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Date Posted: 14:01:28 03/26/04 Fri
Author: Raphaela
Author Host/IP: dsl-80-46-141-226.access.uk.tiscali.com / 80.46.141.226
Subject: Re: I Look at My Voice
In reply to: Gray Squirrel 's message, "I Look at My Voice" on 15:20:39 03/19/04 Fri

An interesting read. I particularly liked the first two stanzas but also the way the idea continued.

R

>I Look at My Voice
>
>I look at my voice
>From the past...
>And I realize now...
>I am nearly silent.
>
>Silent like the taste
>Of tears on your cheek
>With an image of
>That skin just kissed.
>
>Geologic time in hell,
>Yes, I know you too well,
>You're forgiven.
>
>I'm not.
>
>If I was just love,
>I would have that voice,
>Have the emotions,
>The choices made,
>The standard of living,
>Savoring moments,
>Forgiving again.
>
>If I was just love,
>I would not be damned.
>
>For clarity:
>My own damn fault,
>Yes... I know.
>Not love, but
>Love lost.
>
>Lost love arrested me
>4 and 1 half million times today,
>But I got away...
>Though I shouldn't have,
>No, I don't count my
>Heartbeats, either...
>Something else keeps it all
>Going.
>
>Going...
>
>No, no.
>
>no.
>
>I tried to be angry,
>I should've written then,
>But it didn't catch on,
>Shoddy marketing...
>
>I tried to be funny,
>Waiting for the punchline...
>
>Ha, ha.
>
>I tried to be avant garde,
>So pure and aware,
>Verdant grass, satin sand...
>But that was your voice,
>In me...
>
>Ok, that one
>Isn't forgiven.
>
>Whoever's voice.
>
>This is inedible,
>Wax fruit,
>Not for reading.
>
>This is a moment's
>Still life, and the surprise there.
>
>Still life!
>
>Ha ha!
>
>That's the punchline.
>
>-Gray Squirrel

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