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Date Posted: 00:46:45 06/16/02 Sun
Author: Harmony
Author Host/IP: ip68-7-207-170.sd.sd.cox.net / 68.7.207.170
Subject: Old Friend

Well, old friend, the gate hinge
Is steeped and caked with rust
From too many selfish tears
Imprisoned in the crust.

Try the gate, if you will,
Old friend, but I do doubt
It shall yield to your touch
And let the bitter out.

And the well, old friend, now
Echoes from stony depths;
The emptiness therein
Hastened by greedy lips.

Let down the pail, old friend,
And expect then the worst
Of finding you must go
Elsewhere to slake your thirst.

And the windows, old friend,
Are grimy, sooty panes
Unwashed by caring hands
Or baptized by the rains.

Peer, old friend, if you can
Into that murky room.
The warm glow of past brilliance
Is now shrouded in gloom.

The gate, the well, the glass,
Old friend, once new and bright,
Are creaking, dry, and dim
In the day's decadent light.

Thus, old friend, the decay
Has exacted its hoary toll
And laid a heavy hand
Upon this jaded soul.

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Replies:

Re: Old Friend -- Gray, 04:41:20 06/16/02 Sun
- Stop Being a Ghost -- Gray Squirrel, 04:45:13 06/16/02 Sun
  - Re: Stop Being a Ghost -- Harmony, 08:51:44 06/16/02 Sun