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<b><strong><i> Site is currently under construction. Please return soon to see our new and improved look. Thank you! :) <br>PeaceLove&Smiles, CFT </i></strong></b>CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-58612741148954054732022-07-06T19:46:00.001-07:002022-07-06T19:46:37.586-07:00Cloud-armed man (abridged)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">My Nina* speaks in my most Joyful Mind.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Her voice intones a tale about a gigantic Book somewhere.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Tiny am I; "Look! Up there! See?" I do! </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;"> Faeries paint the moving, morphing, tanger-orange Sky;</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">the rolling Artwork billows: in, then out, with Clouds;</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">smokey fluffed constellations dance</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">a child's chimeric castle dream </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">"Wow, Neen!"</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;"> ~~~~~~~</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">A huge, amorphous, Cloud-armed man,</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">(his face chameleons with the Sky),</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">fills the entire Evening mural;</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">his kind chubby face crinkles into secret, childlike smiles;</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">(he can't stop smiling, can he?!)</span></b></span><br>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">I skip; I twirl; I hop 'round Nina in uncontrolled glee - </span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">his enormous multi-coloured eyes hold a joke he shares with me!</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">!!!!</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">I am tiny.</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">So bemused I feel to see! </span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">What a crinkly, wrinkly, happy face! - I giggle!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Somebody peeks between old trees;</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">(ancient Oaks and elderly Elms line the street where I became;</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">immortal ferns caress the Evening Sky;</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">a crab-apple Tree in our very own yard tosses tiny roseate apples to Neen,</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">a Gift for her, a Gift to small bellies;</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">She will bake her yummy pies; ("with walnuts, Neen, please?")</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;"><br></span></b></span>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">My Nina sings, "He holds a big book;</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">if you're a good girl, he will grant you one more year</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">to enjoy this Life." (I'm only now getting to know Life, Neen.</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">I'm five years old; is that so long a Time?")</span></b></span><br>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">I try to imagine the big man in the mural holding a book,</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">but no matter how I turn my head, move my child's wide eyes,</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">I cannot comprehend: "a man can have this power!?"</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">but I feel a bit of fear, (because I love my Nina very much...)</span></b></span><br>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">She is telling me one of her strange, fantastic stories?</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">(but she seems more serious than usual.)</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;"><br></span></b></span>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">I ask her,</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">"How can a Cloud-armed man hold a book?"</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">She ruffles my hair, soothes me;</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">She sings, (I always think she's singing):</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">"Shana maidele, you're a good girl. Don't worry about anything.</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">Enjoy the Evening Air; isn't it beautiful to be here?"</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;"><br></span></b></span>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;">And yes, to be with you, my Nina, is all I really needed.</span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b>note:</b></span><br>
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;"><i>****Nina is my maternal grandmother, in whose house I grew from tiny, to age nineteen; she and my grandfather, (who arrived in the US from his native (at that time Ottoman-Occupied) Jerusalem) at the age of four, had lived in Brooklyn, where my grandmother was born. My grandparents decided to move upstate to the Catskill Mts.; my parents, Brooklyn natives, themselves, decided to join them. My grandparents purchased a huge, two-story house, which I believe was constructed in the 1910's. I grew up (if ever I really did) :) , in the larger, downstairs apartment, with my parents and my two younger siblings; my grandparents inhabited the smaller (more suited to them) apartment upstairs. I spent an enormous part of my growing years in the company of my grandparents...We were two families, and we were (and always will be) one family...<br><br>I am so grateful to have been able to know my grandparents, on two sides!... for so long...</i></span></b></span><br>
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CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-51615869100730180412022-05-15T16:23:00.000-07:002022-05-15T17:16:55.046-07:00Dark Rain<b> </b>Dark rain,<div>White rain,</div><div>Red rain,</div><div>A cold red wind. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>by Leo William Taylor</div><div><br></div><div>Β© Leo William Taylor, 2022</div><div><br><div><br></div></div>CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-55171242061203377292021-02-01T22:12:00.001-08:002021-02-01T23:35:29.539-08:00Virgin Planet . Catskill Mountain High<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Nature Mother designs a virgin Planet,</div><div dir="auto">covers up the mucky mess the mean scary mutant bigots and </div><div dir="auto">neo nazi scum.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">makes</div><div dir="auto">Frigid frozen lacy aliens drift down from foreign heavens, </div><div dir="auto">by the billions. </div><div dir="auto">forty feet and </div><div dir="auto">gone are garbage cans, houses, cars; </div><div dir="auto">consummate climate clean.