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Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

0 posted 2005-11-30 07:26 AM

there were the warm songs
of craving wrapped in handfuls
and clutched to bosoms
by a child in man skin

they knew of his bones
and the leather he carried
like a cross on his back
but it was only ink there

that went through to his soul
he said they were tomorrows
in the backpack of his contemplation
perfectly good, seldom used

by the previous owners
and they were for sale too
just a moment was all they cost
if any lady had a dime of time

he would be their mending vendor

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daark

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

1 posted 2005-11-30 08:03 AM

wow D~

just wow, I've got no words.

and you know me, that don't happen often.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2005-11-30 08:11 AM

but it was only ink there

that went through to his soul
he said they were tomorrows
in the backpack of his contemplation
perfectly good, seldom used

~*~

An eyeful of thought, here...

Thank you, sir.

.

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

3 posted 2005-11-30 12:33 PM

I love this! Thank you for seeing deep into the soul and thoughts of this worthy and interesting man. I keep on saying this, but it keeps hitting me full in the face that you are indeed a wordsmith, a painter , sculptor, singer and crafter of words.

The part I love the very most is:

he said they were tomorrows
in the backpack of his contemplation

and then I love how you take the metaphorical and turn it into the literal

with:

perfectly good, seldom used
by the previous owners
and they were for sale too
just a moment was all they cost
if any lady had a dime of time

he would be their mending vendor

with a hint again in the last line of the metaphorical mixed with the literal. He would also be selling them the soul-satisfying rewards of their kindness and he would be mending them by turning their lives away from the material spoils of life for a moment.

I also love very much:

. . . warm songs
of craving wrapped in handfuls
and clutched to bosoms
by a child in man skin

Thank you for the pleasure of reading your art.

- Owl

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

4 posted 2005-11-30 04:18 PM

three amigas, you bless me with your touch here..thank you so much..

ms sunshine, you are a smile place,

ms gs you warm the sides of my ocean window

ms owl with your friendly feathers, you unravel the threads of my webweave and allow me to view through them the open ends of rivers

thanks to you again ladies

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