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a little poem i wrote a long time ago...

alfa beta · 2009-07-12 21:57:03

Losing In that north-facing kitchen, When sheets of misty rain Trampled across the grey horizon, You stood, pale as the early dawn, Your hand trembling slightly on the table-edge, Refusing to believe his simple words. And me, in foolish comfort - 'It’s probably for the best.' My voice, crackling like a scratched old 78,…

12-07-2009 9:57pm

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Losing

In that north-facing kitchen,
When sheets of misty rain
Trampled across the grey horizon,

You stood, pale as the early dawn,
Your hand trembling slightly on the table-edge,
Refusing to believe his simple words.

And me, in foolish comfort - 'It’s probably for the best.'
My voice, crackling like a scratched old 78,
Tore a gaping hole in the silence it replaced.

Your look, slow and sorrow-wise, as if to say,
It'll happen to you someday,
Made me the unwanted stranger at an ancient wake.

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#2 12-07-2009 10:19pm

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=3403423

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#3 12-07-2009 10:54pm

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That's mad ctrl - I'd totally forgotten I'd posted that here back in the day.

(In fact I'd totally forgotten I'd ever even registered on boards.ie before - and I never would have remembered the 'ziggy sawdust' username)

Anyway, thanks for posting the link - I didn't remember getting so many positive replies - and it was great just reading through them there again.

Must try and do some more 'proper' writing again - unfortunately these days its all brochures, radio-ads and websites....but I'll just have to make the time I guess.

Thanks again for providing that link,
Cheers
Alfa (or ziggy, depending on which you prefer!!!)

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#4 12-07-2009 10:56pm

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knew i had read it before,

mainly because it was good!

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#5 12-07-2009 11:06pm

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Thats a great poem, very creative

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