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doloresflores_d

Location: San Rafael, California,
Birthday: July 06

Bio: wonderer & wanderer also known as laura joakimson [jo-a'-kim-son] _____________________________________ "I have to add this. You talk about the darkest, scariest, creepiest time of night. That's when I dance. Really. I dance at that time to charge up the night. The deepest, darkest time. I just get into it." --Josephine Ortez

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JANUARY 3, 2009 2:35PM

Rate: 13 Flag

_{Born in summer. Two}

_{parents, suicidal, find God!}

_{Dad in seminary.}

_{Family drives St. Louis to Seattle in a}

_{Vega. Grandmother drinks wine from}

_{boxes. Many schools...}

_{Little church with organ music.}

_{College in Georgia.}

_{Car accident. To}

_{Seattle, then Suwon, South Korea. A}

_{women’s college teacher. To}

_{Bellingham to study poetry. Social}

_{services will make you poorer. A}

_{cruise ship can be like a slave ship. To}

_{Fall River to an odd school. Kids}

_{call the town, “far rivah.”}

_{And San Francisco too! Global company.}

_{So much waste. Looking out 10th floor window. A}

_{few words left. What}

_now?

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Very nice and very informative for 100 words.

Kudos!
Peace and Love,
Greg

Kind of Blue

January 03, 2009 03:25 PM

Thanks, Greg. And Peace and Love to you too...

doloresflores_d

January 03, 2009 03:33 PM

Very good post. I like box wine too. Even though your "per glass" price goes down, your "per day" cost goes up. (rated)

Roger Fallihee

January 03, 2009 03:40 PM

"A cruise ship can be like a slave ship"
- I smell an EXCELLENT blog post here!!! Thumbs up :)

carolineinTO

January 03, 2009 03:41 PM

thanks caroleinTO...that's a good idea. and roger, I hadn't thought of that, but I'm sure you're right...when my grandmother moved to an assisted care facility, at the bottom of her basement steps we found all these grocery bags with one or two canned goods and a receipt that had a five litre box or two of wine on them. To keep up appearances she would purchase the can of tuna fish too. I'll never forget the sad sight of all those bags.

aiee carrumbagh. and thanks for reading!

doloresflores_d

January 03, 2009 03:47 PM

Very pretty and San Francisco too!

o'stephanie

January 03, 2009 04:14 PM

thanks, o'stephanie!

doloresflores_d

January 03, 2009 04:24 PM

This is wonderful. You're a poet, dear, blood and bone. You can try to run, but there it is: another poem.
Thanks.

kestralwing

January 03, 2009 05:06 PM

This is sheer poetry at its best. A joy to read. Rated.

cartouche

January 03, 2009 05:10 PM

Dave read it. Jaw dropped. Wow!

But please step back from the 10th floor window.

And he thinks "A cruise ship can be like a slave ship" a very intriguing line.

kestralwing

January 03, 2009 05:14 PM

cartouche, thanks! and thank-you for the exercise. a lot of fun and i am enjoying reading all of them...

and kestral don't worry, those windows don't actually open. I'm so happy dave liked it...

doloresflores_d

January 03, 2009 05:23 PM

"A cruise ship can be like a slave ship"

Add me to those who want to hear more about this

Roy Jimenez

January 03, 2009 06:44 PM

I'm intrigued by your last two words, dolores. What indeed. I trust you will soon encounter just the thing.

Lainey

January 04, 2009 04:27 PM

Beautiful, and since I read it AFTER "A Cruise Ship Can Be Like A Slave Ship," I'm imagining each one of these short phrases blooming into something larger, unfolding like sunflowers.