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[sid] => 100209
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => He Knows the Words He Lives By
[time] => 2005-07-05 16:13:30
[hometext] => Mostly about the anxiety leading up to the inevitable admission of feeling
[bodytext] => He knows the words he lives by He has studied their intricacies He waits in hopes that the words themselves dare not displease He waits for them as he waits for her He stumbles over metaphors of a flower or a setting sun He is only sure, unequivocally, she’s the one He is only sure the past and future have plowed into the present He feels no sense of time or meaning until He can be assured she’ll forever run to meet him at their doorsill He still confuses her with language, finally abandoning words he learned in school He confides wholly in his feeling tried and true He pauses awhile, collects, and says “Darlin, I Love You� [comments] => 3 [counter] => 161 [topic] => 2 [informant] => Benny14 [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 14 [ratings] => 3 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => LovePoetry )
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