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Read MoreBefore Time was once apple skinned and quartered still hanging from the tree, as if a disembowelled astronaut hanging from moon gallows At the hill’s summit we knelt among the dead, ate the rancid gifts from their bodies flesh of berries, mouths and holes of skin, until the sky darkened...
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Yeesh! I’m hoping Del skips this one! (we’re planning a ’27 wedding). lol.
Your poetic strength is maybe lost on some readers, because you go deep like this. There’s geometry in this creation, angles and dark corners. I can take the weight, though, when reading your powerful lines. Because there is reward in finding the meanings and how we perceive it all. Outstanding depth here. -
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As always Mark, I’m so pleased someone gets me.
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Read MoreHe knocked on my virtual windowKnock knockI just wanted to say helloA smile on my faceA light in my eyesUgh ugh ummmHello back dear friend.
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There was a series I liked with cyborgs that I got hooked on. this reminds me of it. Really good Amethyste
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Thank you Fia.
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Hello out there, in there. 🙂
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Hello back.
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Thank you dear.
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New encounters are exciting. But we can’t help to subconsciously be cautious.
This reminds me of that.
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Read MoreBo's ShadowBo was 6 when he made a full body silhouette in class. Black paper that he carefully cut out and brought home proudly. He called it his shadow.He taped it to his wall near his bed Itremained there...
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Funny and sad.
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This is sad. He boxed up his soul.
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Thank you so much!
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This is disturbing, but believable. You need to pass a test before getting a driver’s license, but no qualifications at all are needed to become a parent–the most important job in the world. Numerous are those who go through life with broken souls.
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Read MoreCOMING ALIVE!How do you heal? How do youconvince yourself that there reallyare good touches? How do youtrust after a lifetime of horrific abuse!It just happens. It may happen slowlyor one day there is an epiphany or...I guess for some...
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Powerful work. Tremendous.
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Did you also read part 1 WAITING FOR MONSTERS?
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I read both parts….loved them both.
You’re amazing,that’s all.🙏
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I smile on both ends from that comment!
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Since that day at 24, I’m ok on orgasms. Toys and strange men…sorry society. Women also! Yummy. A few things still trigger. Face front is the worst. Feeling restricted (held down) causes me to freeze. Or I see past faces that aren’t there. Some music triggers and some names, also. Not being in a relationship, I probably have too much sex. Last relationship there was companionship and caring – but little sex. I ended it. I still have a life to live. I can’t do boredom.
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Read MoreWAITING FOR MONSTERSAfter an horrific childhood and then an equally…YES EQUALLY abusivefirst marriage – there came a momentof peace before I screwed up again!Having been violently controlled myentire life, up to that point, I didn'tknow what do with myself...
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Your body was there, going through the motions, and that was it. Tough first part
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Blushing now!
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I always like it when someone starts with an object, “Apple,” and ends with the same object. This is good. I enjoyed it.