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Heart For Sale
Contributed by
Hopeless_Romantic
on
Thursday, 14th October 2004 @ 05:01:56 PM in AEST
Topic:
Lifepoems
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He hung his heart
on a fence for sale,
then sat in his van
and watched them pass:
Some, just out for a Sunday stroll
glancing at the art en masse
Others, curious; and a few,
souvenir hunting
(as tourists do)
paused to price as well as stare;
as part of himself
hung drying there:
Years of feeling,
hours of toil
(acrylic was faster, he chose oil)
So when some tourists asked,
"How much?"
He'd smile and say,
"It's wet, don't touch."
He needed to sell his work
and yet...
Copyright ©
Hopeless_Romantic
... [
2004-10-14 17:01:56]
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Re: Heart For Sale
(User Rating: 1 )
by Rxqueen on
Friday, 15th October 2004 @ 04:31:01 AM AEST
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| I liked this it was clever. Good one! |
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Re: Heart For Sale
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by poetryman30 on
Friday, 15th October 2004 @ 05:48:35 AM AEST
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Oh, H_R, this is a spectacular piece. There is always that uncertainty in letting a part of yourself go.
I relate to this so much. Sometimes you have to let go in order to move on to something better...
Excellent writing from such a beautiful heart...Mike |
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Re: Heart For Sale
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by sweetangeluk on
Friday, 15th October 2004 @ 02:16:15 PM AEST
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Excellent you wrote this so well
love Sweetangelukxxxx |
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