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To: MSB who wrote (1996)6/13/2000 11:23:00 PM
From: Volsi Mimir  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2095
 
THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS
~Charles Simic

The poets of the Late Tang Dynasty
Could do nothing about it except to write:
"On the western hills the sun sets...
Horses blown by the whirlwind tread the clouds."

I could not help myself either. I felt joy
Even at the sight of a crow circling
As I stretched out on the grass
Alone now with the silence of the sky.

Only the wind making a slight rustle
As it turned the pages of the book by my side,
Back and forth, searching for something
For that bloody crow to read.

[your'e welcome]



To: MSB who wrote (1996)6/19/2000 6:08:00 PM
From: MSB  Respond to of 2095
 
As if it Matters

I know not the word, "condolence"
in this the time of need
for in the dark of selfish heart
tis pity that I greed

not a shoulder can I offer
nor tears be shared with thee
for one, I wouldn't loose from
the other, my drowning be

and least of all no words of hope
though I know them all to well
today is like no other
as black the curtain fell

condolences, I cannot bring,
a glutton with despair
unless of course you feel it too
then gladly I shall share

you, like me, will surely feel
ha! ha! twas just a joke
leading to resounding screams
wake up! you cannot go

wake up,
wake up,
exhaustion
grieves.......

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For the one who passed this day of June 19, 2000. It doesn't do her justice.....but then....what could.

I never called her "friend" so why can I not stop weeping.