the treachery of her purrrrr

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Krawdad
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since 2001-01-03

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0 posted 2006-07-25 03:47 PM

              Verbatim

              (Or, the treachery of her purrrrr)

               She used to ask me “Can I steal that line?”
               when she would hear a poem in something I said.
               It could have been anything at all.
               Most often I would give it to her, with a smile.
               She was so hard to refuse.

               Months later, instead of asking, she would tell me
               that she was going to use a word, a phrase, an idea,
               though in that courtesy I knew that she had already
               picked my pocket, not entirely politely.

               Now, after we had become disconnected,
               after our roads had diverged,
               she has returned.

               She has become a cat burglar,
               sneaking into my head
               and lifting lines I have not yet spoken, word for word,
               like jewelry I have not yet worn, gem for gem.

               A poem I that I was about to write to her,
               I discover,
               she has just written to me.

               How can this be?

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

1 posted 2006-07-25 03:51 PM

hmmm
a shadow dancer
of the heart and mind

may the dance be true

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

2 posted 2006-07-25 06:56 PM

love it... made me smile and think about words I have borrowed~~

Nice to read you again

M

serenity blaze
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3 posted 2006-07-25 07:43 PM

I could give you a bunch of crap about the matrix, and how connections once fired, repeat the rounds and jump those hurdled synapses more readily, but then? Shrug... why don't we just call it "sympatico"?

It's so much more apt and musical.

enjoyed reading you m'friend

JamesMichael
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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2006-07-25 07:46 PM

Wonderful...James

Bridget Shenachie
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Kansas USA

5 posted 2006-07-25 08:15 PM

Is this the blending of hearts and minds?

Great write!

Shenachie

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

6 posted 2006-07-25 09:00 PM

There is no such thing as coincidence..
Kismet?...naw...perhaps she is a mind reader?

I so much enjoyed reading you this evening Kraw.
Hugs~Nancy

For it was not into my ear you whispered
But into my heart..
It was not my lips you kissed
But my soul.

warmhrt
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since 1999-12-18

Posts 1563

7 posted 2006-07-25 09:03 PM

I loved this...writing and mystery combined...my two favorite things.

Kris

"It is wisdom to know others;
It is enlightenment to know one's self" - Lao Tzu

The Lady
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since 2005-12-26

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The Southwest

8 posted 2006-07-25 10:23 PM

Yes!

She has become a cat burglar,
sneaking into my head
and lifting lines I have not yet spoken, word for word,
like jewelry I have not yet worn, gem for gem.

Delightful work.

1slick_lady
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standing on a shadow's lace

9 posted 2006-07-27 10:41 PM

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

10 posted 2006-07-27 10:58 PM

Why, Sir...
she just curled up
amidst the gray matter
and lapped the milk of poetry
and one muse
quite clean.

Oh my...well done!

So much so, IWIHWT...

dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

11 posted 2006-08-08 11:43 PM

Oh I do love this! How good of me to skip around the blue tonight....and find this gem! Awesome write!

hugs,g

"Home..is for free expression, not for good impression..."

passing shadows
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displaced

12 posted 2006-08-09 06:36 AM

very nice

artexeres
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since 2006-08-01

Posts 156
south africa

13 posted 2006-08-09 07:21 AM

a real beut, it takes you on a trip, of joy that leaves you thinkin and thinking, thank you for an entertaining write.

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