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To: ManyMoose who wrote (1157)11/21/2004 11:14:37 AM
From: Poet  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1582
 
In January


Only one cell in the frozen hive of night
is lit, or so it seems to us:
this Vietnamese café, with its oily light,
its odors whose colorful shapes are like flowers.
Laughter and talking, the tick of chopsticks.
Beyond the glass, the wintry city
creaks like an ancient wooden bridge.
A great wind rushes under all of us.
The bigger the window, the more it trembles.

Ted Kooser (Poet Laureate of the United States)

Yes, Dave, I so agree with you.



To: ManyMoose who wrote (1157)11/25/2004 4:21:41 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh  Respond to of 1582
 
here is the poem I mentioned to you.... and life is okay :) happy Thanksgiving. I hope you and yours have smiles this day...

location:
suburban hospital

plot:
suicide

scene:
the end

middle of the room
cold bed
alone
machines
blipping
beeping
pulsing
dripping
lights
eerie
flickering
death
oozing
teasing
air
thick
strangling
alone
surrounded

in the waiting room
stones
sorry
no tears
eyes frozen
the seal is locked
no tears

alone
fading
in shadows

dear sister
i can not feel
my hand
to reach

goodbye


jp/sf