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Date Posted: 10:31:12 06/10/02 Mon
Author: Poetess
Author Host/IP: webcacheB03a.cache.pol.co.uk / 195.92.168.165
Subject: Re: Masquerade
In reply to: sp99 's message, "Re: Masquerade" on 05:13:42 05/30/02 Thu

Thank you

>Wonderful writng throughout Poetess
>with absorbing images and flow!!
>Thank you ever so!!! And these lines
>really was some icing on your poetry cake!!! SuSanne
>
>"...As sunrise makes a cautious appearance
>flaming golden sky with her audacity
>>Masquerade...."
>
>>Summer madness excitement anticipated
>>sultry sunshine shades disquiet not felt.
>>Venetian elegance permeates at masked ball
>>juxtopositioning of twenty-first decadence.
>>Rich jewel-coloured masks feather-trimmed
>>encrusted with sequins or bright gem stones
>>and maverick ones with animal faces.
>>Incognito in fine extravagant clothes
>>emboldened, hiding behind mask, stare out.
>>Gaily laugh, dance and drink to be merry
>>prepare to disappear before identity known.
>>Catch your glance from across the ballroom
>>no need for demureness behind the mask.
>>A look, a nod, an agreement understood.
>>The stars twinkle down in merriment
>>while the sky closes her blue velvet cloak.
>>The moonlight works her magic up above
>>as gondola floats on by two lovers entwined.
>>The masks still in place, secrecy lends an edge,
>>the feminine cerise mask meeting his purple.
>>Emerald taffeta rustles, crushed from above.
>>As sunrise makes a cautious appearance
>>flaming golden sky with her audacity
>>the lovers adjust their finery, return to land
>>and in the crowd of St. Mark�s Square,
>>amongst a thousand others masquerading,
>>lose each other for all eternity.

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