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Do you feel...my boyish daydreams? The cries of a collapsing brain; the melting, smoking images that linger as they cinder, flare and sing back to the night. All those noisy things, as they stand, quiet themselves in a moment..and the red curtain parts... I say, take that brush and paint me in all that is you; bathe and yoke me in all that you are. Because love is a blanket mess, sticky and sapped in uproar and whispers; because lovers inherit each other’s hell, I’ll flounder in yours; I writhe for you, and that ardent core inside, but you know this, as a reflection knows itself. When all that is celestial feels its decline, and the spheres cry into that cold space, we can stand, laughing hand in hand, at the precipice of all things, throwing peddles and blowing kisses.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 3/17/2014 6:54:00 PM
ummm interesting... i loved this one alot you got a way with words
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Jeffrey Lucas
Date: 3/18/2014 5:01:00 AM
Thank you. I'm happy you connected with this piece. It took a lot out of me.
Date: 3/17/2014 4:36:00 PM
Hi Jeffrey, Congratulations, I'm scoping and enjoying the new featured poems for this week. :) It was nice to see your poem on the poetry soups, home page. Have a fun week. Always & Forever *LINDA
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Jeffrey Lucas
Date: 3/17/2014 5:51:00 PM
Thank you, Linda. :)
Date: 3/17/2014 5:09:00 AM
A well pen poem, enjoyed it. Congrats on the poem being featured this week, jeffrey
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Jeffrey Lucas
Date: 3/17/2014 1:53:00 PM
Thank you so much, Dr. Mehta. I appreciate the support.
Date: 3/9/2014 3:51:00 AM
The depth of this piece makes me breathless, the mystery of the expressions is beyond my comprehension- overall a Great write dear Jeffrey, so gifted! Tiaua
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Tiaua M Ioane
Date: 3/10/2014 9:09:00 PM
My grandmother used to say; 'live today as if theres no tomorrow, that way you will have no regrets'. Your friend would have loved this piece!!, her loss.
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Jeffrey Lucas
Date: 3/9/2014 4:31:00 AM
Thank you. . . never got a chance to give it to the person I wrote it for, actually.

Book: Reflection on the Important Things