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Date Posted: 13:57:56 08/27/04 Fri
Author: Raphaela
Author Host/IP: dsl-80-43-94-105.access.uk.tiscali.com / 80.43.94.105
Subject: Re: Tsunami
In reply to: Gray Squirrel 's message, "Tsunami" on 20:53:36 08/02/04 Mon

The theme of 'loss' seems a recurrent one with your poems lately - wonder if it is the same inspiration - the sense of humour comes through yet still reveals the pain.

R

>Tsunami
>
>I don't ask how we grew apart,
>Because we never "grew" apart.
>No, I rent us apart...
>
>I had to, we were drowning.
>
>I was drowning, and there
>You were silently crying,
>Because you saw me there,
>Drowning, and you...
>
>You were under the water too.
>
>Thinking I didn't notice,
>Pretending it wasn't happening...
>?
>
>Mind over water.
>
>So here we are now,
>Are we swimming?
>I'm still drowning,
>But now we are drowning
>Apart.
>
>I don't know really,
>I can only speak
>For myself.
>
>You may be safe on the shore somewhere,
>Happy as a monkey in a cocoanut tree.
>
>Not me, obviously...
>
>Glub, glub.
>
>I, well I ummm...
>I used to know how to swim...
>This is one hell of an ocean.
>
>You know, I mean,
>That was a
>Great Big Wave.
>
>And sorry if this description
>Offends you, but...
>I ain't seen no fuckin' shore, ever,
>Nowhere.
>
>-Gray Squirrel

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