</div><div dir="auto">What is this barren landscape,</div><div dir="auto">not truly barren -</div><div dir="auto">but crisp, frozen, full .... ?</div><div dir="auto">I no longer know where I be,</div><div dir="auto">my mind flees in pieces with each</div><div dir="auto">flake,</div><div dir="auto"> unique and frosted are </div><div dir="auto">my ugly </div><div dir="auto">Now I'm frigid cream en bleu</div><div dir="auto">Black and Brown and Vampyre</div><div dir="auto">Help help help help !!</div><div dir="auto">But ahh!! Exhileration</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><i>for Tanisha, my best friend, my sister,</i></div><div dir="auto"><i>penned accidentally whilst writing you yet another email.</i></div><div dir="auto"><i>You never cease to push my Mind with your Brilliance. Thanks for all</i></div><div dir="auto"><i>With love, CherylFaith π</i></div></div>CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-73255407966999618502019-10-04T14:58:00.001-07:002019-10-04T14:58:27.650-07:00Cloud Life<p dir="ltr">I still spend my DreamTime<br>
amongst Cloud Lanes,<br>
Cloud Cities, Cloud Beds;<br>
my shape, known to<br>
Certain Clouds who<br>
Rock me,<br>
Arms, <u>bold</u>, yet gentle,<br>
Aromas, pure, moist, Sea-foamed;<br>
My Nina's Words, "I love you, maidele,"<br>
My Father's Eyes, of Heaven-Earth<br>
Birds- I am Bird Life.</p>
<p dir="ltr">No scathing painful torments touch me here;<br>
Fears' fickle fates fall, Earth-bound -<br>
Sacred Space.</p>
CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-39877297053195720892019-05-14T23:25:00.001-07:002019-05-28T11:31:47.081-07:00Celestiales<p dir="ltr">I wonder how ....</p>
<p dir="ltr">Think<br>
celestiales,<br>
once first obscured<br>
by Spring's Clouds,<br>
WaterBearing -<br>
threatening?<br>
I pray their Souls simply float upon <br>
warm moist Clouds<br>
protected, tranquil,<br>
Dreamy ....</p>
<p dir="ltr">My Dream:<br>
to lie upon a Cloud carpet, <br>
bid good Day to Lady Luna,<br>
as bittersweet jasmine,<br>
NightShade's gardens<br>
send up their charms ....</p>
<p dir="ltr">I shall swim <br>
Cloud SkyLanes,<br>
pray for a safe journey to<br>
my Earthly Home,<br>
as I be not a Celestial</p>
<p dir="ltr">I love no entity<br>
as I love Clouds,<br>
and the Lady's<br>
charmed sardonic smile</p>
<p dir="ltr">impossible to enter Sweet Sleep,<br>
so Words flow ....</p>
CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-81988917559419228652019-04-30T07:57:00.001-07:002020-08-02T21:06:57.393-07:00Desertion<p dir="ltr"><i><b>I search</b></i><i><b> for my empty face -</b></i></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b><i>I peer into mirrors -</i></b><br>
<b><i>My eyes gleam full of absence</i></b><br>
<b><i> I search for my empty face - </i></b><br>
<b><i> Becoming</i></b><br>
<b><i> Bride-White paper pale,</i></b><br>
<b><i> solemn, teary, gone - I scream!</i></b><br>
<b><i>I further flee,</i></b><br>
<b><i> to</i></b><br>
<b><i> difficult dazed deserted lanes:</i></b><br>
<b><i>myself and me in looted </i></b><br>
<b><i>Dudley, West Midlands Cemetery</i></b>;<br>
<b><i>the graves have empty grown</i></b><br>
<b><i>Am I ne'er to be discovered again?</i></b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b><i>I swear, I slept Moments ago</i></b><br>
<b><i>Quite vague be my memory -sleeping</i></b><br>
<b><i>here,</i></b><br>
<i><b>amongst these empty graves</b></i>; <br>
<b>I understand my Insomnia now -</b><br>
<b><i>never </i></b><i><b>'gain shall</b></i><b> </b><i><b>I </b></i><b><i>sleep</i></b><b> ?</b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b>My Invisibility,</b><br>
<b>as I Lived last LifeTime</b><br>
<b>shall deter them from discovering me,</b><br>
<b>since I am </b><br>
<b>lf</b><b> I am; yes! I am - I have flown</b><br>
<b>I shall live alone until he </b><b><u>finds</u></b><b> me</b><br>
<b><i>....</i></b><br>
<b><i> Pale as paper, I further flee,</i></b><br>
<b><i> to</i></b><br>
<b><i> difficult dazed deserted lanes:</i></b><br>
<b><i>myself in looted </i></b><br>
<b><i>Dudley, West Midlands Cemetery</i></b>,<br>
<b><i>where the</i></b><b><i> graves have grown empty</i></b> -<br>
<b><i>Am I ne'er to be discovered again?</i></b><br>
<b><i>I swear, I slept uneasily here, Moments ago</i></b></p>
<p dir="ltr"> ********<br>
<b><i>She shall forever perish</i></b><br>
<b><i>If he should not search for her deeply, </i></b><br>
<b><i>desperately </i></b><br>
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<b> *********</b><br>
<b>Near, we were wed.</b><br>
<b>Their joyful, imprisoned, mournful, enamoured Spirits,</b><br>
<b>The Priory's ancient nuns and monks</b><br>
<b>I witnessed as they flew about </b><br>
<b>the British </b><b><u>Winter's</u></b><b> Rain</b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b> *********</b><br>
<b> I shall for ever </b><u><b>perish</b></u><br>
<b> If you do not search for me</b><br>
<b> deeply</b><br>
<b>desperately</b></p>
CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-59894976163891144122019-01-11T17:01:00.001-08:002023-02-05T10:17:59.185-08:00Lady<p dir="ltr"><i><b>Lady</b></i></p>
<p dir="ltr"><i><b>I met The Lady toNight,</b></i><br>
<i><b>She, whose smile,</b></i><br>
<i><b>sardonic, bemused, </b></i><br>
<i><b>beatific,</b></i><br>
<i><b>Lights Nights' Mist,</b></i></p><p dir="ltr"><i><b>Deep perfumed Dark,</b></i><br>
<i><b>filmy grey fogged Curtain,</b></i><br>
<i><b>covers this gifted Stage;</b></i></p>
<p dir="ltr"><i><b> angel covens dance</b></i><br>
<i><b> draped in Moonflowers</b></i><br>
<i><b> costumed in Japanese Wisteria </b></i><br>
<i><b> disguised in sweet, acrid Jasmine</b></i></p>
<p dir="ltr"><i><b>sleeping Stars</b></i><br>
<i><b>bleed their secrets -</b></i><br>
<i><b>a Crimson Moon's Joy;</b></i></p><p dir="ltr"><i><b> </b></i><i><b>achy moods bloom in </b></i><br>
<i><b>drowsing girls' Dreams;</b></i><br>
<i><b>sweep blood-covered hills </b></i></p>
<p dir="ltr"><i><b> Morning sleeps far</b></i></p>
<p dir="ltr"><i><b>I met the Lady In The Moon </b></i></p>
<p dir="ltr"><i><b>I realized then ____</b></i><br><i><b>She is a witch </b></i><br>
<i><b>"A Witch is Magic,"</b></i><br>
<i><b>She told me,</b></i><br>
<i><b>her voice otherworldly,</b></i><br>
<i><b>strong</b></i><br>
<b><i>soft</i></b><br>
<b><i>melodic</i></b><br>
<i><b>magnetic</b></i></p>
<p dir="ltr"><i><b>potent Word Clouds,</b></i><br><i><b>her burning Gifts;</b></i><br>
<i><b>ancient Sea Songs,</b></i><br>
<i><b>Mothers' screams;</b></i><br>
<i><b>spirited caverns, full inside, where infants' slumb'ring Souls</b></i><br>
<i><b>aWait</b></i></p>
<p dir="ltr"><i><b>The Night's glowing Damsel,</b></i><br>
<i><b>Queen of moods and frothy Seas,</b></i></p>
<p dir="ltr"><i><b> She rolled toward me -</b></i><br>
<i><b> reached out !</b></i><br>
<i><b> She rolled toward me</b></i><br>
<i><b> merrily serious</b></i></p>
<p dir="ltr"><i><b>"A Witch is Magic;</b></i><br>
<i><b>A Witch be Magic </b></i><br>
<i><b>and</b></i><br>
<i><b>Magic is Good "</b></i></p>
<p dir="ltr"><i><b>I thought she, shy, began a wink .... </b></i><br>
<i><b>around she rolled</b></i><br>
<i><b>She glowed gold white</b></i><br>
<i><b>She rolled toward me .... ?</b></i></p>
