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signlanguage

Its hard to see the signs
when your eyes are hiding
behind dirty windows
and your lashes drape like
smoky blinds..

its hard..

When your fingers are
only intimate with dimming
lights and touch - tone sounds..

to see..

When you close the curtains..

the signs..

When you draw the blinds..

..

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On Thursday August 30th, 2007, Ainsof (1831) writes:

I always like poems that somehow refer to themselves, reflexive, perhaps, self referential, maybe, like this one... a language of what is not spoken but communicated nonetheless... the signs we 'read' daily or nightly to find out where we are, where we st

On Thursday August 30th, 2007, Ainsof (1831) writes:

and... such signs as those that can be obscured with the slightest of movement, a shift in expression or that indescribable x that may or may not have happened that can all at once how everything may look. I like the patience with which this develops and

On Thursday August 30th, 2007, Ainsof (1831) writes:

*...at once, change*

On Thursday August 30th, 2007, Ainsof (1831) writes:

the occasional rhyme and repetition complement each other to produce a tone that is solemn, perhaps worried and waiting, within a subtle context of privacy, of intimacy and, perhaps, unrest. Nice!

On Thursday August 30th, 2007, carlosjackal (1717) writes:

Haunting piece that is simply brilliant and wonderfully expressed =) -Carl

On Saturday August 25th, 2007, Freebird (642) writes:

Well done. Glad to see you posting again

On Friday August 24th, 2007, prettydisgrace (140) writes:

well executed.

On Friday August 24th, 2007, prettydisgrace (140) writes:

p.s ♥

On Friday August 24th, 2007, Bella Butchery (1140) writes:

oh my, you have trully proven your place on my favorites... you are growing into an astounding writer of prose and poetry... well well done, english bird.

On Friday August 24th, 2007, Tania (304) writes:

thanks babe, your such a darling too x

On Friday August 24th, 2007, asphyxia (77) writes:

well tania- maybe you should stop peeping into ur neighbor's windows!! =P kidding aside, i love the repeat of the first line. i feel the subtle longing in this.

On Friday August 24th, 2007, Tania (304) writes:

oh cutieful.. v.funny.. thank you babe, your such a darling ;)

On Friday August 24th, 2007, melinoe (64) writes:

I feel distant from myself. This was excellent.

On Thursday August 23rd, 2007, Derelict Dream (42) writes:

Loved the format and how well it worked in this one.

On Thursday August 23rd, 2007, Sketso (534) writes:

Excellent imagery on the distortion of intimacy.

On Thursday August 23rd, 2007, unspeakable truth (146) writes:

Nicely conveyed...all to true.

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