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[aid] => mick
[title] => Paper Playmates
[time] => 2016-08-25 22:14:46
[hometext] => Books to save and soothe
[bodytext] => A human cattle-prod of stinging tongue once stung bare my heart, robbed my race, stilled my start; Oh, to think of then, diminishing returns those hollow clinks, passing for years, reminding me (I think) of when I could not face what has been, heart turned hard to port from those fears- eyes habited low to mere reflections of above, the sun, joy, love- shadows, my only partners, dancing wall to wall unobstructed, playroom cries at gray shadows, spawn of darkened sun, alone, but I had everyone- Oh, such company!, my paper playmates, these; only blanket shared with Jean Valjean, iced breath clouding Russian misery- my Gulag danced Stalin/'/s dream; those years that should have meant the most- Lo!, still remain I chained to my own ghost, Oh, fresh pain!, a century sliced near half, (even now) I toss ill soothed, weeping too, “Lay down the past!”, and I try… I do, through quartered chatter of projections, tinkling dinners; of course, vapid diners live their moment/'/s truth that holds no part for me (they see); showing them a wrinkle free smile pure as Chantilly lace, a mile wide, invisibly glued in place, though I/'/m ever prey to memory/'/s cattle-prod- holding, held at bay relentless, my facade; invisible to all, but even now I toss. still following shadows on empty walls, though coolly casual, my falangle waves, in timed perfection (of practice ill), to nods and smiling eyes- such a shame, this mastered skill. [comments] => 1 [counter] => 238 [topic] => 31 [informant] => Invierno [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => StoryPoetry )
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