<p dir="ltr"><i><b> Shrouded in Mist</b></i><br>
<i><b> A Moment's Thrill</b></i><br>
<i><b> Forever -</b></i><br>
<i><b> She disappeared</b></i><br>
<i><b> behind Dark Trees</b></i></p>
<p dir="ltr"><i><b> GoodNight Lady </b></i></p>
CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-45739934927122103972018-07-08T13:25:00.001-07:002020-08-02T20:37:26.342-07:00The Empath<p dir="ltr"><br>
<b>Thou art The Empath</b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b> Angels fly from thine eyes </b><br>
<b>They caress me with Cloud, </b><br>
<b> blanket my Heart in </b><br>
<b> warm soothing aether pools</b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b> Your eyes' Heat </b><br>
<b> Shimmers</b><br>
<b> with your Soul, </b><br>
<b> Gifted, </b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b>Pure, </b><br>
<b> Blessed by Hot Old Stars ....</b><br>
<b> </b><br>
<b> I leave,</b><br>
<b> your eyes inside me,</b><br>
<b> gentle, Full, </b><br>
<b> affirming,</b><br>
<b> pouring angels</b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b> Your eyes pour angels over me</b><br>
<b> as true mourning grips me</b><br>
<b> the angels hold me </b><br>
<b> Kiss my tears</b><br>
<b> </b><u><b>succor</b></u><br>
<b> my fragmented Heart</b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b> Mourning finally fills me .... </b><br>
<b> Full flowered tears fall,</b><br>
<b> Flow for hours;</b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b>My Heart clenches my stomach</b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b>Thou art The Empath</b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b> Angels fly from thine eyes</b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b> They caress me with Cloud, blanket my rushing blood</b><br>
<b>My Heart pounds as the</b><br>
<b> unfamiliar weight of Pain</b><br>
<b> seizes me</b><br>
<b> until</b><br>
<b> I am no longer an empty, </b><br>
<b> floating Cloud, alone;</b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b> I exist again,</b><br>
<b> I have Become</b><br>
<b> a scorching Star,</b><br>
<b> frozen in my Space, alone,</b><br>
<b>but for those entranc-ed eyes,</b><br>
<b> standing still</b><br>
<b> on my silent Stage,</b><br>
<b> beckoning</b><br>
<b> blanketing, </b><br>
<b> the quiet, firey, whisp'ring eyes</b><br>
<b> of The Empath</b><br>
<b> holding me together</b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b>as I am seized -</b><br>
<b>the Cleansing squeezes me;</b><br>
<b>I have no fear,</b><br>
<b>flow with my</b><br>
<b>Rivers of Tears,</b><br>
<b> only for Moments insufficient</b><br>
<b> for a LifeTime lost,</b><br>
<b> but a Beginning,</b><br>
<b> a Becoming,</b><br>
<b> finally,</b><br>
<b> six months on</b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b>***************************</b><br>
<b><i>with gratitude & love, for our</i></b><br>
<b><i> dear Dr. B.</i></b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b> </b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b> </b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b> </b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b> </b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b> </b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b> </b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b> </b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b> </b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b> </b></p>
CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-43477053179706016582018-03-08T15:28:00.001-08:002018-03-09T06:08:57.395-08:00Cloud Surfing<p dir="ltr">witches White<br>
Surfing Clouds<br>
circling Eights<br>
eight, eight, eight, eight, eight</p>
<p dir="ltr">            into your arms<br>
            into your Light<br>
            I wish you would <br>
            hold me, <br>
            my tear -frozen eyes<br>
            my hands of <br>
            Her crystalline fury,<br></p>
<p dir="ltr">            Exquisite</p>
<p dir="ltr">Cloud-Surfing, <br>
Witches White<br>
Lift me up to your Circle<br>
I yearn to dance<br>
I long to Cloud-Surf with  thee<br>
Grand Mother, as your filmy White robes<br>
Sweep the SunSet, Storm-lit Sky </p>
<p dir="ltr">Please protect the kittens, <br>
Grand Lady,<br>
as I am waiting for thee<br>
Please keep them warm -<br>
I know you will</p>
<p dir="ltr">witches White<br>
in silent song<br>
Surfing Clouds<br>
Circling Eights<br>
Eight, Eight, Eight, Eight, Eight</p>
<p dir="ltr">copywrite CherylFaith 2018<br>
**************************<br>
**the #8 also means <br>
"other world" <br>
<u>in</u> another tongue<br>
    </p>
<p dir="ltr">      <br>
       </p>
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<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Bourbon Kisses, Bloody Fire (a prayer) </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">She floated in with Her Fury, clothed in blue-grey Clouds;</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">I'm swathed in calm;</span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">She took my arm, for a
dance</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">'midst highest azure Air
- </span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">I felt no fear, no fear, no
fear,</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">only honour: pure
enchantment </span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">until</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">upon a Night soft and still</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span>
<br>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Thy form elongates!</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Frightened shadows scurry Home;</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Home has flown, </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">blurred with Her tears.</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Home has flown</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Home</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">hath</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">flown </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">******************************** </span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;"> </span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">my Sisters, my Brothers, my
lover! </span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">My Lover! </span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">move away, run away!</span></b></span></span><br>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Shelter us, please!</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Shelter these sacred Lives </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">We beg thee </span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;"><br>
dissipate, disappear!</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">all has flown -</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">where have you sent the
angel - fish,</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">please tell us they've a
new-born Home -</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Where is Home?
