just a mood, with which i am familiar, *intensified*.
~SB | http://www.sbpoet.com
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Patrick McManus <
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> Bleak !hope you not feeling this personally
> Patrick- old fusspot
>
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> Sent: 30 July 2008 18:01
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> 30 July 02008
>
> the moon is dark
> the wind is high
> i'm stuck, inert
> a stone on a stump
>
> a hollow stone
> if you break me
> only dust will fall out
> a thin, dry dust
>
> the sky changes
> minute to minute
> bright, then dim,
> glowering
>
> far away
> the ground shakes
> farther, rivers rise
> over houses and lanes
>
> i set down words
> meaningless tokens
> i am an empty stone
> i mark my own grave
>
>
> ~SB | http://www.sbpoet.com
>
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