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July 26, 2011
By lapisleaves DIAMOND, Durham, New Hampshire
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lapisleaves DIAMOND, Durham, New Hampshire
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"...I wish none of this had happened." "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

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My bangles are reeds.
My shackles
fit no keys
for the only thing that fills
bones
is marrow.
How am I expected
to play cards
without an allowance to
gamble?
Bound hands do not do wonders.
My bangles are reeds.
They glitter like
moonlight and old rivers
but they were stolen from me
many years ago

© Steve S., Marblehead, MA

The author's comments:
I find this mysterious. It gives me lots of questions. Are our bones shackles, if you do not move? This is a reckless person, reckless in the past at least. They miss now what they no longer have.
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MumblingMelanie DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 29 2011 at 9:54 am
MumblingMelanie DIAMOND, Jackson, Missouri
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This is very beautiful. I can tell that you're a talented writer and you seem like a wise person. I am especially fond of the meaning, which is very thought-provoking.