</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Where is Home? </span></b></span></span><br>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Forgive us, please?</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;"> </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;"> spray your Joy anew </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">whilst we repair our thoughtless ways</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Lost in hazy fields,</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">I've seen your mournful smile;</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">prithee let us try </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">may we learn the means by which</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Thou shalt forgive our wasteful ways;</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;"> thine weeping Trees wrench my Soul -</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Oh! to feel thy gentle breeze anew,</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">beneath your gaze, </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">your Heart</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;"> </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">new Stars, please live</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">in MoonLit fields </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">where your corn, your wheat </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">weave once more,</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;"> beneath your clear soft Skies</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;"> </span></b></span></span><br>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">we need thy kindness in this Moment </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">I believe in you - </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">please believe in me, in us</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">************************************************ </span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">but this Night </span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">only smoke doth define
thee...</span></b></span></span><br>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;"> ice crackles 'pon the ailing roof</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Her Truths become lost Songs unknown;</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span></div>
<div align="right" style="text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">your Sisters sang your Songs last Night,</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="right" style="text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">opened fog-full doors; </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="right" style="text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span></div>
<div align="right" style="text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">you flowed in </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">like bourbon kisses</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;"> atop</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">tall dark flames</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">You awakened bloody Fire </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">long - denied, long denied - </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">centuries long-denied - </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;"> Burn your buried fire in bourbon.</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">James told us aeons ago, it seems </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Why were we deaf to his cries ?</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Why did we wait in apathetic bliss</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">until your rushing bourbon screams -</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">blood flows upon your Creatures </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="right" style="text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;"> "What have they done to the earth? <br>
What have they done to our fair sister? <br>
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her <br>
Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn <br>
And tied her with fences and dragged her down .... " **</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;"> </span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">LightStorm, SnowStorm,
Winter-in-the-eaves torment-</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">sorrow as the huge Sea
throngs</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">gallons, huge Ship-fulls of
rage;</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">She howls </span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">She howls !</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">as strangers</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">bring in cloudy arms, round
shoulders clothed in blue-grey smoke</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">***************************************************
</span></b></span></span><br>
<div align="right" style="text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">I pray to thee, my Sisters: hold Her to your Hearts.</span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">I love too deeply; </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">my Heart breaks </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">over sloping hills </span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;"> facing sickly fates - </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">these Storms, She sends -</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">We whisper Hopes and prayers,</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">drowned cries! hidden within rocking crevices;</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Scream !</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">a Chorus need be heard, </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">upon foggy, moody moors,</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">upon Windy angry flatlands, </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Her blood - drenched coasts, </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">whose</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">guards fall down</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;"> to tumultuous Seas,</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">a sickened lullaby;</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Good - bye, my loves,</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Sleep deeply, angels,</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">be soothed by "Dreams of Sheep"****</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;"> </span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">please tell us how we must
caress you -</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Your servant am I; </span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">tell me how to move; </span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">we need thine Ancient Songs</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">o honour us, sweet mournful
Soul</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">o honour me, these
Lives, </span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">untold til Moments</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">come, forgive -</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">thy Mind aglow</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">upon thy Heart</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">I taste thy seeping Life -</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">tears blur mine eyes -</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">if you share</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">you honour me</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">you honour me</span></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">impossibly -</span></b></span></span><br>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">I sleep</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">I toss with star-drenched Seas;</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: serif;">Her tears doth fall </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: serif;">******************************** </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><i><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: "verdana";">**from "When the Music's Over," The Doors, </span></i></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><i><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: "verdana";">featuring the Poetry and its deliverance</span></i></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><i><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: "verdana";">of James Douglas Morrison </span></i></b></span></span><br>
<span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></span>
<span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><i><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: "verdana";">**** "And Dream of Sheep" Kate Bush </span></i></b></span></span></div>
CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-14754231134726034972017-09-13T11:30:00.003-07:002017-09-13T16:40:15.219-07:00ANGELICA (Arthur Phillips)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
ANGELICA is Arthur Phillips' third masterful Novel.<br />
*~* <br />
<br />
Director, Mitchell Lichtenstein, has interpreted <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1462449746&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/arthur.phillips.18?fref=mentions">Arthur Phillips</a>' Novel into a Film, which<br />
opens NOVEMBER 17, 2017 ! <br />
<span class="_ezo" id="u_0_2h" style="color: #f1765e; font-weight: bold;">Congratulations</span>, Arthur !! *~*<br />
************************************************************************************<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> Do read Sir Phillips' Book ~~before~~ you see Mr. Lichtenstein's Film. <br /> Arthur's Novel transports you to another genre - defiant, <br /> literary smΓΆrgΓ₯sbord of a world. </span><br />
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(Each of Mr. Phillips' Books is a genre of his own Creation; every
novel is a genre distinct to the other (thus far) four amazing novels. <br />
ANGELICA is written in our 21st century's *~*Arthurian Genre*~* )<br />
<br />
Mr. Philllips' ANGELICA is a chilling concerto of a story (or several
in one ?) set in Victorian England. Readers, the world over, including a few of my other Literary Loves, <br />
(Stephen King is one) have fallen into the subtly horrifying world
which *only* Arthur Phillips can create. You, the Reader, will find
yourself on a haunting, psychologically chilling trip. Arthur's Writing
is an ethereally<br />
magical, menacing tour of the psyche Human and its
capabilities, desires; what needling, mind-cycling trips our own sub-consciences play
upon our unsuspecting lives.<br />
<br />
ANGELICA has been critically
acclaimed, praised by the likes of Stephen King, Kirkus Reviews (a
