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Words on a computer screen

July 20th 2009 14:32
What do you see
when you look at a screen
filled with your words?
Really?

Do you see truth
or a distorted image,
like those circus mirrors
reflecting a warped version of the truth?

Do you see humour?
Do you see hate?
Do you see hurt?

What do you think others see
as they stare at screens
filled with your words?

Do you think they’re crying?
Do you think they’re laughing?
Do you think they’re yelling?
Do you think they’re caring?

Would it bother you to know,
as they look upon their screens,
that they’re not seeing the same screen you do
and that their lives do not revolve around
your distorted version
of words on a
computer screen.
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I don't know you

May 17th 2009 07:12
This might sound harsh,
but I don't know you,
don't know you at all, okay.

You're a detective story,
with half the pages missing,
or a dot to dot
with every third number erased,
or a jigsaw puzzle
where most of the pieces don't fit.

I'd like to, though,
like to know you,
so I read the pages left in the book,
I visualise where the numbers should be,
I try to make those pieces fit,
even though they won't,
and perhaps were never meant to.

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In order to know you

May 10th 2009 03:45
If I were deaf
I would study your body
reading each gesture
each movement
each expression
in order to know you

If I were blind
I would touch your skin
feel each line
and contour of your face
in order to know you

I am not deaf
I am not blind
but I can't hear
and I can't see
and I can't know you

So I suckle at your words
like a baby at its mother's breast
happy in the embrace of your prose
yet hungry and eager for more
not just for nourishment
not just for comfort
not just to communicate
but in order to know you
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