and a scent of rose, an alcove
off the world where he could hear
the sound of his own smile again.

Oh he would like that very much.



Reposted, for one who brings a ray of sun wherever she goes, yet sometimes seems fated for the shadows....and for the wish that if she is, she'll find happiness there.

© Copyright 2004 James A. Fraser - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2004-12-18 10:28 AM



See the glimmer in the green?
Thank you for this, James...
now that I've got it tucked safely
in my library [with appropriate lighting]
it's deemed a

Martie
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2 posted 2004-12-18 11:18 AM


Jamie

"and he would be the bluesbird
with music pouring out of him
like water from a fountain, a steady mild
blown by that mellow horn"

I can picture him, just as you have painted him....he is beautiful, even though a bit lonely...his music touches me.  

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3 posted 2004-12-18 03:15 PM


beautiful
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4 posted 2004-12-20 05:04 AM


very touching


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5 posted 2004-12-20 03:49 PM


Lovely write!

~Alli~

Happy Holidays!

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6 posted 2004-12-21 02:09 PM


Both before and now... I literally hear music as I read this... and the melody is even more haunting with the repeat...

where he might return night after day,
a place with play posters on the wall
and a scent of rose, an alcove
off the world where he could hear
the sound of his own smile again.

Oh he would like that very much.

These last lines go straight to the heart... I hope he hears that smile... hope all who've heard silence too long can hear theirs.

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