Starred Review) and Elizabeth Hand, of The Washington Post (Best Fiction
of 2007 List), to name a tiny few.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Kafka, Nabakov, Shakespeare, and
countless other Immortal Word-Magicians, applaud Mr Phillips from
beyond; they hold for him a golden seat (which he should not take before
he enjoys the fruits of his Immortal Literary Creations for another
hundred-plus years, at least!)<br />
Please never stop writing, Mr. Phillips. You are Gifted, and you Gift us.<br />
<a href="http://www.arthurphillips.info/Angeli%E2%80%A6/Angelica_Reviews.html" target="_blank">ANGELICA, by Athur Phillips</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://deadline.com/2017/09/freestyle-digital-media-mitchell-lichtensteins-angelica-byron-allen-1202167263/" target="_blank">Mitchell Lichtenstein's Film Adaptation of Athur Phillips' Novel, ANGELICA</a> </div>
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CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-33903379980438752222017-04-28T10:10:00.001-07:002017-04-28T13:24:22.212-07:00AirUndefined<p dir=ltr><i><b>Upon witnessing a Song Sung for Bowie</b></i></p>
<p dir=ltr>Beautiful. <br>
If I let rest my burgundy velvet eye curtains<br>
all I hear is Bowie Love, respect, <br>
Art<br>
as felt by millions upon billions of Beings, inhabitants of everywhere.</p>
<p dir=ltr>I wonder where he's off to, <br>
candle - lit, rocket - fired, <br>
starlette's beloved Jewel<br>
a Human she permitted us to see <br>
Where do our Souls live before or after, <br>
or Simultaneously?</p>
<p dir=ltr>If incinerated, where might our (physical) temporary, endlessly recycling molecules go? Do they storm up into a cyclonic dance, then seamlessly stitch themselves together over a new Soul, <br>
a sacred silent sewing ceremony, <br>
performed in a silver palace, <br>
secret, discreet<br>
<u>as</u> undefined Air?</p>
<p dir=ltr><i>with love & special thanks to </i><br>
<i>my friend, Hawk </i><i>Alfredson</i></p>
<p dir=ltr>Copyright CherylFaith Taylor 2017</p>
CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-67528393146378065042017-04-01T20:30:00.001-07:002019-01-25T08:28:43.238-08:00 space .... ?<p dir="ltr"><br>
Words and Words and Dreams I sing for thee, love<br>
my Words float, my face awash in mellifluous MoonDreams<br>
where more than once, a nearby Star has caught my eye:<br>
He glamoured me!<br>
but<br>
deep Space's tapestries feel surprisingly warm<br>
Come .... Take my hand<br>
Follow me: I promise thee a Show like no other</p>
<p dir="ltr">Young David gleamed; his Eyes glimmered;<br>
(He glamoured!)<br>
The Galaxy's grand and thunderous reply lit Universal Darkness -<br>
Lesser Stars flickered</p>
<p dir="ltr">His Soul shone out through his extraordinary eyes;<br>
He shot me a smile, straight into my own eyes !</p>
<p dir="ltr">His smile so enchanted me,<br>
I felt my own smile<br>
could never leave my face;<br>
however,<br>
as your relationShip with<br>
Your LifeTime<br>
is more of Same to mine<br>
than not -</p>
<p dir="ltr">these past several months have unsettled me -<br>
I know they may have done the same for you.<br>
If Life is a relationShip, a' movin' we go<br>
We never end, we never truly die.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thank you, Mr. Davey, Sir -<br>
I curtsy deeply before thee;<br>
as tulle, lace, taffeta <u>crunch</u><br>
Crush.<br>
I crumble</p>
<p dir="ltr">With most gentle humble <u>living</u> eyes,<br>
he says our cry's heard everywhere<br>
each separate Home holds prayers for Peace<br>
though mostly, I may pray to Trees</p>
<p dir="ltr">My attempt's for naught -<br>
I weep and weep<br>
as his rapture caresses me<br>
His smile has yet to leave my face<br>
I have no fear -<br>
I hold no fear.</p>
<p dir="ltr">David walked here in earlier days,<br>
or so they say, <br>
     (Who was he, really?)</p>
<p dir="ltr">  He glides toward​ fly up<br>
Silence becomes quieter;<br>
I watch him swim smoothly toward a different place - I realize it's hush - hush<br>
I make myself move; I weep,</p>
<p dir="ltr">You hold my hand.<br>
Thank you, my friend.</p>
<p dir="ltr">His gifted smile has never left<br>
but<br>
Thou art here and now, dear friend,<br>
and I love thee, brother.<br>
I love thee, sister.<br>
*************************<br>
I love thee, mi amor, for Rivers of Evers<br>
My True Adventure Began with Thee</p>
<p dir="ltr">Copyright CherylFaith, one cold dia de marzo, 2016</p>
CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-56283048163387598412017-01-14T01:15:00.001-08:002018-03-09T17:41:44.757-08:00Hidden Verdance<p dir=ltr>a PreLude</p>
<p dir=ltr>ooh! How truly jeweled She be!<br>
Our Forests' magic speaks through thee;<br>
I breathe in every gem She's shown thee,<br>
every glimpse you've shared with me<br>
Dear Soul of Time so long ago,<br>
or might it be the 'morrow? Always<br>
wandering, I wonder<br>
lost in Dreams inside these Forests;<br>
Love; thy beacon Lights my way</p>
<p dir=ltr>dearest Brave, you save Creation, <br>
kissed by our Great Mother's<br>
wide olde eyes,<br>
whilst high upon thy Ebony stallion<br>
on you lead; my fears fall away</p>
<p dir=ltr>these Stories, sweet, of other Times<br>
breathe new Life 'pon a forest's floor,<br>
where Dreams caress each other,<br>
turn doomed lovers into newborne trees?<br>
meandering spirits plights are here aLight,</p>
<p dir=ltr>All ways, </p>
<p dir=ltr>a Light ....</p>
<p dir=ltr>Dear Dream, prithee stay with me</p>
<p dir=ltr>**************************************</p>
<p dir=ltr>Hello,  dearest angel found<br>
in misty Midnight Forest plays,  <br>
where faeries form floral garlands,<br>
suspend them up, above this Earth,<br>
beneath the wandering  Clouds,</p>
<p dir=ltr>wee girls! see them, seeking Sir:<br>
tiny fingers, firm in  mothers' hands,<br>
clasped; their elders, ancients, <br>
cycling past each other, <br>
awash, gleeful! <br>
catching dewdrops barely born;<br>
white roses, crimson poppies,<br>
bluebells, moonflowers on parade;</p>
<p dir=ltr>no charade, no Earthly Lives <br>
have lived these ladies, trailing <br>
wispy smoke, <br>
their gossamer nightgowns<br>
shrouding moonlit riders' eyes<br>
from those who'd steal their Dreams away,<br>
each goddess, ancient, barely babe,<br>
chosen for this Vigil, sacred,<br>
to celebrate our secrets Borne,<br>
enchanted trav'lers<br>
beckoned in to breathe free - form<br>
to mystify<br>
each other's eyes,<br>
tho they may be from other Times,<br>
conjoined in Eternity's mirrored  Minds  ....<br>
              ******************</p>
<p dir=ltr>Look! Goddess of those Northern Lights!<br>
She leads them 'round!<br>
Gaze deeply, Sir;  She sees thee now<br>
and then and here, as over there,<br>
                      ********<br>
two Souls to hear old Stories spake<br>
by Skadi; her spectacular Show,<br>
her blessings:<br>
throwing Poets glowing Lights <br><br></p>
CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-45492061844575528822016-10-15T22:48:00.000-07:002019-05-28T11:50:29.478-07:00foto<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-18658706171679465852016-10-09T01:28:00.003-07:002016-10-15T23:53:43.318-07:00Caverns: These are further fragments from a Play-lette which has been in progress (haunting me, so to speak) for several years <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: magenta;"><b>a LifeTime in a Moment:</b></span></i></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: magenta;"><b>Borne of a blaze,</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: magenta;"><b>we awakened, </b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: magenta;"><b>each of us prisoners</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: magenta;"><b>inside</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: magenta;"><b>globefulls of fire, Earth, Air, Sky, </b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: magenta;"><b>all Space</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">******************************************************<br /><b> <span style="color: magenta;">we're tossed 'round the canyon;</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: magenta;">our raven hair flies everywhere,</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: magenta;">but it anchors us to the Earth </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: magenta;">(I sleep? I wake?)</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: magenta;">'twas a cyclone-like-Dream in a Moment replete...</span></b><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Leaves caught, blown brittling, o'er our Windy Raven's hair,</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">then</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">it stops -</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">our eyes interlock, love a Life in a Moment <br />We are thrown to The Mountain's arms, reBorn)</span><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ancient goddesses round a chasm;<br />the Mothers know all, and their Songs, full-concerto,<br />"I will be with you,<br />be with you .... be with you, little girl."<br />Always, MamΓ‘? pa' Siempre?*<br />Where might you have flown, MamΓ‘<br />when Lightning sliced open the Firey tormented Sky?<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />May I count upon you Sister<br />in Dawn's fragmented colours?<br />Now the Mothers have - disappeared? <br /> (No! No, hermanita** ! No! I can't believe - I know they are with us <br />still ....<br />still, in this broken Dawn,<br />this preternatural stillness of it all ....<br /><br />the Prism has been tossed beneath The Mountain - listen- sshhh ....<br /><br />May I call you "Sister?"<br />Hold my hand as we hide in this ancient Mountain dwelling<br />'neath the rocky eaves of yore, I may need <br />Momentary lies. <br />After the torrential Rains, the torment blown open our hiding place,<br />please tell me Breathe-worthy lies, dear sister -<br />I share your Mind's elasticity (you know that)<br />soothe me with your wisdom<br />as I refused to listen (you witnessed)<br /><br />We'll shelter here in this primitive Home.<br />When Dawn has finished breaking,<br />hand in hand, down the Mountain, we'll clamber ;<br />We were Borne to piece together<br />The Great Prisms' colours.<br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Close your eyes, sweet strong one,<br />of colt-like legs (remember the horses?),<br />of doe-Dreamy eyes,<br />and rare diamondine Water, Mothers' Gifts from the Skies.</span><br />We are the originals, the morphing invisible saviours,<br />Please remind me, sister mine.<br />Remember the mothers, their stories,<br />their huge eyes of chocolate and gold -<br />I can see them - I know you can, too.<br />Come now, sister,</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">*pa' siempre = Spanish </span></b><b><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="color: blue;">= "for always"</span></b> (contracted "pa" = "para" )</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">**hermanita = affectionate Spanish for "little sister"</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Si,
queridas amigas mias, estoy pensando en ustedes. Las llevo en mi
corazon siempre. Es un misterio hermoso de <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>la</i></span> vida mia. Las quiero mucho.
