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A Performance

Pain brings a momentous performance by the introduction of excruciating dancing between nerve endings followed by tourniquet twisting when muscles scream out a crescendo and the mind closes the curtain on pain.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 2/28/2014 11:21:00 AM
Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for making my day. I have found it pleasurable to always begin the weekend with Poetrysoup because poets like you and poems like this do not disappoint. Have a lovely weekend
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Date: 1/19/2012 1:24:00 PM
Wishing you would grace us with some new poetry soon. You are missed Sue. Love, Carol
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Date: 1/28/2011 4:17:00 PM
wow,it's quite a performance all right and one i am so happy to miss if i can. This is great etheree , Sue. Where are you?
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Date: 11/24/2010 5:59:00 PM
wow excellent write my friend thank you for sharing
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Date: 8/20/2010 12:26:00 AM
No pain no gain? Maybe. A write as thought-provoking it is, a write that I am still reading over and over again. A write written with greatness. Love, Sami.
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Date: 8/1/2010 3:47:00 PM
Good use of this challenging form to show the sacrifice behind the performance. Thank you for sharing your talent with us and for your kind comment. Keep on writing! Karen
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Date: 8/1/2010 4:12:00 AM
nice form of etheree,, enjoyed your write..P.D.
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Date: 7/31/2010 6:24:00 PM
Feeling of pain nicely penned, sue
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