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Fallen Angel




She wears a halo
of our making,
tipped a bit off kilter,
a significant clue for you,
as you ponder how this "angel"
tumbled from her cloud.

Was she caught
without her passport
entering a nearby country?

Was she smuggling
foreign currency
inside her lacy bra?

Or was she hiding
secret codes
inside her poetry?

And now she bears
the penalty
for her feisty ways,
implanted with a joint
to replace her tired own,
irrevocably.



So does the halo
just off center
reflect her sense of humor
or a devious life of crime,
or merely loss of balance
in a public parking lot?




Was she packing
suspicious containers
in her pretty carry-on?

Was she carrying
contraband
tucked into her pantyhose?

Or special treats to dispense
despite the sign,
"Do Not Feed the Ducklings?"

While she rehabilitates,
you may venture guesses
in the comment area below
as how the sweetest angel,
known as dear angelica,
could be dubbed a fallen angel!



Guess away
in manner complimentary
or mysteriously spy-licious!










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Prompt: Fallen angel
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  • deercatcher
    September 22
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    I do stanza 4 all the time..http://allpoetry.com/poem/5617514


  • angelica silver member
    August 27

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    Dear M-C, Thank you so much for writing this beautiful poem for me, I read all the comments, they are all marvelous and I thank everyone who read and commented.
    And what Hugh said is true I didn't watch where I put my feet, but from now on I will be very careful.
    Love and hugs.
    angelica


    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      August 28
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      Hey, the sweetest angel is here!!!

      Just imagine all of us looking over your shoulder,
      watching ahead as you make your next step!

      We had fun in our imagining, wishing reality
      had been otherwise!!

      Days going by faster till home again?
      Hope everything is healing well
      and you're getting more vim
      every day!!

      Loads of love and hugs winging their way to you,

      M-C


  • Maureen silver member
    August 20

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    This was FUN!

    I love a good mystery! I happen to know this fallen angel merely lost her balance in a public parking lot (nothing else could make her halo lose its place above her). As Angelica recuperates, I pray her recovery time will be short and she'll soon be back with the 'gang' (she's always such a good sport!).

    Best of Luck in the contest!

    ♥ Maureen

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      August 21
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      Since Angelica was also such a good sport
      in our cooperative "Whodunnit" mystery,
      I thought it proper to give her a one of her own!
      But no mystery here for those of us who
      know her and love her!!

      Thank you, Maureen,

      M-C


  • hugh wyles silver member
    August 20

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    Dear M-C,

    When Angelica had her fall
    she hardly screamed or cried at all
    She never yelled or even groaned
    nor was she absolutely stoned
    for Angelica never drinks -
    all alcohol is bad she thinks.

    No mass-destruction tools, or worse,
    had she concealed inside her purse;
    no dope did sniffer dogs detect
    in any place you might expect.
    She'd not committed any crime
    for which in prison she'd do time.

    Nor had she broken any laws
    or vandalised things without cause
    she didn't even have a gun
    when going to get her coiffure done.
    The SAS are not sure what
    caused her to fall in the parking lot.

    But I can tell you well enough
    the surface there is very rough
    and Joan's collapse was caused, complete,
    not watching where she put her feet.
    It was, alas, one of those things
    that trip up angels without wings !!

    And now we're going to miss her all,
    while she's laid up in hospital.

    Thanks for your attempt to solve the mystery of Joan's untimely fall but what I've told you is the dinkum oil. Good luck in the voting.
    Applause, love and hugs, XXX Hugh.

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      August 21
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      Oh, Hugh, thank you
      for contuing the spirit of the story.

      It seemed apprpriate to her fun-loving nature
      that some escapades could find their way
      into the tale of the fallen angel.

      I think of her everyday and send wishes
      for good excercise sessions and a comfortable stay!

      Winging love and hugs to you, King Hugh,

      M-C


  • catz Moderators member
    August 18

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    Even angels sometimes fall, some from grace, some as just a reminder they're not invincible. And there's those like our angelica who don't seem to even deserve a fall... BUT... only God knows all and He's not telling

    A nicely presented poem, and I wish you well in the contest

    Dee

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      August 20
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      Thank you, Dee.