pero mucho. De veras, aunque piensen que yo soy una loca,<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> c</span>reo que nos
conocimos en otra vida .... Las extrano y las mando fuerte abrazos y
flores las mas bonita que crezcan. Pero ustedes son mas bonitas que las flores ....</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Que sepan, amigas: esta es una obra de ficcion<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> ,...</span> de pura fantasia. Pero ustedes, y sus familias <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">me <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">regalaron la oportunidad de ver el sitio mas hermoso del mund<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">o. Creo que estaba yo v<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">iendo y recordando su <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tierra<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">,</span> y eso me inspir</span></span></span>o tanto que me entro la mente cuando escrib<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i esta</span> obra<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, y la que me vino prim<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eramente <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-</span> pueden leer el link abajao de estas palab<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ras.) Yo se que ustedes no son hijas de la<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s aztecas .... su cultura es <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mas p<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ura, aun mas fuerte, mas <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hermosa </span> .... Espero que <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">siempre</span> siga su c<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ultura, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tambien</span> su i<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">dioma O<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tomi .... Gracias por ser mis amigas .... tambien mis<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ami<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">gos. Los quiero muchote u<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">stedes. Siempre tienen parrte de mi corazon. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><br />
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CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-39102081768475389622016-10-08T11:44:00.000-07:002018-03-09T06:21:13.376-08:00For my Nina (lines composed early October, 2016)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #20124d;"> I am her first grandchild. As a child, I was unable to say "Nana,". Instead, I called her "Nina." The name stuck like honey, and her other grandchildren and her many great-grandchildren called her "Nina". Even her own children came to refer to her as "Nina" after awhile. Sometimes, we shortened her nickname to "Neen." My beloved Grandpa, Leo, had a license plate custom-made for her: "Neen". </span><br>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"> My Heart broke like never before, that grey Spring Evening in 2009 when we laid her emaciated physical body to rest.Months later, at</span><span style="color: #20124d;"> her unveiling, despite my steady stream of grief , somebody, probably my mother and my uncle, or perhaps my cousins, had had "Neen" engraved, along with her given names, upon her tombstone.</span><br>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"> At the age of 97, Nina remained aware of world-wide current events; she was more computer-literate than I; she had been working on a huge genealogy project which spanned Centuries. (She completed much of her project, via the Internet and via handwritten letters in at least three languages, before the inception of ancestors . com.) Even after she suffered a disabling stroke, for several weeks, Nina continued in her awareness of all that went on around her. I actually thought she would recover, because my Neen could do anything. As an adult, I held onto my belief that she was immune, somehow, even to mortality. One of the last things Neen wrote before she journeyed to join her husband, my equally missed and beloved grandfather, Leo, her parents, siblings, and ancestors: a brief note to send love to my husband, who was working during my visit, upon a too-silent May afternoon. She could no longer speak much then, but she wanted us to know she was still capable of Writing; that she had retained the Spanish she'd learned at NYU as a young woman, and that she had fully accepted Robin, who was of a different faith.</span><br>
<span style="color: #20124d;">Nina wrote: "mi amor a Robin". She had retained the Spanish she'd studied at NYU back around 1930.</span><br>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"> My Nina's passing has continued to be miraculous. Since 2009, she has appeared to us in various ways. She has spoken to me through several Dreams, as well as by actions. On my birthday, a couple of months after she passed, I was alone, cooking spaghetti in the kitchen, when she dropped the previous year's birthday card on my head . I keep no greeting cards anywhere near the kitchen. This particular card featured a SunFlower, which she knew to be my favourite, accompanied with a message she knew I would understand: She wanted me to focus upon Life's Joys, rather than to dwell upon our sadder Moments. My husband witnessed the birthday card incident, as well as the crystalline marble we discovered, a few days ago, upon a stressful Autumn afternoon; the large marble appeared out of nowhere. Its colour is reminiscent of the beautiful hazel eyes she'd had .... I have come to understand that both she and my grandfather have never really left me. </span><br>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"> Recently, we moved to a new town. As I walked in late afternoon's Summer Sun toward the house, hours before the first Night we would sleep in our new abode, I noticed a piece of ivory-coloured paper slightly a'flutter in a soft late Summer breeze. I thought I had dropped one of my son's school papers. My arms full of a box of books, I crouched to retrieve the paper, which had begun to take on the appearance of a mischievous little feather, waving at me, a winsome grin upon its face. To my utter shock, upon the top step of our new abode, lay, a'flutter, a copy of my Grandpa Leo's United States naturalization paper! He smiled up at me, a handsome, dark-complexioned man of thirty-one. I do not recall ever having possessed this paper. Tears of Joy welling in my eyes, I ran to Robin, telling him that Grandpa Leo had welcomed us into our new home. I saw, or more like felt, the presence of my maternal grandparents. They had blessed our new living quarters. </span><br>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"> I am not religiously observant, but I feel connected in ways of the Spirit. I honour my gandparents and all who preceded them, for they are each a part of who I am; their genes course through my blood. The love I feel for them shall never fade. They keep constant vigil over their children, their grandchildren. I am not at liberty now to tell their stories, but my grandmother has appeared to help other members of my family, even in clearer, more tangible ways. I view nothing as strange; I am connected and I don't believe we ever truly die. I imagine many other people, or, perhaps all of us, feel this sensation: we are directly wired to our ancestors, our beloveds who have seemingly left this world. </span><br>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"> I have come to understand Judaism as a rich, tapestried culture, in addition to its status of 'religion'. Despite the fact that I do not really follow religious teachings, I know, I physically *feel* my Soul's interwoven strands; I am an integral, interwoven segment of a brightly coloured, musical, magical Soul tapestry composed of all the Souls who have come before me. I am a square in the quilt my Nina painstakingly pieced together for me of the clothing I wore as a child. (I lie upon this artistic masterpiece as I type these words .... )</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #20124d;"> I wish *everyone,* all my brothers and sisters around our shared tiny world, beautiful days, balmy evenings, but most importantly, despite our countless varied origins and ethnicities, I wish you sweetness, good health, Joy & Love.</span><br>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"> CherylFaith, in constant Awe</span><br>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">I love you, my Neen. </span></b></span><br>
<span style="color: #20124d;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> With gratitude, with never-ending love, your first grand-daughter, CherylFaith</span></b></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://thedalove18.blogspot.com/2012/09/cloud-armed-man-abridged.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a brief, related Poem</a> </b></span><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br>
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CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-76045508573951318442016-09-24T13:47:00.002-07:002016-10-08T23:43:41.221-07:00SunFlower's Kiss<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>A smokey-voiced chanteuse caressed you; </i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Each time she glimpsed you making love.</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>She rocked you in her "SunFlower Song"</i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Perhaps you couldn't hear her Joy,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for your Passion cries,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">your DreamFull eyes;</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">whilst ivory angels held you,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">silken Silence</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">encased you</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> the scheduled revelers came to call.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a dark, damp, grey procession </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wrapped in Sun-blessed circling Moons,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">brass bands, drumheads</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">bare sugared bones</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">naked Hearts </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">on parade</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ForEver, I shall love a SunFlower's kiss beyond all others'</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>You have loved each other always,</i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Infinite Lifetimes have watched your waltz</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Worlds within Worlds have borne witness to your love</i></span></b></div>
