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The And women

Member since 2002 · Posted 18 Jun 2005 · Edited 5 Jul 2005 · 12 comments

They talk to you in subtitles of a language not meant to be understood. The rain from spain falls mainly in their veins. Loving to drag across your eyes like serrated clouds tasking us to find them as they are or hidden in pearls and pearls. Sometimes lucky enough to find them in clover plying a fiddle. This is about frustration and rust holen bridges. The free ones are worst. Angry Swallowtails on Harleys. We always bless the annuals and the gardeners that sent them transplanting. Pumpkins never kept them well.

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12 comments

[9] Mr Pig 18-Jun-05/10:31 AM Reply
hot diggity dog its bloody fantastic. 6th stanza good golly.
[10] zodiac 19-Jun-05/4:47 AM Reply
I liked the title. I don't see how it relates to the poem. Which is also good.
[5] deleted user 19-Jun-05/7:40 AM Reply
>>The rain from spain falls mainly in their veins.<<
Ah! My Fair Lady in a theatrical reworking by Cheech & Chong!
[6] Dan garcia-Black 19-Jun-05/10:37 AM Reply
Yeah, you're right. Those pumpkin shells don't keep them very well.
[7] Dovina 19-Jun-05/9:13 PM Reply
Oh, but we are meant to be understood in our subtitles of language as we drag accross your eyes with pearls meant only to adorn.
[10] zodiac › Dovina 20-Jun-05/5:57 AM Reply
I like "subtitles". I'm not trying to be mean, it just struck me as cute.
[n/a] INTRANSIT 5-Jul-05/8:23 AM Reply
Typo corrected. Stanzas 4,5,7 have been altered.
[7] Dovina 5-Jul-05/1:34 PM Reply
I'm not getting what the last 4 lines have to do with it.

We always bless the annuals that send the gardeners transplanting.
[9] Caducus 6-Jul-05/3:55 AM Reply
aint line 2 so true lol.
[7] Lenore 6-Jul-05/8:42 AM Reply
"plying a fiddle."

Interesting poem.

[10] zodiac 7-Jul-05/2:47 AM Reply
I still don't understand the "And" part. I love the title, but the connection is lacking.
[8] horus8 27-Feb-06/3:32 PM Reply
Needs a new ending.