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"Hello," she lied.

"Hello," she lied

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JULY 30, 2009 1:30AM

Rate: 31 Flag

adultery

"Choose your safe words," you said.

I won't need any. You won't go too far.

And you didn't. You took us where we needed to go, to the edge and plummeting over it, but never too far. Genius body. Beloved heart. I had no need for safe words.

Only now, when we're so long apart, do I know what we risked. It's too late to say my safe words and you'll never hear them, but I choose them now:

Untie us.

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hmm...

Steve Blevins

July 30, 2009 01:47 AM

hmm?

"Hello," she lied

July 30, 2009 01:49 AM

This is simply great. Concise & beautiful.

benjamin_the_donkey

July 30, 2009 01:59 AM

i loved the beautiful simplicity of this piece and i THINK i get it...but if i do then those two words are an appeal for something sinister

but it's more likely that i don't get it

is it ok that i love it anyway?

rated

angus mccflop

July 30, 2009 02:08 AM

very hot and poignant

Risa Denenberg

July 30, 2009 02:12 AM

Whycan't I ever meet this kind of man?

717judie

July 30, 2009 02:43 AM

If only it were that simple....
Beautifully done.

Sharon Kay

July 30, 2009 07:28 AM

The remains. Intense.

scupper

July 30, 2009 08:33 AM

I *think* I get it, but then again, I can be obtuse at times.

Gwool

July 30, 2009 09:10 AM

I absolutely dig the way you use italics. I want my writing to grow up to be like yours. Love.

Dave Edgar

July 30, 2009 09:45 AM

Us?

John Ranta

July 30, 2009 10:03 AM

Cool :-)

Sourie de Campagne

July 30, 2009 10:15 AM

I'm sorry.

Tenacity Smith

July 30, 2009 10:35 AM

Very nicely done. Thank you for sharing this

dicea

July 30, 2009 10:37 AM

"Choose your safe words." I want to know more. Why was this said? What does it mean? Did you choose your safe words then...or now...now that you're so long apart?

I have many words I hold inside of me and know someday I will find I am "so long apart..." and it will be too late.

Risk. Powerful word.

Outside Myself

July 30, 2009 10:39 AM

Beautiful. Painful. Wonderful.

Stim

July 30, 2009 10:49 AM

Excellent.

Owl_Says_Who

July 30, 2009 11:01 AM

Cute.

littlewillie

July 30, 2009 01:26 PM

Cute? CUTE? Littlewillie, how dare you make me laugh at my weekly anguish! You will pay for that.

"Hello," she lied

July 30, 2009 01:31 PM

Like any good writing, the words have an innate meaning, but then they also mean what I as a reader interpret. Like any good writer you give me that choice. Not going to get into the definition of a poem because there is no such thing. This is poetry.

Lefty McGee

July 30, 2009 02:11 PM

Wow. Gorgeous.

Verbal Remedy AKA Denise

July 30, 2009 05:33 PM

I can only second Tenacity and Lefty.

akajanie

July 30, 2009 05:38 PM

why doesn't anybody ever second me?

c'mon..throw me a bone

angus mccflop

July 30, 2009 06:47 PM

beauty within brevity. rAted!

Chuck A. Stetson

July 30, 2009 08:09 PM

touching

Roy Jimenez

July 30, 2009 09:55 PM

Snaps for the "poetry" of this posting and "hugs" for the heartbreak.

Safe_Bet's Amy

July 31, 2009 09:39 AM

I guess with so many kudos you have little need for more, but I must. Terrific stuff.

lewese jones

August 02, 2009 12:24 PM

Without a doubt, what Lefty said. And to make him feel good, what Angus said, too. Cut to the bone writing.

cartouche

August 02, 2009 12:41 PM

What Lefty said. Whew!!!

Mama Lou

August 02, 2009 10:13 PM

"us" instead of "me" makes it poetry.

And the picture--put them together and you'd have this weird card with no place in the rack to put it. Adult reconciliation? Thinking of you in a weird way? Nephew's birthday?

Nice composition, rated.