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CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-47462773811596571942016-09-24T13:47:00.000-07:002019-04-30T08:15:36.320-07:00SunFlower's Kiss<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>A smokey-voiced chanteuse caressed you; </i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Each time she glimpsed you making love.</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>She rocked you in her "SunFlower Song"</i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Perhaps you couldn't hear her Joy,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for your Passion cries,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">your DreamFull eyes;</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">whilst ivory angels held you,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">silken Silence</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">encased you</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">still</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> the scheduled revelers came to call.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a dark, damp, grey procession </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">wrapped in Sun-blessed circling Moons,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">brass bands, drumheads</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">bare sugared bones</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">naked Hearts </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">on parade</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">ForEver, I shall love a SunFlower's kiss beyond all others'</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>You have loved each other always,</i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Infinite Lifetimes have watched your waltz</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Worlds within Worlds have borne witness to your love</i></span></b></div>
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CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-68970428111197926082016-09-01T19:32:00.000-07:002016-10-08T19:55:26.145-07:00cat-tharsis (diamondesque deity) <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><b><span style="color: purple;">@bluesonicboy:</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: purple;">I love thee, my dark Prince,</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: purple;">Patriarch of our Feline/Human Family;</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: purple;">Thou art my Light Prince </span></b></i></div>
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diamonesque deity,<br />
hot-starry Eyes;<br />
Emerald-Eyed Fury,<br />
Scans Eternity's Skies- <br />
perched 'pon Her Mountain,<br />
she searches lost loves ...<br />
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She surveys our valleys:<br />
Her gaze levels trees<br />
She silently screams:<br />
Catharsis amidst Her exquisite, Eternal Hell<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" data-mentioned-user-id="733443903861334016" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/EternaLifeForce"><s>@</s>EternaLifeForce*</a> <span style="color: blue;">Thank you for your Beautiful Inspiration</span></span></b></i> </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Why do I close my eyes?</span></span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Each Time I try to Sleep, I awake to your eerie whistling scream;</span></span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I watch myself wander, steeped in Stars,</span></span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to your silver train, shrouded in whispering fog.</span></span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I feel my voice mingle yours in a hide - and - search Game;</span></span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">From time number one, your Soul knew my name.</span></span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sleep be not mine.</span></span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Her tortured Dreams make love to me, sliding aeons 'cross Minds;</span></span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hear my cries, muffled in velveteen Sky tears;</span></span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My feet float aboard your silver train, awash in a frozen mist;</span></span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I slip into your body; no game - Reality in shift.</span></span></b><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">seek my SoulPlay -</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">oh! You found me!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">your deep Seer's eyes remind me,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I awoke here, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">you caught me </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Don't know how I came here,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to Cloud Mount's steepest turret;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> ancient Seers played, lived, wrote here;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Artemis, I do not deserve this visit</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">@sardoinalto ThankYou, Friend</span></span> </div>
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CherylFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121036390239719399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625157581750711813.post-47224368606881405132016-07-10T14:30:00.003-07:002016-12-01T08:26:18.782-08:00Destiny's Painters (MoonShine)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">Across Time's Oceans, </span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">since our <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dance</span> began, </span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">la Luna brilliante lights thine eyes as well as mine.</span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;"> O! that brilliant Moon - Shine.</span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">My love for you orbits with Jupiter's Moons,</span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">with the Rhythm of </span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">everything </span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">ever aLive</span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>our Souls' </span></b></i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">shared </span></b></i></span>LifeTimes Circle,</span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">as our eyes, our brushes, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">reach</span> Skyward,</span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">"Hello to Zeus, to Jupiter, </span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;"> to all <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Time'<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s</span> Newe<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">r Giants." </span></span></span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Older Sou<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ls watch with prismatic</span></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>laughing eyes, </span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and</span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>tears -</span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a harmony, decidedly un<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">E</span>arthly, </span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tingles our ears our eyes our fingertips</span> </span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Blooms like<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> hum<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">id Summer Thunder<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">S</span>torms' <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">testament</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">B</span>ooms echoes upon every Soul</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Besee<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ch, bewitch</span></span> those younger Souls to flower."</span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">this <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Moment</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">inside</span> the cycli<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ng</span> waves, </span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">Your touch <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Inspires</span> me, empowers me; </span></b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">o </span></b></i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">sister </span></b></i></span>brother mine :</span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: magenta;">We are Destiny's Painters </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: magenta;">la Luna brilliante lights thine eyes as well as mine.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: magenta;"> <i> O! that brilliant Moon - Shine.</i></span></b></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Survivors</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">awakening ?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">stagnant, soured crypt-born breath.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">dead dry dull be-drugged lumberous limbs,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">unnatural, torpid, slothful misery - mired miasma,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">snake onto the doll's blanched legs</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">sputom covers its arms as they try in vain to rouse her</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(she's a doll! are you crazy?!)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">βββββββββββββββββββ </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cries are vain.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Your crying is so very vain. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are so very vain, my dear,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">but this so endears me to you, my love - </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">now stroke me here, my little doll;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">stroke me darling; do not cry;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">the comedy: her reddened eye,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">a missile aimed a bit too high - </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cries are vain;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">you feel no pain.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">You Feel No Pain.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">You Feel No Pain. