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Rising From The Dead
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Rising From The Dead |
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time prophet Member
since 2003-07-30
Posts 371In New Zealand Amongst the Ancient Trees |
on winged flight I rise from the dead water trails above cumulus vaporizing in sunlight away from the oppressive heat of the past few weeks weeks..? not hard to lose that sort of time there. it’s the sort of place where you pray for a breeze but when it comes you wish there was none for it raises the dust which clings to everything and everyone no ethnicity here just one color and the dead, could have been a scene painted by Dante days with a cat thundering beneath it’s lost it’s exhaust a blessing in disguise for it helps to nullify the mourning cry the blade gouges the earth laying out the trench and clouds of dust and flies rise swirling in the air above the engines heat in between you seek what little shade there is watching the others walking the lines of massed humanity extracting the dead and dying which gave rise to thoughts of the great medieval plague and the cart riders on the streets calling “bring out your dead” you can tell newbies here they carry each with care down into the trench the older hands less ceremonious simply roll them in leaving them to those at the bottom to lay them out like bricks for a kiln then it’s time to stride the cat again, and with little conscious thought put the earth back in from dawn till dusk it’s a repetitive task evening and all you want is a long hot shower but water like the facilities is scarce and unless you want to join the carnivore hour beneath the bower at the rivers edge you forego the pleasure and seek solace in the sack with dust jacket intact now at 35k in pressurised metal jacket air con comfort I have risen from the dead and the too rich food I have been fed sits in my stomach like lead home for now sleep |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
was wondering~~~ M |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Life is a dream or nightmare but from either or both we will eventually wake up and then I wonder - will we smell the roses or prick ourselves on the thorns? If I choose a dream and you a nightmare who can say which is better or worse in the grand scheme of things which we never will know whether asleep or awake? |
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Angelheart Senior Member
since 2005-09-08
Posts 754Jacksonville,FL USA |
I liked this, thanks for sharing.... |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
A nightmare rendered with impressive skill! Love, Margherita |
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