scottn
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 |  Subject: Broken Latch Thu May 31, 2012 2:30 pm | |
| Broken Latch
Do others spy
The broken latch
On my white, Ford van
As they pass?
Maybe the highway
Of life is moving
Too fast
Within the current
Of time to notice
Rattle and shakes
She rumbles
The thin skin
Of her rusting body
Speaking out
As the bumps
And concrete divots of
The day repeat
A bungee cord
Secures my bouncing
Exit out
The simple black rubber band
Will hold for now
One steel hook
Snares the window
Frame
The other clutching-
Strapped to a protruding thumb-
Like accessory
Perfect for a hanger
To dangle
A company embossed jacket
My son watches
The day go by
Though the looking
Glass of his choice
As we travel
To the state park
I don’t think
He even notices
The door is broken
And ajar
His eyes a dream
Ahh…..
To be thirteen
Again |
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Thena
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| | Subject: Re: Broken Latch Thu May 31, 2012 3:36 pm | |
| Reminds me of my Dad and his pride and joy....his 100.00 truck that was pretty ragged...
He was so hard on cars (on the farm) that once he was driving to town and the A frame fell out of the car...LOL |
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| | Subject: Re: Broken Latch Thu May 31, 2012 4:27 pm | |
| i'll bet at least 1 in five of the entire American population has a "broken latch" of some sort or another that needs fixing (allegorically speaking of course).
...some aren't even aware of it, never know what could tumble out or what has tumbled in.
Nice piece.
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Thena
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| | Subject: Re: Broken Latch Thu May 31, 2012 4:29 pm | |
| I don’t think
He even notices
The door is broken
And ajar
His eyes a dream |
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oneagleswings
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| | Subject: Re: Broken Latch Thu May 31, 2012 4:37 pm | |
| Joseph was a dreamer and alas was betrayed by his brothers. |
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Lora
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| | Subject: Re: Broken Latch Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:24 pm | |
| I love the vulnerability and rawness in this one. I've gone through much of life feeling like I've got a broken latch. I'm thankful that the Lord has been there to hold me together through all the "rattles and shakes." |
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rhymarhyma
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| | Subject: Re: Broken Latch Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:48 pm | |
| I was able to drift away to that one. very nice. Word. |
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