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A Sixty-Something Life by Scarlett Treat

10/13/2008 10:27:21 PM
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Scarlett Treat
(1941 / Jug Fork, Mississippi)
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A Sixty-Something Life
 
  I both love and dread
My Sixty-something life,
Which is sometimes
A measured treasure,
But always a
Well-learned repetition.
Calling to me from
An exotic dream.

A well-remembered love life,
One which is an ancient dream...
Lived in countless lives,
Long past,
Gleaned from all
My Long-ago memories.

For love has turned out
To be a four-letter puzzle,
With weary repetition
And well-learned trivial words.
However, words,
And Empty memories,
Don't keep me warm at night.

7/7/7
Scarlett Treat

Scarlett Treat


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Sim Dan (11/21/2007 10:52:00 AM)
SIMPLE AMAZING! IT WAS BEAUTIFUL JUST READING THIS POEM - LIVING IT MUST BE... WELL WHAT IT SAYS IT IS LIKE EXACTLY - FINE PIECE OF COMMUNICATION
Gregory Gunn (11/6/2007 1:01:00 PM)
Scarlett, these are words that are aimed directly at the heart, not to mollify, but to take hold of and rouse the reader into an awareness of a more profound understanding in the common images of existence.

Greg

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