The Straight Story
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Mon Jun-30-08 12:20 AM
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California Peggy meets Firefox (a poem) |
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her sweaty hand on the hard mouse she pondered what to do Her fingers firm on it as she moved back and forth, his arrow in her hand
To click or not to click she wondered, the fire that grew within her now consumed all she knew online
IE she cried to those that knew her well, while deep within she yearned for more slowly, her fingers trembling as she gripped the hard plastic, she slid her hand up
As the sweat poured off of her, she made a choice. She would have her desire this night Pushing her finger down as she gasped she realized that there was no going back.
And then it came - up on her screen. Her view was filled with something she had not seen before filled with something she hoped now would never go away.
She looked over her shoulder, to make sure her lover, bill gates, would not see her And then she moved her hand from the hard mouse to the body of the key board before her
And she typed her desires in And realized for the first time in a long time she was free
That her desires would be met, and that while looking for them she was secure IE was gone now in her mind, but still always there on her screen - waiting for her to come back
But she never did. She found her freedom, her new love, she found the thing she had desired for so long Up all night as her hands slid along searching the web, she finally admitted it
She was in love, and she had never really understood until that night that he had been there all along Waiting to take her away from IE and give her what she always wanted.
She had finally found the one program that would not let her down And she knew then that she could never go back
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Mon Jun-30-08 12:24 AM
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1. My dear Straight Story! |
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Oh my god!
This sounds dirty!
Well done, well done indeed!
I thank you, sweetie!
Roflmao!
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:rofl:
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Mon Jun-30-08 12:55 AM
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How come that poe-am of yars dont ryme? \
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The Straight Story
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Mon Jun-30-08 12:58 AM
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3. Cause I is not a ryming feller |
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I writes story poems, like a this one here:
Captured hearts
Part 1 My Josephine
Floating like an apparition from a dream I saw you Across the saloon on the stairwell A moment in time my lady I shall not forget The sight of you has done what no man has ever It stopped this beating heart
Outlaws, guns, bullets I have lived by Fear and a racing heart for the weak For where I have been A weak heart becomes death
The look of you, My sweet Josephine Standing there alone looking down at me Was like that of an Angel Coming to take the dying man home A sweetness the taste of which I have never known
Had the site of you come to me in battle I would surely have died AS my very being stopped My concentration given over solely To staring at this vision before me
I have seen the greatest evil in men Felt the wind of bullets near me And never have I wavered Never, Oh Josephine, Until now
I have come here, to my home this night And found myself unable to think of anything But you And so I write of you, to you Until the cock crows if need be And even then I suspect I shall leave much unsaid
I liken my passion for you like the hunt of a posse I shall not be satiated so long as you remain free And out of my grasp I shall spare nothing to find you To have you
May God have mercy on this man I pray that I shall find you again this evening And that this letter has found your heart Until then my sweet…. -Wyatt
Part 2
Starry Night
Dry desert night winds slid across the prairies As a horse draws near another rider She sits alone near a creek Tethered to a tree, waiting
Long flowing Gown revealing her to the moon She watches him approach This lawman, badge glimmering in the dim light IN her hand, her heart, clutched a letter
He sees her And stops The horse prances nervously Feeling his heart racing Knowing his movements from many battles The horse prepares
A moment passes “Josephine” A whisper to no one But she hears They stare at each other Neither moving
Approaching Hoofbeats Shouts Two deputies ride to him A murder Trouble in town He nods and they ride off
He watches them Uncertain Turning to her, her name escapes his lips A tone of empathy Smiling she shakes her hair out Face caught in the moonlight Body revealed quietly beneath her gown Cocking her head to see him better she whispers “Go my Wyatt…”
Heart pounding in rage he pulls on the reins And rushes off to town Hell to pay for someone The sound of the hooves Does not drown out the beating of his heart And he knows He is deep in love With Josephine
Part 3 Letter from Josephine
My dear Wyatt How it gladdened my heart to see you Though brief was our encounter I remember it as I remember you Such a Handsome man you are My Wyatt
Does it interest you Lawman that I am alone As I write this to you? Dressed as I was when you left Feeling the need to pull you near to me And hold you
My hand trembles across this paper As a cool wind blows into my window Why have you not come to me? Why Lawman, do you fear me I have no gun No desire to harm you
I am called from below So I must take my leave I hope this finds you My Wyatt
-Josephine
Part 4 Together
Sitting alone and tired in his tent he ponders And rages Why did I not stay that night? And he thinks of the dead man outside And sighs
A horse approaches And stops Stepping into the night, a deputy sits on his horse Folded letter in his hands The scent of a woman drifts to him Taking the note he retreats again inside
Candle light dances across the paper The smell of her He reads
Commotion as he bursts from his tent People awaken and look Hastily dressed, gun belt on shoulder He rides
Hoofbeats pound as does his heart Town draws nearer And he prods the horse on Faster And like the wind he rides To Josephine
Darkened town All sleep well AS their lawman rides the night The horse stops hard in front of the saloon His heart pounds
Leaping down he races in And stops in the darkness His feet carry him to the stairs Those stairs Where first he beheld her beauty
Rushing up them To her door To her And stops as his hand touches the door knob What if? Someone else?