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> ~~~~~~~</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Life hangs in dreams of other times - only - </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">nevermore, not here, never here again - </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> ββββββββ</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Life's far-flung angels, replaced by saccharin beasts; </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">flesh rolls, turbid torturous bellows</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">upon the tiny downy pillows,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">pins the petite porcelain creature;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">murdered heart; stilled sane soul;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(never really stolen Soul)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">stained crimson numbing treachery; </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">a fortnight sleeps the memory</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">three - decade death, debauchery -</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">inanimate creations do not sleep;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">man-handled forms no substance make;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">life, now a thing to look upon</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">a once-remembered dream, a dawn,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">a song, smiles, love; no morbid steeping;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">quagmired hopes, desperate screams - </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">She lay in drink- drowsed guilty dreams</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">drink-drowsed dirty dooming dreams. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> ~~~~</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">crush such lecherous vapid demons </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">stir curdled leche * <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in their tea</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">malignant monsters pound pale porcelain</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">dead the dolls who blinded be -</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">βTake them to your quilted halls;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">anesthetize their baths, burn all;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">confiscate their tight-laced shoes,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">their bottled love; their airless thrills;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">feed them tiny rainbow poison</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">rolled in ether, made by boys</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">who self-flagellate in basement cells</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">conspiring to demonic callsβ¦β </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">be above;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">be silent behind your huge oak desk,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">where dolls lie coiled in deep unrest;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">experiment: the Fury pays - </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">always offer them a space</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">to speak; pretend to hear their cries; </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">in history they find a way</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">to still the pain</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">to slay the dreams;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">call them crazy</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">steal their lives</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">frigid smiling doll housewives</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">sing on the telly</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">play world games;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">some celebrate a different way;</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">some celebrate in other ways<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">;</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(we</span> pay and pay and pay and pay .... </span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">what are our crimes?</span></span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ma<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ybe I shall never know</span></span></span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">maybe we w<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ill never know</span></span></span></span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">and we cannot confess</span></span></span></span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">we can ne<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ver tell</span> </span> </span></span></span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">you know why </span> </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">~~~~~</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">She lay in drink- drowsed guilty dreams</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">drink-drowsed dirty dooming dreams. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">~~~~~~ </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hold the doll down - down!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Irritated dolls have been known to speak β </span></b><br>
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> βdown! down, she cried! β</span></b></div>
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<b><br></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tease her mouth; the willow switch tickles them; </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Look!</span></b></div>
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<b><br></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(drowned laughter foams upward above her; she floats away on
its current}</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">("teacher, terrible thing, what happened to the gold girl - do
you wonder where she's gone?")</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">β look away; look away; you may find this part slightly
unpleasant.β</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(how do you survive here?)</span></b></div>
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<b><br></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Early; too early, four in the morning! I should be
dreaming; should have had my sweetened tea! (driftsβ¦)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ββ¦you selfish bastard! Help me finish here. Stifle! Here! A
rag - stuff the mouth- there - good- good boy- β</span></b></div>
<b><br></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Really? really I may go far? (earnest and hopeful) </span></span></b><br>
<b><br></b>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>* leche : milk, Spanish</b> </span></div>
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<h3>
musings: the Ancient Priory: Dudley, West Midlands, England </h3>
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( always: Be prepared to capture huge round reverberating
HeartVibes...)<br />
<br />
reedy-piped Music swirls, swells, <br />
crescendos,</div>
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aWake! </div>
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<br />
Hills bounce, roll, tussle, shoot emerald echoes over ancient arbors;<br />
once shreds, alabaster ebony birds re-animate,<br />
float down to repose <br />
upon <br />
delicately chiseled stone deities<br />
(hear their Music?)<br />
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</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Intermezzo:</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Divine this Circle: <br />
jeweled nocturnal Mountain Sky, <br />
where <br />
orange Lights spray tangerine mists;</div>
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melt apricots,
peaches,</div>
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tangy Southern mangoes; </div>
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spread </div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
honeyed nectar Songs, unabashed,</div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
while<br />Her enchanted Seas' secrets caress us in
whispers ....</div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: center;">
oooh.... these Clouds'
tender touches:<br />
(where? oh when? have we moved to now?)</div>
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<br />
Her drowsy painted tapestries,<br />
dusk's wild horizons, brush-woven bounty<br />
hidden maidens' apparitions<br />
awake <br />
beneath roseate garden canopies<br />
tucked inside Night's turban - </div>
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but</div>
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Once here strode monks, dreaming of lilacs glow', alight
upon feather pillows:</div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
(the sweet ones'
Gifts, to make you live;<br />
the sweet ones Gift, to make you live.)</div>
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<br /></div>
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Here strode monks; </div>
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see their outlines midst Her shadows</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Over here inside her valleys</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
their long be-robed legs stretched to wake upon the Evening
Air</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
drifting in the cool damp grass </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
away, </div>
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beyond the priory, to the cloistered orphaned dove-calls,</div>
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<br />
O, ye distant cluttered Souls,</div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
where have you gone? </div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
oh! I see you two</div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
I embraced Round Faeries' venerable dust </div>
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</div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
(sshhhh...)</div>
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;">
"You float in a
new Heaven;</div>
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;">
hear friendship's
sweetest whispers? <br />
each Moment,</div>
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;">
widen your eyes.</div>
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;">
a little bit more</div>
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;">
be not afraid </div>
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<br /></div>
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<i><br />
***Poems in Garlands***</i></div>
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<i> </i><b><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">for my TruestAngel, my
SoulMate, my sweet LK, Robin:</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"> see
the grounds where we were wed?</span></i></b><br />
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