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littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

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New York

0 posted 2005-12-30 05:40 PM

wail
your blackened tongue

lithe,
sharp as knives

prod me with whipcord

thumbs bound
behind my back
forced to speak
on my behalf

naught witness
to bear

in my defense

NO VACANCY
flash

inside thine eyes

Draw my confession

I choose to stand mute.

[This message has been edited by littlewing (12-31-2005 03:08 AM).]

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2005-12-30 05:46 PM

sigh
some days, it pays to stay in bed
I am sorry for your pain
especially if it's pain without gain

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

2 posted 2005-12-30 05:47 PM

I prefer the scourge m'self.

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

3 posted 2005-12-30 06:00 PM

Hey Kacy, its ok . . . and uh . . . those smilies make up for it anyhow

*laughing*

This is a result of me reading.  See?
Gotta stop that.   Thank you.

Karen?  OUCH . . . no thank you
Huge chunks of stone are my thing, thumb binding, the fun stuff.

Thanks guys.

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

4 posted 2005-12-30 08:08 PM

I try to stand mute, y'know?

Then my imp gets her tongue going...

and all of a sudden....

HASH!

You ladies...
you sure get things going,
y'know?

coyote
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 1077

5 posted 2005-12-30 08:24 PM

Sue,

I had flashbacks to the Spanish Inquisition.

(Not that I'm that old, really)

Great write as usual.

Billy 8)

"Only the dead, have seen the end of war."
Plato

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

6 posted 2005-12-30 10:07 PM

Hey Kari, we are so bad, ain't we?
Thank you . . . I didn't mean for this to sound so darkish, but it was a dark time.

Hey Billy, I never even thought of that
but I was reading of Salem when I wrote this and also related it to any kind of abuse really, mostly mental abuse.

I am so happy you saw that in there.

Thanks guys.

inkedgoddess
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since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

7 posted 2005-12-30 11:47 PM

mute or with scream, i feel your lethal injection here
and now will duck...........

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

8 posted 2005-12-31 12:01 PM

"prod me with whipcord

thumbs bound
behind my back
forced to speak
on my behalf"

...uh...nice image...

Broken
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since 2000-03-12

Posts 271
The woods

9 posted 2005-12-31 12:19 PM

Hi

"Draw my confession
I choose to stand mute."
Oh, how i loved those two lines, so expressive, is that the right word, yes, I think so, made my heart sting..
By the way, the word "Lethe", what does it mean exactly? You know it? The word "Lithe" in your piece made me think of it, I know this poem that is called Lethe, and it's been eating me for some while that I don't know the exact meaning of it, I couldn't find it in my oxford dictionary eighter.
"You are my blade
And my rope
You are my Lethe"
(Verse from the poem)

Anyway, exciting write

Yours truly
~Broken~

"Base not your joy upon the deeds of others, for what is given can be taken away."

Peter Steele

aujussy wolf

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since 2003-08-09

Posts 1215
Michigan

10 posted 2005-12-31 12:35 PM

Draw my confession

wow your cute when you get mad

i see a diamond cutting glass
this is a hard hitter poem , i agree that
not all times are fun and free
darkness matches the light
if you ever need to talk you know i am here
always little ~peace
~J

littlewing
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Posts 9655
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11 posted 2005-12-31 01:58 AM

thank you everyone and laughing here.

I look like some kind of sociopath or sexual deviant tyvm.

This was about the torture techniques they used during the Salem Witch Trials on innocent people.  If you did not confess, you were not hanged, but you were brutally tortured until then.   The ones who fell from torture were hanged or either died during.

A result of ridiculous mass hysteria.

Billy pointed out another comparison too, as he saw it and am glad you guys all get a different view of this one.

Michele, no need to duck .. .

Icey?  Ain't it though?  (sheesh)

Broken, I believe your Lethe is a river in Hades . . .

James?  Cute when I am mad . . . I am ok and thank you . . .

Thanks guys.

littlewing
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12 posted 2005-12-31 02:31 AM

I should have supplied these links:

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9058965

and

http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Salem_witch_trials

The last link is a good one, is what I have been reading of. The first link describes peine forte et dure.

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07

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Durban, South Africa

13 posted 2005-12-31 03:29 PM

Je sens leur peine dans ton poème et c'était bien forte et dure! Well done, another littlewing gem!

- Owl

littlewing
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14 posted 2005-12-31 04:02 PM

*smile*

Thank you Diana and yes it was and am happy you felt what I was trying to convey here.

SEA

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Member Seraphic

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with you

15 posted 2005-12-31 04:11 PM

yep, like the last lines...they say sooo much...very well done Sue!!

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

16 posted 2006-01-03 05:26 AM

How deeply you conveyed this peine forte et dure, dear Sue!

I choose to stand mute

This sentence even on its own holds such intense pain.

Masterful.

Love,
Margherita

playing.with.crayons
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since 2006-01-02

Posts 362
Neverland

17 posted 2006-01-03 06:57 AM

excellent. loved the line breaks and wording.
a gift, i see. happy thoughts, cheye xxx

Aenimal
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since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

18 posted 2006-01-03 01:05 PM

you? mute? let's not get carried away.

awesome write, isn't it lovely what humans do to eachother..ugh

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

19 posted 2006-01-03 02:04 PM

Thanks guys, am glad you liked my play with history here and everything else.

Am doing a knots series, if you couldn't tell.

This is the third one . . .

and me? Mute?

Ha - not a chance . . .

(Ok well maybe back then)

*grin*

Thanks guys

exhale
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since 2003-06-13

Posts 646
Alberta,Canada

20 posted 2006-01-04 01:17 AM

NO VACANCY
flash

inside thine eyes

Draw my confession

I choose to stand mute.

Goodness gracious girl!
Save some of that talent for the rest of us

Wonderfully tense write.

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

21 posted 2006-01-04 01:24 AM

Sue, your poetry is phenominal! All of it.....jo

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

22 posted 2006-01-04 01:31 AM

Sue, I like the way you are combining
history with your poetry. It's interesting to me.
I'm going to read the links.
Hugs,
Ethel

Susan Caldwell
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since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

23 posted 2006-01-04 09:56 AM

Truly outstanding writing here Sue.

Stunning actually.

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

24 posted 2006-01-04 05:09 PM

Thanks guys, you guys are so good to me.

Ethel, am I scarin' ya?

am SO glad you like . . .

thanks guys

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