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Date Posted: 12:49:41 07/13/02 Sat
Author: Raphaela
Author Host/IP: webcacheB05a.cache.pol.co.uk / 195.92.168.167
Subject: Re: Slippers in Paradise
In reply to: Gray Squirrel 's message, "Slippers in Paradise" on 01:59:42 07/10/02 Wed

At first reading I thought this a little disjointed, then I realised it was an acrostic. It still has a certain manic effect though.

Raphaela



>Slippers in Paradise
>
>Melancholy baby, strike the drum.
>Archetypical of me, eh? DAMN that incessant beat.
>Stillness then, laugh out loud, my bittersweet,
>Till the fields, until the cows have come.
>
>Eros' addiction, an affliction overspent.
>Raw beauty, like a dutiful embrace, held breath.
>Ordinary faces covering wounds of certain death,
>Forget-me-not, Crocus, Coreopsis? Repent.
>
>Secrecy, a gift for the one who never knew.
>On the lady's gentle hands, my goodness, God?
>Little men whispering lies to pry the rod,
>If any little men are hounding you.
>
>Tally ho, row your boat, row row row.
>Under bridges built for floods, our careful plans.
>Descend upon your plow where the soil understands
>Everything in dreams you'll never know.
>
>-Gray Squirrel

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