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The Shade



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Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:10 am
Rincewind says...



all sewn up
pull out the seams
take your call
your voice is static
far from my head
I burn the page
images are blurred
am I afraid?

around my throat
you came so close
to stopping me
alive in jail, alive and well
I cannot leave
innocent, accident

find my pulse
trapped in a locked box
teeth in a grid
all night amphetamine
noise to the tape
comes like a shattered beast
cast a shade
your mouth destroys me

come down dawn in one piece
come down dawn to find some peace
driven to shambles on a tip
I never said that I would quit
and the next song takes over
~The bandit’s body slumped to the ground, knees hitting first,followed by the rest.His dead weight pushed dust into the air in a swirling cloud.The blood flowed from his head,splicing like river canals,delaying slightly on pebbles before flowing on through the street.~
  





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Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:11 am
Writersdomain says...



I thought this was very intriguing and very well-written. Excellent. I had only one suggestion.

around my throat
you came so close
to stopping me
alive in jail, alive and well
I cannot leave
innocent, accident


This is good, but I think you should make 'alive and well' a separate line from 'alive in jail'. They seema little strange together. You could also make 'accident' a separate line, but that one doesn't stick out to me as much.

come down dawn in one piece
come down dawn to find some peace
driven to shambles on a tip
I never said that I would quit
and the next song takes over


I love this stanza! It's my favorite. The only thing that bugged me was that reading it aloud, 'down dawn' was hard to say but that is not much of a problem.

This was very good. Nice job. Keep writing
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Tue Aug 09, 2005 2:07 am
Rincewind says...



Thank ya big big.

I did what you suggested, I like it.
Thanks for that.
~The bandit’s body slumped to the ground, knees hitting first,followed by the rest.His dead weight pushed dust into the air in a swirling cloud.The blood flowed from his head,splicing like river canals,delaying slightly on pebbles before flowing on through the street.~
  








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