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Grex Poetry Item 72: "4/8/99 Dream" by toking
Entered by toking on Fri Apr 9 18:40:52 UTC 1999:

"4/8/99 Dream"  by Joe Parish

she comes to me
running faster and faster
afraid of fear
and the little death
she runs like there's nothing else
she runs to me
but can't bring herself to touch
or taste todays oblivion
she runs to me and stops
one short breath away
her lips tremble
with shaking hands she reaches
and runs her fingers above my skin
never touching
or letting the fear in
she plays catlike games
batting at the air
in hopes of forgiveness
or forgetfullness
knowing that nothing changes
and nothing goes burning 
or breaks without remorse
closer and closer she comes
almost touching
almost letting me in
but she knows me
knows I'll bring my fear
and all of the little death
hot thin trails
trace her untouching passage
and my only desire 
is one brief moment of contact
but I know too well
that it would bring her demise

6 responses total.

#1 of 6 by orinoco on Sat Apr 10 14:39:02 1999:

"she comes to me" is such a cliche romantic line that it's kind of neat to
see it followed by "running faster and faster" - completely breaks with what
I would've expected.

#2 of 6 by bookworm on Tue Apr 13 05:02:48 1999:

Interesting.

Can I assume "the little death" is a reference to sex?

#3 of 6 by toking on Tue Apr 13 16:05:33 1999:

I'm not exactly sure what the hell I was talking baout with "the little
death" and only realized too late that it would be assumed that it was
meant to be sexual...it's not supposed to be...but I wrote this down
without thinking about it...I just had to get it out real fast before I
forgot it, so I don't remember what I meant by that particular bit

#4 of 6 by arianna on Thu Apr 22 22:34:28 1999:

I agree with dan on his point. (;
soemthing I noted:

>but she knows me
>knows I'll bring my fear
>and all of the little death

        that last line I quoted -- is that a typo?  shoul dit be "All of
the little deaths?"

#5 of 6 by toking on Fri Apr 23 08:00:05 1999:

resp:4  not a typo

I caught myself remembering this dream the otherday...and I think I meant some
sort of change with the little death bit...but I don't know...take it as you
will I suppose

#6 of 6 by bookworm on Fri Apr 23 23:54:04 1999:

resp:3 them's the best kind, Joe.

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