BlueIris
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Sun Dec-14-08 02:51 PM
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The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 12/14/08 |
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"The River Between Us"
Yes, this push/pull thing this whatever, this everything-works- so-run, and then tonight the kids are with me on the couch and the little one says: "Well, why don’t your kids and dog come over here like we come to your house?" But then she remembers my kids are away at school and Barney, well, he’s not a dog that visits much; he mostly stays and gaurds the house. And we talk about why and all that, why it hasn't happened yet, I mean, and I’m thinking about how I like when you all come over and spend the night and then it’s the next morning, a tumble of kids and dogs and teddy bears. And I know,
I know about this virtual distancing, this faraway thing, this across the river, yes, this river between us; and what and how it needs to be there for now, for safety and all that, and what it would mean to really acknowledge what we have here. Or maybe what kind of boat we'd need for that kind of river. Or what if we just let it go and see, just see how we can do this together.
—Meredith Pond
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Chorophyll
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Sun Dec-14-08 02:55 PM
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Hell yeah. This is a keeper.
I also like that the author's last name is "pond." :)
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BlueIris
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Sun Dec-14-08 02:59 PM
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Because, truly, how great a last name is "Pond"?
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Sun Dec-14-08 03:07 PM
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and I’m thinking about how I like when you all come over and spend the night and then it’s the next morning, a tumble of kids and dogs and teddy bears
:hi:
RL
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Sun Dec-14-08 04:42 PM
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5. Aw, thanks. I hadn't posted anything this...ordinary in a while. nt |
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Sun Dec-14-08 03:14 PM
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Interesting...
Love...and the push/pull of desire.
Wanting to be there, but still........afraid.
I like it!
Thank you!
:hi:
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Tuesday Afternoon
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Sun Dec-14-08 05:23 PM
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blended family sort of thing. I like the last line a lot:
"... Or what if we just let it go and see, just see how we can do this together."
congrats on 20,000:party:
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Sun Dec-14-08 06:25 PM
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"...yes, this river between us; and what and how it needs to be there for now, for safety and all that, and what it would mean to really acknowledge what we have here."
"(F)or safety and all that..."
Sometimes, it's necessary to have distance in order to be together.
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