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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 12:32 PM
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She lies beneath the fig tree
Edited on Thu Jun-29-06 01:28 PM by Tom Yossarian Joad


She lies beneath the fig tree

and remembers the shops

and the vendors

and the talk



of things that are about to change

and remembers the fear.



Before her father lay bleeding beside her.


She remembers the quiet
the silence

at night

before these things

brought new silence.


She hears the vehicles
roll by

carrying death
and

foreigners

to change her world.




The old silence returns

and she gets up

to take her baby

water.



end















On edit:

this is more than I thought when I wrote it.

It has cost me (second edit) to see this on today's FP.

Thank you to the people that appreciated this last night.
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 12:38 PM
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1. K and R
Maybe we can get five before your work gets sent to the lounge
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 12:39 PM
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K&R
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 12:40 PM
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4. Ouch. Let's not go there.
I just got my posting privilages reinstated.

Peace.
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 12:57 PM
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6. Fair enough
I hope I didn't step in a minefield. I know nothing other then your poem is very powerful and needs to be disseminated far and wide.

Peace
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 01:17 PM
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8. Thanks, That's all I wanted. n/t
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 12:39 PM
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2. Thanks for the recs...
It's hard to put a face on the pain.
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BR_Parkway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 12:40 PM
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3. I'll give it a K&R
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 12:40 PM
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5. K&R. You are a very powerful poet. n/t
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 01:14 PM
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7. Thank you all for the K&r's Sometimes it is hard to
convey a message.

Peace to you all.
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 01:32 PM
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9. Self serving kick
because I love feedbAck.
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SalviaBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 01:40 PM
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10. Beautiful and moving
I will give you my first ever DU recommend... if I can figure out how.

Thanks Tom Yossarian Joad
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SalviaBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 01:42 PM
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11. Sorry - I can't recommend yet
But thanks for the beautiful and meaningful poem.
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 02:33 PM
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12. That's okay...
I'm just glad that you read it.
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 02:57 PM
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13. Dying is the easy part...
But to live and know what happened...

God forgive us.
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 08:38 PM
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14. Very powerful imagery.
And, I'd like to add, I'm glad to see you back. :hug:
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