      Ah, invincible! don't we wish.
      Certainly undeserving, our sweet angel,
      of such misfortune!

      M-C


  • Summer52
    August 13

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    Nice tribute to a dear friend.
    Good luck in the contest, Mumsy!

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      August 13
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      A thought it might bring angelica
      a smile when she is able to get
      back to the internet again!

      Thank you, summer.

      Mumsy


  • joyfuljossie
    August 11

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    this.....
    this made me giggle
    thank-you!


    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      August 12
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      Hi, Joss!

      Nice to see you here.
      And giggles are good!!!

      thanks for stopping in.

      M-C


  • Jayde1
    August 11

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    excellent

    another great poem here
    with images that inspire...

    i liked the humour in this piece..
    made me chuckle to myself...



    So does the halo
    just off center
    reflect her sense of humor
    or a devious life of crime,
    or merely loss of balance
    in a public parking lot?


    great stuff....

    from start to finish




    Jayde

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      August 12
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      Thank you, Jayde!

      I tried to get in a bit of whimsy
      so to also provide a chuckle
      for the real live angel
      when she gets back to the internet
      from her healing hiatus.

      Glad you saw the fun of it!!

      M-C


  • Yemassee gold member
    August 11
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    Oh, now I know what you mean. Apparently this slipped my attention. Did I click on it? If I did I must have got busy doing something else and then confused it with your previous angel poem and thus didn't comment. I never miss a poem of your intentionally.

    a significant clue for you,

    I always think of Mariza when it comes to tilted halos! lol, man am I in trouble!

    Actually I think of an old friend who I even wrote a short story about, lol

    Does she add secret code in her poetry? I thought only I did that.
    Lacy bra?

    I think she was just plain old drunk.

    Ms. Marvel ought to join Hugies...I know there is an opening for an alter ego there.

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      August 11
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      I thought that alter ego spot was retired,
      you know, the Jersey hung on the wall,
      the farewell ceremony. Of coure, if the
      character's name is Bret.....

      Ms. Marvel disappeared yhesterday---during the day---
      almost noon here--Sudo C-J was looking and couldn't
      find her--had to come in thru a contest to get to the page.
      She was checking back on Ms. Marvel's current political rants!!
      I sent ANOTHER ticket to get the first page removed.

      Well, you are not the only code expert---hmmmmm---time for a
      modern day Holmes to appear? A mystery site!!!!

      • Yemassee gold member
        August 11

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        Retired? I hear they burn Sir Ima in effigy every month.

        Ms. Marvel is a mess. I'd just create a new Ms. Marvel, that one is apparently permanently broken.

        got to run. Bye


  • Denerica
    August 11

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    Well the slight disobedience can do it. Who she might be, should be, could be stirs our wiles. Angels are to do their assignments wisely and without one shed of imperfection since they represent the Most High God. The tilted halo cuold be that of she received mercy without ending up totally working for satan, possibly a second chance one day for her. I know I get deep. Maybe off kilter in guessing but that is my answer. Those pics are so amazing and your penning goes onto perfection. Excellent. Blessings.

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      August 11
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      Denerica, you give a fascinating,
      creative solution as to her
      condition!! Your knowledge
      and imnagination create a
      complex scenario. Yes, "deep!"

      Thanks for adding to the speculation.
      You always have a unique take on things!!

      M-C


  • arafura gold member
    August 11

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    I like the 'rakish' angel to her halo... Wonderful poem my friend!


    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      August 11
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      Perhaps it's that "Down Under" pull of gravity
      that has that effect on her halo!

      Thank you, John,

      M-C


  • Blushfulmoon silver member
    August 10

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    excellent

    Really enjoyed the read sis
    Yeppers she is a fallen angel with her halo a bit tilted
    Very creative as always
    Best of luck in the contest
    I have up a few new ones..not many reads
    I do hope you drop by.......
    Love the background
    It was easy on the eyes
    Hugs
    Your sis
    Susan~~~

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      August 11
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      I'll be by, Susan.
      It;s always a treat to visit your page,
      fior it is always a treat to see your
      presentation as well as read your
      words of perfection.

