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Well Grounded

Earphones on and nothing playing Music barreling in a dusty brain Phones ringing and no one answering Your voice was always assuming That darkness, ever blooming Set me free that day out in the wild Hot, sierra brown mounds picking up trash Empty gas station cheap as a rat I threw my cell into the dust The only thing with personality The wind wouldn't carry your voice And neither would I And the ground assumed nothing That is a beauty I have too long failed to appreciate

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Stephen Kilmer

Date: 10/31/2013 5:42:00 PM

Throw away your newspaper and blow up the TV. You don't need any of that crap to live. Great work. "Empty gas station cheap as a rat" WOW bring back some very weird memories for me. Great imagery. ~Kilmer

Dan Kearley

Date: 10/28/2013 2:33:00 PM

Music barreling in a dusty brain? Whoa! Heavy... Are you strumming in that new pic? Like the words of the heart here. :o)

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 10/28/2013 11:22:00 AM

wow! Laura, that kind of sounded like me... nothing playing, one day soon I hope I learn and see all the beauty passing me right by... enjoyed..LINDA

Nette Onclaud

Date: 10/28/2013 10:57:00 AM

now we are really talking about a greeat life, laura.. a beautiful piece all throughout!..:) huggs

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 10/28/2013 9:33:00 AM

Lovely allegorical poem, Laura

Kathryn Collins

Date: 10/28/2013 8:43:00 AM

Dear Laura - Too many lines of utter insight, utter poetry. I love it. Cheap as a rat; dust the only thing with personality; and the ground assumed nothing. Wow. love, Kathy