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Could Have Been
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Could Have Been |
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Lady In White
since 2001-02-12
Posts 2799USA |
Could Have Been When those scattered, whispered words skipped across schoolyard white gravel, grape-vining along her thin legs, upward undeveloped buds of hope, to twine en route to her naïve ears her imagination soared because the real meaning of “bad boy” was too elusive to some deeply personal knowledge. Oh, she wanted to be more aware, and was it criminal, she wondered, to steal, as she did, that glance, then another after glance, that one dusky golden west coast afternoon at the boy in leather and shades standing there beside that ancient tree, as it seemed to her that both were older than time; he was a god, and she, barely goddess, admiring nature’s stature of some idolatry must, or was there another word for her sudden, greedy need? as he, standing against the ingots of a late sunset so mysterious, so dark, calling to her without sound, without husky voice come shuddering to her ear, so why did her spine shine in quickening quavering, good, good, good vibration? *** Years later, she thought of him again, against some sunset grown red in retina, and he had not aged, nor gone bald, nor full bellied with life, but still she imagined a wife, children by his side, with some speculative, dark mysterious smile that his wife had never seen, as he grazed some green of could have been and wondered of the fires in the sky. [This message has been edited by Lady In White (12-04-2006 09:44 PM).] |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Lady I remember you then, though I didn't know you...for you were so much like me. The good girl thoughts of a bad boy must be universal. My bad boy had a ducktail. Thanks for bringing back the schoolyard and girl thoughts.  |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
sheesh, why were we always attracted to the bad boys? Ditto what Martie said very nicely articulated |
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trutodaraiders Senior Member
since 2006-12-02
Posts 820CA |
I wish I had a vocabulary like yours. Your words made it easy for me to paint a picture. What's wrong with a bad boy? Or should I say a bad boy with a good head on his shoulders *lol* Poetry is just the evidence of life. |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
wow.... I loved this read - thanks for taking me on the journey... very nice indeed  RDB |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
whitelady, and did he wonder about her, years later, when a splash of dark lace peekaboo'd from her wind teased hem? cool stuff ms |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
Ya know, I always wondered what gals thought of those guys in school... Those of us who wouldn't or couldn't wear DAs; who wore close cropped flat tops, and were thought of as "clean cut," were probably considered mundane without the leather jacket and t-shirt look. It was a nice insight |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
My-o-my, I uttered a sigh or two while reading this wistful, nostalgic ~ and exceptionally well-written~ ~ poem! Your poetry is always worth the wait! ~ Mind you, it would be wonderful if the wait wasn't as long as this time!  Loving White Light, EA |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
A nice gathering of words...James |
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MsSouthernOrchid Member
since 2003-07-12
Posts 192 |
We all have one of those bad boys in our past. I enjoyed the poem. |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
pure magic Lady In White it's all about those bad boys isn't it? and they never do age or grow bald and their smiles are always mysterious... |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
I guess we all had one in our lives that cause our hearts to flip, without so much as a glance from him. One I remember well, looks, name the whole scene. Tall, dark standing nonchalantly by the school fence in Jr. High smoking a cigarette. Spoke to him and he kindly answered nicely. I don’t even think he was a “bad boy”, more like Fonzi I guess. You captured him well. martyjo |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Sure enjoyed this, Lady in White. Those bad boys always held mystic, but dare I go there? An enjoyable read! miscellanea |
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