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Martie

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California

0 posted 2001-11-29 11:05 PM

   The Glass-eyed City

Home had been this cardboard box
and sundry boards placed just so,
broken on the ground now,
with his books and magazines
scattered and torn.

Might as well have picked him up
and shredded him into pieces
and thrown him into the breeze
that crossed the sidewalk.

His flashlight lay in pieces,
its spring exposed
like a broken spinal cord
on the black asphalt of the parking lot.

Now

his belongings fit
in the cardboard box and he had no home
because this act of breaking
had taken the small hope
that had found dignity in some boards.

I have nothing he thought
until Tom,
with the golden Buick stopped,
and said, in matter of fact words,

that flashlight’s broken,

not knowing the importance of a flashlight
in the darkness of some lives.

The gangly, skinny kid with eyes like sky
on a cloudless day trusted the other
who no one trusted.

Trust built from talk of car engines.

You want to go for a ride, he asked,
and something happened then
something invisible and sweet.
This man of no hope,
let a piece of his heart out,
let it float there in the air between them
then clasp onto this kid
of infinite possibility.

The box with all his belongings got smaller
as they drove into the glass-eyed city.

He turned and saw it
small and inconsequential on the sidewalk.


part 1 /pip/Forum52/HTML/000368.html
part 2 /pip/Forum52/HTML/000420.html
part 3  /pip/Forum52/HTML/000432.html

Janet Marie
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1 posted 2001-11-30 12:42 PM

oh goodie...another one to bookmark and save for a long winter of reading.
Im not peeking either

he said ... "dont cry" ...
said "it only hurts forever ... and all we have is time."

~Tabitha's Secret~

Sunshine

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2 posted 2001-11-30 09:50 AM

Ha...Janet peeked, but not me. I've read them all, and will do so as they come in...so more, please?

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

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British Columbia, Canada

3 posted 2001-12-01 02:53 AM

I hate to ditto JM - but I saved it and didn't peek either - saving it for the very same reason, but want you to know I love you for doing it! he he, does that help at all? I will read it all together and comment on the last and send an email. Hugs!

~*~ Carpe' Diem ~*~

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

4 posted 2001-12-01 08:03 AM

Martie, I know for a fact that Mysteria takes "Series" to her favorite literary listeners...

this will be among the treasures she shares, I am sure

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla

5 posted 2001-12-01 08:32 AM

Martie,
The wonders of your writing never cease. *L*

Denise

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6 posted 2001-12-02 06:59 PM

I remember this one from before too, Martie. I really enjoy how you've made a series out of these!

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

7 posted 2001-12-02 07:20 PM

Martie...as always, INCREDIBLE!...Hugs, Nancy

"A dream is a wish your heart makes..."

Joe Lamando
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since 2001-11-20

Posts 124
Massachusetts,USA

8 posted 2001-12-03 08:55 AM

Martie, the poetic form of this storie is really wonderful and you know I can't wait for next installment.
Hugs,
Joe

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