The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Wed 10/18/06)

[RetroLounge]

Love

She tries it on, like a dress.
She decides it doesn't fit,
and starts to take it off.
Her skin comes, too.

Lola Haskins

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RL

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[Callalily]

1. Oh, now that's

really sad.

Looks like you may need one of these >>>

[miss_american_pie]

2. Shedding one's skin

isn't always a bad thing. :hi:

[RetroLounge]

4. Agreed...

and sometimes one needs to cocoon before getting their wings...

:loveya:

RL

[Haole Girl]

3. José Ortega y Gasset ?

I know...it's a tough one. Don't worry if you can't find a poem by him.

[Haole Girl]

5. kick

Nobody has any more requests?

[wildhorses]

6. whew--her love is only skin deep??

:shrug::hi:

[reyd reid reed]

8. Now see...I read it differently.

I read trying to strip the emotion is like stripping flesh. Painful and impossible.

[wildhorses]

9. I think it could be taken that way, too

sometimes the short ones can be multi-faceted:hi:

[reyd reid reed]

7. How lovely

and sad and true.