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September 11, 2009
By zachroyal PLATINUM, Johnson City, Tennessee
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zachroyal PLATINUM, Johnson City, Tennessee
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;I Am but Mad North-northwest: When the Wind is Southerly I Know a Hawk from a Handsaw&quot;<br /> -Hamlet

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I gave time a description.
She identified my body.
I am dead to her.
Yeah, she made this what I wanted for so long:
On our clocks and ticks and bars of slipping sleep

I thought myself as pure as the father,
I thought myself as pure as my next tick,
I thought myself a product of my youthful sleep
And all of her dreamy adjudications

And still the rate felt slow,
And the moments felt so taciturn

In fact,
I instantly moved to call in the narrative my blocking compression.
She identified my body.
I am dead to her.

© Cole D., Willow City, ND

The author's comments:
If I could count them all again, and take it like broken- or without strain- I think I would be more treacherous.
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FindOutMore GOLD said...
on Sep. 30 2009 at 11:20 pm
FindOutMore GOLD, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
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&quot;Guess now who holds thee!&quot; -<br /> &quot;Death,&quot; I said,<br /> But, there,<br /> The silver answer rang, &quot;Not death, but Love.&quot;

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why has no one commented on this?? i think its really deep and amazing. you are a great writer. really :)