Anger flaring And hurt He leans back and kicks the door hard It gives and slams open A candles protests and flickers Another goes out A wisp of smoke rises and dances
Gun in hand he stares in As she sits up alarmed in bed Alone For a moment neither moves Slowly the gun goes away
The passion inside him explodes He rushes in to her To her arms To his Josephine
They embrace hard He and His Josephine And he swears to her then To never let her go His Josephine
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Mon Jun-30-08 01:02 AM
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That is seriously hilarious! :rofl:
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The Straight Story
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Mon Jun-30-08 01:02 AM
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5. Hey now, how ya gonna play my poetry |
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:) Don't make me post em all on the lounge ;)
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Mon Jun-30-08 01:05 AM
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6. If this is a taste of what you write, I'll definitely have to read more! |
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I kid you not! For anyone who knows Peggy's poetry, they will get it, and see the compliment in the hilarity!
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Mon Jun-30-08 01:08 AM
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7. Ok - here is one I have posted before - still upsets me to read it for some reason |
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Edited on Mon Jun-30-08 01:11 AM by The Straight Story
Maybe because all that has went on in my life. I tried to be serious and scary (ala HP Lovecraft) and then just went all weird :) Too much death in my life I suppose affected this poem. Not one of my best ones, but still the one that gets to me the most.
Halloween Poem 1
Dusk. Leaves rustling lightly Deserted streets He runs Terror stricken
Fear pounds in his heart Pulse races Through the woods Dark and cold
His face shows worry As it gets nearer Unseen by his eyes But felt by his soul
Halloween night Cold A chill that cuts to his bones And still he runs
Edge of the woods He stops, panting Cold sweat breaks out And he feels it again Closer
Like a ghost it comes A thief in the night Silently at first Then bursting forth Chasing him
He sobs lightly to himself Fear grips him once again He knows it is near to him Feels it coming closer
Catching his breath he runs Faster then he ever remember he has Bursting from the woods Onto a lonely road So lonely
It gains ground on him He knows now it sees him No where to hide But his eyes search anyway
Jack O’ Lanterns on porches And no one around Turning a corner He sees them
Children Going door to door Laughing He slows Feeling safer for some reason
Memories of a happier time Last year His daughter On Halloween
He slows to a walk New tears now For a daughter lost Cancer
Looking like hell Feeling it following him He walks among the people The children
Smiling Remembering Crying They must think I am nuts
Unshaven Tattered clothes Sweating Crying A costume of his own
Lost in time And memories He walks alone Into the night
He stops finally In front of a cemetery Walks into it Wind blows lightly And on the Autumn air He feels it coming again
He does not run His feet carry him onward Past every type of headstone Until he finds it
He stands there Smiling Looking down And pulls himself together A child’s gravestone Little Angel Arms holding a child Grave holding his little girl
He hears it at the gates Coming for him A look of determination No longer fear
Onto his knees he falls Taking the angel in his arms He whispers to her Please remember me
Somewhere out there In a world not so far away A silent whisper drifts A man she once knew Someone called Daddy
She lets go the hand Of her Angel And drifts away Please remember me
It comes back to her A life somewhere else Someone’s pain On the day she left
Please remember me Like a beacon to her soul it comes And she goes She remembers
She sees him as he was that day As she left and floated off His pain floats to her She looks back And a host of angels follow her Singing
Cold and sick He hugs her stone As it stands behind him Glaring His mortality
A cough More blood So sick since she left So alone
His hand reaches out To her mother’s stone Drunk driver Three years ago But the pain remains
Scared Fear of the unknown So dark out And alone He holds onto this world
He looks up to the heavens So many stars this night Millions of them Glowing bright
He sniffles Wipes away tears Darkness recedes Stars glow brighter
Like clouds breaking Light bathes him Warm Inviting
Please remember me His head lays upon the stone then Cold Eyes staring
A hand reaches out to him Warmth fills him Like he has never before felt He looks up
His little girl smiles down Behind her floats a host of Angels His wife holds her other hand Looking down at him
My baby he cries I remember you she whispers Always and forever A smile crosses her face
He stands And looks down upon himself In a hospital bed Come on daddy Come home
He let’s go Three souls travel Through a chorus And protected by an army Of Angels
The doctor shakes his head He’s gone He writes down the time And ponders the man’s smile
A little piece of paper Clutched in his hand Just three words Please remember me
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Mon Jun-30-08 01:11 AM
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Just. Wow.
That's beautiful.
