Month:October 2002

words by barbara doduk 7. and the question wasn’t answered and ended in a why over the hill into the valley cave soft and sweet lingering there hovered tasting the longing for more and angels sang above the window ledge and held the stars in their place formed the clouds to set background for morning …
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words by barbara doduk 3. and melancholy flowers droop vase edges stuck on empty ledges flowered over bloom the pedals weep and bleed gloom brown patch purple glow of perfume stench killed by love and loving to be dead in all the lies he said and winter washing in over snow bleak bitter clouds after …
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words by barbara doduk 6. and with a rush over the inside out the point was made without much more and the fuss was to begin with all that stuff over who is who and what owns what and the argumentative combat zone sheltered edges razors length of cold shots fired at the armour shield …
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words by barbara doduk 1. twilight night of life born in love divorced hate family Twizzler stick chewed raw green blue blooming mistrust infidelity lusty neighbour married label more questionable likeable friends flowering fake fun and children playing swing set disasters and wagon running over little fingers nails popping bloodied scenes of laughter horror rusty …
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words by barbara doduk 5. and blushing girls smiling over the waste baskets clinging to the record spinning hanging off the tail of the rat they called mine or was it his or theirs or no ones in the end and does it even really matter to me any more and caressing sleeves little pathetic …
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words by barbara doduk 4. and in a blizzard swirl of lights like a hurricane blowing around the sticky room looking into the idiot grins with eyes wide open pupils dilated like big rim filled coffee mugs steaming and spinning quick then slow the music garbled belched a familiar melody my mind wrapped around like …
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words by barbara doduk 2. and the empty years shifted gears through the wasted youth of stuffed bunnies and losing teeth roller-skating accidental wipe-out fearful mother in her other life green carpet grassed the TV days baby-sitter blinked its big blue eye over the livingroom hangout and more recluse leaving behind the windows open shut …
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