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buckman
Firefly
USA
2829 Posts |
 Posted - 07/17/2010 : 15:58:14
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Some memories are buried
beneath other memories.
Some mistakes are made without
ever knowing they were made.
Wisps of smoke and shadows of dreams
are all we're left of the past
and the future rolls around
every second.
She turned over to face me and
asked what I was thinking about.
I said,
Now, darlin, only now.
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rodeo
Swinger
USA
733 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2010 : 19:09:21
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It had been years but nothing had changed.
Same old town. Same peeling paint on the buildings. Same old men sitting under the tree...same tree; right in the middle of main street.
Same saloon.
Some of the girls were even the same...a few new ones...young; too young. They didn't have that dead look in their eyes yet...the one that comes after they realized that "he" was never gonna come take 'em away.
Same tables and chairs. Same bartender.
"Ain't seen you around in a while...hell, it's been years ain't it?
Where you been?......
....Don't have much to say, do ya?
Why, we haven't seen you since...."
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buckman
Firefly
USA
2829 Posts |
Posted - 07/24/2010 : 19:41:40
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Another treasure Rodeo...
Anybody seen our girl?
~*~ |
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Doug L
Firefly
Canada
5446 Posts |
Posted - 07/24/2010 : 19:54:00
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buckman
Firefly
USA
2829 Posts |
Posted - 07/24/2010 : 20:10:57
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Got a gal named Ro
Uh oh spaghetti oh, just
Take my heart and go,
Ro
Just take my heart and go... |
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Karen Runk
Firefly
USA
4925 Posts |
Posted - 08/01/2010 : 14:01:27
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Karen Runk |
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BarbraG
Windchimer
1825 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2010 : 18:31:50
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I must go down to the sea again ......
Barb |
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buckman
Firefly
USA
2829 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2010 : 07:37:56
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Stuffed shells baking in the oven,
house smelling of garlic bread and vanilla candles.
Ladybugs making love on the back porch.
Betty named them Rufus and Nadine
and we watched them for an hour
listening to A Love Supreme
playing out the window
in the Hudson Valley summer afternoon.
They would go at it like mad
for a little while,
then rest,
then go at it like mad,
then rest.
Finally after we thought
they might be stuck together,
he circled her body three times,
and they both flew away.
We hadn't needed the inspiration,
But,
I passed a lifetime looking at her legs
and watching her eyes dance,
watching them.
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buckman
Firefly
USA
2829 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2010 : 18:44:29
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"In this sacred place
We call The Board
What is passed
Hand to hand here
Lifts us
So
Order a ritual
Incense in cones
Thicken the Autumn air with it
Sandalwood, cinnamon, clove
Brew tea in a dragon-shaped pot
Drink it
Light five ivory candles
Pray for grace
Place a teaspoonful of sunshine
Under your tongue
Feast after fasting so long
Keep your pantry shelves spilling
Whatever you need
For this journey"
Ailinn - 2004 |
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Susan Newbury
Sitter
USA
76 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2010 : 14:17:34
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Craig
Firefly
Kyrgyzstan
3793 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2010 : 22:06:27
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"How I long to hold the golden sand in the hollow of my hand
Stand for a while there and fill in the hole
left in the heart of a wounded old soul
Here's to tomorrow here's to today
Here's to whatever I never did say
Here's to old friends who have gone separate ways
Here's to the memories..."
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rodeo
Swinger
USA
733 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2010 : 11:02:28
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Uh-h-h-h...
What happened?
It was here...then gone
I barely had time to see
Did I just dream it?
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rodeo
Swinger
USA
733 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2010 : 22:35:04
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Things could have been so different...should have been.
There were so many good memories; but a few bad ones erased them completely.
Only a very few had ever seen him wearing a gun. They'd all heard the story. But when they saw it...for the first time; they realized that he was the spitting image of his Father.
No one had ever seen him go in...or even near the saloon.
But when they saw it...for the first time; they realized that he was the spitting image of his Father.
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Doug L
Firefly
Canada
5446 Posts |
Posted - 08/26/2010 : 00:27:43
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Ginsberg came to my house one afternoon
and said he was giving up poetry
because it told lies, that language distorts.
I agreed, but asked what we have
that gets it right even that much.
We look up at the stars and they are
not there. We see the memory
of when they were, once upon a time.
And that too is more than enough.
Jack Gilbert |
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rodeo
Swinger
USA
733 Posts |
Posted - 08/27/2010 : 08:40:27
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How astonishing it is that language can almost mean...
and frightening that it does not quite.
jg |
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buckman
Firefly
USA
2829 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2010 : 18:58:12
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I can hear the others...
Going on, laughing,dancing
Waiting,
For me.
I will not be back yet,
Not as they knew me.
I will not be back soon
To the table where
The cards are dealt and
The whiskey flows.
Deal me out,
Play this hand without me.
I will dance alone
For awhile, waiting until
I understand the full measure
Of what I had and
What I lost.
They will not know
Until it happens to them,
How one day you
Can be in this world and
The next in Hell...
Nothing matters more
Than love and
Nothing matters less
Than finding it again
Once you've lost it.
Starting over
Will take more than
I have to give
Right Now.
Spring will have to start
Without me this year,
I have no heart for flowers and
New beginnings...
Yet...
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buckman
Firefly
USA
2829 Posts |
Posted - 08/29/2010 : 16:32:36
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Aye God, Woodrow,It's been quite a party, ain't it?
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Ginny G.
Windchimer
USA
1810 Posts |
Posted - 08/29/2010 : 21:11:35
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quote:
Originally posted by San Diego
Thirteen when I met him. Saw him, actually. He was 'home on leave'. A crowd around him because playing basketball for the Army was his job...and Army had just beat Navy. This is how he proposed, "Marry me or goodbye." Mick said Stu married me because he figured I'd irritate him enough to keep him interested.
Well, heck, Ro. If being irritating is enough to keep a man interested, I should have droves of them following me. 
I've got you in my thoughts and prayers, Ro. Wishing you lots of sweet dreams and memories that bring you joy and comfort. Big hugs.
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Susan Newbury
Sitter
USA
76 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 22:54:16
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Sweet Ro... I am saving my pennies. I will be down there before Christmas or starve trying!
Susie |
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San Diego
Swinger
509 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2010 : 00:21:29
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| Love from Mars. You are wonderful forever. |
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