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New Poetry Pge 8 : Invisible Lady (2)
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From: MSN NicknameForestFlower5893  (Original Message)Sent: 9/28/2008 9:27 AM

‘Invisible Lady Disappears.�?
No headlines or a
trail of broken hearts.
She slides into the oak panelling
where once she had emerged.
A dusty glass lies half full
with just swirls of
once cloudy dreams.
Her escort turns
to chat, his whisky breath
and foul eyes oblivious
as he belches fumes
that asphyxiate the soul.
She never said goodbye,
just slipped away.
A few might remember
when they lift the glass,
its mark etched by the dust,
until the waitress
who should no better
remembers to empty ashtrays
and wipe away the dregs
of last nights revelries.
‘Invisible Lady Disappears�?
Like all the lost souls
who come here
night after night.


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From: MSN NicknamejennypollSent: 9/28/2008 11:36 AM
Emma
I get the feeling of an olde worlde oak panelled pub, with a resident ghost who likes to mingle x
with the lost souls at the end seen in every pub in the land
probably totally wrong, Jen x

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From: MSN NicknamejennypollSent: 9/28/2008 11:37 AM
Oh, forgot to say, I looked for Invisible Lady (1) but can't see it
Is there a first one and if so, could you re-post please Jen x

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From: MSN Nicknamesteve_riggsSent: 9/28/2008 3:33 PM
Perhaps she has to pop outside for a fag like the rest of us now Emma
As for her escort, that will teach him to drink spirits
 
PS: Course you can't see it Jen, its "Invisible" ain't it

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From: MSN NicknamebunnsosoftSent: 9/28/2008 6:52 PM
I remember those times well ...I think I was that lady a long time ago...
 
Well done, enjoyed the read...
 
Mariaxx

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From: MSN Nicknamekayano8Sent: 9/28/2008 8:47 PM
Interesting one Emma
 
Many feel as if they fade   yep I rather like this one lol  
you have me thinking...nothing bad about that!!

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From: MSN NicknameCara_inSpiritSent: 9/29/2008 1:42 AM
 
sad and broken lives
this describes well my mothers life
one day she disappeared from my childhood
to follow a fanciflul dream
took off to Greece to take up with a "bellBoy"
He of course was not interested in her
but she lived in Greece for a few years before
being deported after in the mid 70's
and the remains of her life once back in Australian
indeed are represented in your words
 
Cara
 
ps sorry if term " bell boy"  is inapropriate. This is a term I remember as part of the explanation I was given as a 10 year old.

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From: MSN NicknameForestFlower5893Sent: 10/1/2008 4:34 PM
Thanks Jen, I was trying to upload a picture but for some reason msn isn't letting me.  I've been fascinated by a picture called L'Absinthe by Edgar Degas and have written quite a few poems.  Its one of those pictures where I just keep seeing something different in it - the sadness of the womans expression, her companion - hope that explains but your comment was pretty apt actually about the lost souls x
 
haha Steve and thanks for the comment, you see a lot of people hanging outside doorways having their illicit puffs x
 
Thank you Maria, I suppose a lot of people can relate to these things, I suppose as a writer I find myself looking at people and wondering, weaving stories in my head x
 
Thanks Kayano, I'm glad if this got you thinking, I appreciate that comment very much x
 
Thanks Cara, I'm sorry to hear of your mother, that must be very painful to you.  I think many lives are lost in this type of sadness and the sadness they create, thank you for the comment and I don't think bellboy is inappropriate - I suppose these days there are different names for them - but a bellboy is as good as any x
 
Emma x
 
 

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