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Array ( [sid] => 57890 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Aperture [time] => 2004-07-28 10:26:02 [hometext] => All that we would veil in ourselves, returns to us in kind... [bodytext] => Duplicitous kindness kills us
from behind the pleated
curtains we hang, where
sunlight strikes the

outside, rounded folds,
and shadows fill the
spaces in between--

Taking their shape by virtue
of perspective, as well
as other factors--of ambience,
and aperture (the only

light is the light we
let inside)--and we are
all caricatures, in pleated

Abstraction, waiting for
the sun, and seeking not
to rise--as the occasion
calls for diffusion, through

the layers of our textured
selves, drawn closed by
circumstance, which

duplicitous kindness brings. [comments] => 5 [counter] => 582 [topic] => 13 [informant] => Sagacious [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 9 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => DarkPoetry )

Aperture

Contributed by Sagacious on Wednesday, 28th July 2004 @ 10:26:02 AM in AEST
Topic: DarkPoetry

Duplicitous kindness kills us
from behind the pleated
curtains we hang, where
sunlight strikes the

outside, rounded folds,
and shadows fill the
spaces in between--

Taking their shape by virtue
of perspective, as well
as other factors--of ambience,
and aperture (the only

light is the light we
let inside)--and we are
all caricatures, in pleated

Abstraction, waiting for
the sun, and seeking not
to rise--as the occasion
calls for diffusion, through

the layers of our textured
selves, drawn closed by
circumstance, which

duplicitous kindness brings.

Copyright © Sagacious ... [ 2004-07-28 10:26:02]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: Aperture (User Rating: 1 )
by jenny21614 on Wednesday, 28th July 2004 @ 12:21:12 PM AEST
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wow. real good.

Re: Aperture (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Wednesday, 28th July 2004 @ 12:45:14 PM AEST
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Duplicitous kindness kills us
from behind the pleated
curtains we hang, where
sunlight strikes the

outside, rounded folds,
and shadows fill the
spaces in between--

How true!! - and yet I would never have been able to come up with this comparison. Very original thinking. I liked this.

Re: Aperture (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Wednesday, 28th July 2004 @ 02:23:55 PM AEST
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Duplicity on serves to create a larger web of deceit in the end. Nicely written, good structure.

Re: Aperture (User Rating: 1 )
by ladyfawn on Wednesday, 28th July 2004 @ 11:46:10 PM AEST
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excellent write, so true, great style and flow too:) hugs n' love nessa

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Re: Aperture (User Rating: 1 )
by FleurdeSang on Monday, 9th August 2004 @ 10:16:50 AM AEST
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I can not comment with many words as I usually do, because you have left me with no words to describe how beautiful this is... All i can say is two words: True Perfection.

All my love, your dearest friend and fan,

*~Fleur~*

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