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The Straight Story
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Mon Jun-30-08 01:14 AM
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9. I wrote this one about a teddy bear, because it reminded me of my son at the time |
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And his little bear (and I was 2200 miles away after a divorce and missed my kids dearly)
The Little Teddy Bear
1916 Winds of war blow across the land Shells fall, whistling their death tune Gunshots near the village Tanks and men
A little boy huddles under his bed Hiding Clutching all he has left A teddy bear
Ragged, but sewn well Buttons for eyes Small bow upon it’s neck Soft
His parents gone The Germans A wounded GI had found him And given to him the little Bear
Days come and go Chilly nights Warmed only by the touch Of his cuddly bear
War is over An orphanage He clings to his only possession Now wet with many tears
1944 War again He marches into battle Gun at side Bear, in his backpack
Across fields he runs Avoiding land mines Gun fire Shells
At night When he sits alone Out comes his little bear And away goes the fear
Winter sets in He is still alive They come to a small village In France
Christmas night War rages on for the town They break through And liberate it
House to house Searching for the enemy Until he hears her A little child, crying
He kneels And looks under the bed She recoils in fear Whimpering
Gun set aside He opens his pack One last time his hands touch His little bear
He smiles at it Then at her She sees the bear His smile
His hand slides under the bed She takes it Emerging from her hiding place Clothes tattered and torn
She looks up at him Tears streaking her little face Looks at his little bear And opens her arms
It passes then From man to child For once in so many years He lets it go
She hugs it Holds it tight And weeps Upon her little bear
She carried that bear For all her years As she lay upon her deathbed He was there
No fear As she passed on that Fall Her arms tightly holding Her little bear
It baffled them As they read her will Everything went to her family Except that teddy bear
On Christmas eve A little boy In his hospital bed Waited for Santa
He awoke Still dark outside Somewhere over the speakers Silent night played softly
A package was there Next to his bed Tied in a ribbon Bright, cheery and red
He tore it open Joy on his face And laying within A little teddy bear
He hugged it And kissed it Named it Ted Then brushed off all the leaves it had
He thought it odd Leaves covered it And it seemed cold and a little wet He snuggled it hard, and with it he slept
The attorney sat that night Remembering the will He found it strange What she had said
Take this bear, and give it a box Put it upon my grave On my estate plot And let it be
For it not stay When it is needed May it find it’s way To a child’s arms
Slightly snoring, the little boy slept A leaf caught in his hair The bear woke up, and look about Blew the leaf off And hugged his little boy
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Mon Jun-30-08 01:22 AM
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10. Okay, you've got me crying now. |
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Mon Jun-30-08 01:25 AM
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11. Well, how about a love poem then to lighten the mood :) |
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Wrote this for my nature loving hippie wife 10 years ago:
Hallowed Halls
Moonlight Waves crash hard upon the cliff The cliff of the house The place of those Hallowed Halls
Children sleep this night in it’s many rooms A feeling of being watched taunting them Wood creaks gently in a breeze A warm glow seeping through the wood
Nights go by Years A restless spirit waifs about the halls Of her hallowed home
Untouched by time she walks In her home Alone and quiet Until this night
Serenity as they sleep She watches, smiling at the children Such joy they have brought her She stands over a little girl Memories of her childhood
A smell comes to her like a spirit Beckoning her Fear Smoke waifs through the halls Fire, here in her hallowed home
She is instantly there And helpless Flames lick the ceiling of the kitchen The room below them The children
The wood of the house cries out to her Spirit meets it as she rages through the halls Touching every bit of the wood Calling to it
Life long ago thought lost Gone from the depths of the forest Erupts into her spirit And she glows with a light not seen by human eyes The fire grows
Spirit flies into a child’s room Her little girl She awakens at the light And stares
Before the little girl stands the woman Hair flowing in a spiritual wind Dress clinging to her, flapping about Knowing eyes
“Run, leave this house now!” She jumps from bed and runs yelling down the hall Unsure why, she yells of fire Not of the ghost
People awaken The blaze has grown And the house is threatened She watches as they all leave Unable to fight the heat and smoke
Her house will die And she with it Spirit weeps Aches
Aimlessly people mill about Glow of the moon on them Shouts Hugs from parents And she stands alone in the house
Wind picks up Rages A breeze breaks through the real world To hers
She floats to a balcony and looks out to the sea Waves far below Too far And the wind grows
Memories long gone come to her A mighty wave reaches up the cliff To her balcony
There before her eyes Illuminated in the moonlight The water stands still And for the first time in over a hundred years She sees Him
Arms spread wide he calls the sea to her And the waves obey With the force of an ancient love Water comes forth from the sea From him
It envelopes the house Crashing into it And rushes to the fire Hissing and smoke pour out And their eyes meet
Long ago lovers He built his ship from their place Deep in the woods And set sail
Their hands had crafted it together They would travel together This man and his lover To see the world
Then they came To her forest Their home Trying to stop them A bullet through her heart
Falling she grabbed an old oak And died there Enraged he had killed them all And wept for days over her
He buried her then In her trees And left in his boat To his sea he so dreamed of To the crashing rocks To his death
Years gone by And new men came They took the trees And made this house And with the trees came her spirit
He looked at her A wet hand reached out Taking it she pulled him from the waves To her house To her heart
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Sun Jul-06-08 01:53 PM
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It is funny, isn't it?
And he did get a DUzy for it!
:hi:
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