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  • When it Builds
    I’d dream red. If I could paint the walls with vibrant
    redemption of a past wrong – wrong on all accounts.
    by Decae 14 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 8 2:50 PM 2008
  • The Single Step
    Once life existed here. The river flowed.
    by Decae 21 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 14 3:53 PM 2008
  • Expensive Hippy
    Beneath the umbrella stood the fanatics. Waving their placards made of paper,
    by Decae 26 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 23 10:58 PM 2007
  • Diy
    When they say walk Someone gets slaughtered
    by Decae 26 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 24 12:05 AM 2007
  • Look While You Dare
    But the mirror held me / in a sway of determination / while my feet / felt light and moved on. / That last glance / as I felt the door nudge open / would have been whimsical / had I not been terrified.
    by Decae 27 lines, 1 comment, on May 16 10:51 AM 2007. In Thoughts
  • Windowsill
    The picture frame is backwards on the window sill.
    We sat in the rain, under the steepled umbrellas.
    by Decae 19 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 7 8:54 PM 2006. In Contemporary
  • What Would She Say Now?
    So if the huddled masses
    streaming by her
    by Decae 20 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 1 9:10 PM 2006. In Personal, Contemporary
  • Something Majestic
    If it were so
    I’d hold open the flower -
    by Decae 20 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 22 8:21 AM 2006. In Contemporary
  • After a cry
    What if, instead of being left alive
    after we cried, we died?
    by Decae 30 lines, on Feb 14 10:36 AM 2006. In Contemporary
  • Ode to Wichita Falls
    It keeps me in check
    like a boss on the line
    by Decae 26 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 4 11:34 PM 2006. In Adult
  • Temple Time
    Turgid roots rummage across the ground
    as I force my tired feet forward
    by Decae 19 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 24 11:05 AM 2006. In Contemporary
  • Magnetic Company
    Boston creampie and I,
    we said hello and goodbye.
    by Decae 24 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 20 2:18 PM 2006. In Contemporary
  • Tongue Lashing/Song Walk
    It was an edgy walk, but pleasing
    in the way your riveting voice
    by Decae 9 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 17 11:07 AM 2006. In Love, Dark, Contemporary
  • Not so long ago.
    The bridge met with ice and snow
    covered like a tomb, the flock shuffling off.
    by Decae 26 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 4 11:11 AM 2006. In Personal
  • Transient ZipCode
    Churned butter beneath
    helicopter blades whipping
    by Decae 19 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 26 8:56 PM 2005. In Personal
  • Taste of it All
    I heard the beautiful strain in her voice.
    Melting to my place in heaven, I could taste it all.
    by Decae 31 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 14 7:59 AM 2005. In Love
  • Paz Debated

    Stavans wrote this about Octavio Paz:
    by Decae 42 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 7 8:51 PM 2005. In Contemporary
  • Mr. Beaumont
    Forward:
    In a time of great need, of great sorrow, and of even a greater failure on the parts of man, there were men and women who stood up and made their vo
    by Decae 60 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 7 7:32 PM 2005. In Love, Dark, Angst
  • Jamestown Celebration
    Our JukeBox played and lit
    the room.
    by Decae 24 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 30 1:46 PM 2005. In Society, Dark, Contemporary
  • Head Home
    Mother Sheehan,
    head home.
    by Decae 24 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 30 1:33 PM 2005. In Society, Contemporary
  • Under the Palm
    Under a palm we'd sway -
    with lithe graceful hands
    by Decae 21 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 20 8:53 PM 2005. In Love
  • Angel Play
    Her little boots crunched the snow.
    A laugh, mirth mixed with crystal air rang true.
    by Decae 25 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 17 12:05 PM 2005. In Nature, Love, Childrens
  • Toll Taker
    I'm sitting here quietly.
    And I just don't sit quietly
    by Decae 25 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 17 8:38 AM 2005. In Spiritual
  • Monarch Fold
    I was poised for it
    my finger taught
    by Decae 4 lines, on Nov 16 1:44 PM 2005. In Nature
  • Miser Economy
    Frugal in love
    children spend more in seconds
    by Decae 13 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 16 8:40 AM 2005. In Angst
  • Three Vagabonds
    Both lips touched mine
    and the warm sunny
    by Decae 18 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 15 8:30 PM 2005. In Erotica, Adult, Love
  • Trip to Wayne
    You arch your elegant neck
    breath on your lips
    by Decae 3 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 15 6:42 AM 2005. In Love, Contemporary
  • Nova Blossom
    nova blossom
    separates
    by Decae 13 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 14 8:10 AM 2005. In Contemporary
  • Damn Spells
    Spells like stars, shine so brightly that they fade... fade into the distance as we wander and linger and hope and falter.
    With each waking moment I worship
    by Decae 32 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 11 10:12 AM 2005. In Contemporary
  • Dark Earth Left Behind
    Queen, mother, murdered whore
    Titles, like flowers, plucked in need
    by Decae 30 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 10 8:21 PM 2005. In Nature, Dark, Contemporary
  • I'll Stay
    Spotted crest of heaven
    do not bend upon me as a vulture
    by Decae 11 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 10 4:13 PM 2005. In Dark, Contemporary
  • Monet's Nude
    Paint my nipples, red, pink
    and textured darker still.
    by Decae 23 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 9 8:05 AM 2005. In Contemporary
  • Please Baxter
    If Baxter would come in
    then I could finish and
    by Decae 33 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 8 10:26 AM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Spiritual
  • Dry Regret
    If you cry and I hear it
    the last tear drop dry
    by Decae 18 lines, on Nov 8 9:47 AM 2005. In Love, Dark, Contemporary
  • Bush Music
    Do you feel that for me?
    Like a virus tainting us both.
    by Decae 22 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 7 6:16 PM 2005. In Love, Dark, Contemporary
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