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soul drifter Senior Member
since 2004-09-08
Posts 711Colorado |
2:15 AM 2:15 am. hot, sweltering jazz pours out of tenement windows in the harlem streets, alive and simmering. my fingers feel the pulse as a saxophone moans like a wounded animal and I've found myself struck upon the diamond of you. i'm going down... 3:27 am. i saw you at perfect pale moonlight white like a tiger bearing it's teeth rain hit the slate like gene krupa in love spattering liquid nyc color as if van gogh just died, somewhere on 14th. dreams are afire, gaslights and lightbulbs. we're going down... 5:41 am. i know now we will never get out alive, this town is so sweaty, so heavy, so not ready for you. fitzgerald and huxley sit rigid in cafe corners talking up a waitress spilling ink veins for that last precious cup. it's going down 6:01 am and i saw you again, at the twilight's last gleaming, bruised by heady, heady love sun parting it's morning lips to breathe a wistful sigh of relief but i, in my watercolors and brush, at last resort, will go down, down to the river and write my novel there it's all for you, bedroom baby blue. yeah, once more on the breach going down... oh i'll be going down but not out. "Whatever makes you weird is probably your greatest asset"-Joss Whedon |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Wow! The imagery and mood this conjured was great. Much enjoyed. misc |
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Poet In Pink Senior Member Posts 1066 MI |
Pleased to meet you Soul Drifter  What a wonderful write from start to finish! Your imagery took me there...Your words kept me there. Such splendid metaphors throughout ~ Loved my read and look forward to reading more from you. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Fine writing...james |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Yeah, can relate - last time I was in that kind of a funk I went down to Marie Laveau's grave and got me a gri-gri made from the dirt around her tomb. Worked too, for a day or so. Much enjoyed . . . j. |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Phew!! The sweet sorrow of it all is stunning. You are such a gifted poet soul drifter. I absolutely love reading you. |
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