      Good the holo is only tilted
      and still shining, for she needs
      all her glow these weeks!!

      Love and hugs ton you, Susan,

      M-C


  • hoeftra gold member
    August 10

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    Who Can She Be?

    Fallen Angel the once glorified Angelica. Many clues, hardly any gives her away to me. Since I always like to personalizethis poet's works in a vain (as in the song lyric ..."he's so vain.") way, seeing somehow myself in her lines some way. Now, she'd have to see into my future as in a dream to come to any Angelica now fallen. Oh, well, it's complicated. 'Cause onefell from gracewhen she was summarily divorced, but I still see her as she was at first, before she went astray in a mansion of one Hugh. She fell to ashes where it all began. Here-in lies my Angelica, by another name, another being, waiting untouched in Heaven. Told you, complicated. And vain.

    Fun can be had more ways than one and "FallenAngel" is good fun. And good poetry. Congrats.

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      August 11
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      Ah, Jack---I can always count on you
      to have an unusual, creative perspective.
      But. of course, the fiction writer can create
      a scenario from any moment of life around him.

      (The piece about the five would be good to post
      here at AP---what do you think?)


      Oh, your tale does take the angel astray---and will
      entertain her when she can come back in here
      to read what eveyone has concocted for her!!

      Thanks for chiming in, Jack.

      One more day and home, right???

      Arty


  • Pisces rainbow gold member
    August 10

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    fallen angel
    HER STORY IS SO SAD BUT WITH A BEAUTIFUL ENDING
    Who could she be, perhaps an angel that was sent to bring out the angel in others
    very precious and very creative
    reminds me why you are one of my fav.
    heart and soul with a creative mind
    so artsy
    God bless you my friend...
    a billion 's for you

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      August 11
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      Hi, Kathy!

      You caught her special characteristic---
      to bring out the angel in others.

      And now our turn to let her
      know she is missed!

      I enjoy your sweet conmments.

      Thank you, Kathy,

      M-C


  • pixiestix gold member
    August 10

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    I think the tilted halo is quite stylish on our sweetest angel. Reminds me of the hats worn back in the 40s and 50s.

    Such a clever take on the prompt writing a humorous dedication to cheer Angelica's spirits.

    Aye, now if'n I were to venture a salty guess, she was defending the castle against a pirate invasion...but you didn't hear that from me.

    Your graphics made me smile. Great piece Aes.

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      August 11

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      Aye, Matey...shiver me timbers,
      but you may have just hit on it!

      Sometime soon she should have a chance
      to get back in---so I wanted to greet her
      with a chickle!

      According to my calender, today starts
      her two-week rehabilitation process
      to adjust to the new joint!!

      And I made you smile, too. Quite a trick
      to put a smile on the face of the
      wiley piratress!!!!

      Thenks pix,
      Aes

  • Susan E. Pennycuff
    August 10

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    It isn't a mystery at all
    Angelica really didn't fall
    King Hugh pushed her from her stall
    at the precious midnight ball
    ( I think he smoked a bit too much
    from that bong before the trumpets call!)

    I loved this poem and I hope it cheers Angelica up a bit during her recovery process.

    I wish you the best of luck in the contest dear.

    Suzi

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      August 10
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      Oh, no, you have a very calculated guess!!!
      Horror of horrors!!!

      I was still going back and forth trying to make this look right on the page.
      Hugh bans black backgrounds and causes me hours of manipulating
      to find a backgrouind that allows the graphics to glow from the page!!
      Black works so well---but I keep trying to please the King and obey all
      his particular rules. But this creates such a problem!!

      When she is able to get around she will have Bob bring the laptop
      so she can check in. She is so missed. All these angel posts and no
      angelica to pop in!!!

      Thank you for playing along, Suzi!

      M-C

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