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    Quote Originally Posted by ampoule View Post
    You guys are making me feel 'bad'......like I'm killing the threads.
    ampoule how about you start a new topic.
    suggest a topic and will post our entries
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Okay, just to tide us over until Adolescent09 comes back. Let's try 'mirror on the wall'.


    DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 15th
    Last edited by ampoule; 10-28-2014 at 01:52 AM.
    I'm in love with The Vinegar Man and Mr. Tanner, but be careful, it could just as easily be you.

    "If you're going to write you better have somewhere to come from." Flannery O'Connor

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    The mirror on the wall is deceitful
    It mocks my tears and laughs at my sorrow
    Once a reflection of a successful man
    It now shows one racked with the pain
    Of the things I find impossible to understand
    Mirror. Mirror on the wall
    Is life worth living after all?
    Some of us laugh
    Some of us cry
    Some of us smoke
    Some of us lie
    But it's all just the way
    that we cope with our lives...

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    mirror on the wall
    triggers with the force
    that when lying on the floor
    I shant see it at all.
    Last edited by cacian; 10-29-2014 at 02:05 PM.
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Halloween Dark But Visible

    The mirror on the wall is black
    Obsidian, reflecting what?
    But I still stare and it stares back
    With affirmations trapped by “but”.

    Though some would say there’s nothing there,
    No need to fear what’s dead and dark,
    But others know and say, “Don’t stare!
    Don’t tempt it to come leave its mark.”

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    Oh my, these are wonderful.
    I'm in love with The Vinegar Man and Mr. Tanner, but be careful, it could just as easily be you.

    "If you're going to write you better have somewhere to come from." Flannery O'Connor

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    Bump-bump!
    Some of us laugh
    Some of us cry
    Some of us smoke
    Some of us lie
    But it's all just the way
    that we cope with our lives...

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    The Gilded Mirror

    Ostentatiously bedecked
    in golden frame
    which proves to be naught
    but gilded facade,
    its shimmering surface
    whispers only lies and deceit.

    Entrancing the vain
    lavishing in seeing themselves
    complimented by such gaudy
    trimmings, their own beauty
    may so easily wear away
    as the varnish that so
    impresses them with
    the shine of false affluence.

    They pray at this altar
    to which they sell away
    their souls, and never notice
    the decay which starts to crack
    around their edges as the glass
    becomes dingy, and its filigree
    erodes, from gold to gray-green.

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    judges anyone this is long overdue??!
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pendragon View Post
    The mirror on the wall is deceitful
    It mocks my tears and laughs at my sorrow
    Once a reflection of a successful man
    It now shows one racked with the pain
    Of the things I find impossible to understand
    Mirror. Mirror on the wall
    Is life worth living after all?
    I'm late, I'm late....I beg your forgiveness. I choose Pendragon. Lately my mirror scares me. I loved all of the entries. Thank you all.
    I'm in love with The Vinegar Man and Mr. Tanner, but be careful, it could just as easily be you.

    "If you're going to write you better have somewhere to come from." Flannery O'Connor

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    Thanks, Lady Amp!

    Subject for net contest: Tis the Season

    Deadline December 31

    Good hunting!
    Some of us laugh
    Some of us cry
    Some of us smoke
    Some of us lie
    But it's all just the way
    that we cope with our lives...

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    Tis the Season

    It’s the season again when the presents appear
    But I have delayed like I have every year.
    What should I give her? How would I know?
    Keep the receipts is the best way to go.
    A gift card might work, but she wants me to guess,
    Telepathically pick out her choice from the mess.
    And what do I want to be under the tree?
    Not much. Maybe food and some warm company.
    She tells me that I am the worst of the lot.
    There’s nothing to give me that I haven’t got.
    Giving and getting are harder to do
    When nothing is needed except me and you.

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    This is absolutely the best. What a lucky woman. What a wonderful gift you have given her. At least I hope you will give her a copy of this.
    I'm in love with The Vinegar Man and Mr. Tanner, but be careful, it could just as easily be you.

    "If you're going to write you better have somewhere to come from." Flannery O'Connor

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    Mistletoe

    First we met beneath the mistletoe,
    I with Queen Maeve eyes
    you lost within your winter storms.

    It was the ancient rite,
    you had the taste of cinnamon,
    spiced mulled wine,
    whilst I inhaled the scent
    of pine.

    The Yule log burns,
    revelers held within its protective glow,
    warmth spreads through the skin,
    specters of futures gone
    and futures yet to come
    flit through the flames.

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    Quote Originally Posted by ampoule View Post
    This is absolutely the best. What a lucky woman. What a wonderful gift you have given her. At least I hope you will give her a copy of this.
    Thanks, ampoule!

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