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Sending letters to the devil
Sending letters to the devil by bottlemail,
cork secured forcefully thirteen times (for luck).
We've been conferring by waves of blazing air,
discussing our plans for the potential.
He floats over blistering oceans on
anaemic clouds tinted timid.
Loosely gripping the reins as galactic
atmospheres acquiesce in his favour.
Greeting my qualms with a
smile heaved eyebrow-high.
Hieroglyphics guard our
conversation from prying eyes,
intricate yet elegant: refined.
My devil secures his
ashen tie with one hand,
straightening his suit with the other.
I agree to meet him on the
aquatic bed at first light.
I keep to my word,
like the blue to the sky.
Before the sun has wholly risen,
I have already accepted the gift.
Sat cross-legged underneath
prevailing tides of combustion,
I slide the tie around my neck.
Tipping my head back;
the flames laugh with me.
cork secured forcefully thirteen times (for luck).
We've been conferring by waves of blazing air,
discussing our plans for the potential.
He floats over blistering oceans on
anaemic clouds tinted timid.
Loosely gripping the reins as galactic
atmospheres acquiesce in his favour.
Greeting my qualms with a
smile heaved eyebrow-high.
Hieroglyphics guard our
conversation from prying eyes,
intricate yet elegant: refined.
My devil secures his
ashen tie with one hand,
straightening his suit with the other.
I agree to meet him on the
aquatic bed at first light.
I keep to my word,
like the blue to the sky.
Before the sun has wholly risen,
I have already accepted the gift.
Sat cross-legged underneath
prevailing tides of combustion,
I slide the tie around my neck.
Tipping my head back;
the flames laugh with me.
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Re: Sending letters to the devil
9th Jan 2013 7:12pm
this I like!!! what can I say I haven't said a billion times!!!!
I LOVE YOUR CHOICE OF WORDS!
I LOVE YOUR CHOICE OF WORDS!
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re: Re: Sending letters to the devil
9th Jan 2013 7:14pm
Re: Sending letters to the devil
Anonymous
9th Jan 2013 7:16pm
This one is truly sinister, much enjoyed this piece by your pen!

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9th Jan 2013 7:17pm
Re: Sending letters to the devil
9th Jan 2013 7:20pm
Third stanza could stand alone, but I like it as presented here.
Forebodings, yet also a strange exhilaration.
:)
Forebodings, yet also a strange exhilaration.
:)
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9th Jan 2013 7:37pm
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Re: Sending letters to the devil
Anonymous
9th Jan 2013 8:01pm
Great poem - great read, Scribbler! Like the following in particular & that wonderful finish as well:
keep to my word,
like the blue to the sky.
Before the sun has wholly risen,
I have already accepted the gift.
Carlene
keep to my word,
like the blue to the sky.
Before the sun has wholly risen,
I have already accepted the gift.
Carlene

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