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Altitude Journey

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4 some reason I thought this 1992 musing would b fun 2 share:

Altitude Journey
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Now I am lost
in the realm of clouds
suspended by a thread of soft cirrus

Scrambling up
doing pullups on the edge of the mist-cliff
barely hugging foundations of vapor

I dangle above the abyss of Earth
gold, silver, pink-grey trails flash by
distracted, the sun turns my tan ultraviolet

It disperses-my hands grasp at nothing!
I fall to my death miles below

Caught by a friend I am bouncing!
on a buoyant strato-culumus waterbed

The joyous jumping subsides, I am hiking
down a translucent valley between cottonball mountians

Whispy candyfloss caresses my face, I walk through it
wavering on a deep azure parapet of dreams
armadas of clouds all around

A smaller one hovers above and I soar!
grasping a thread of soft cirrus
doing pullups on the edge of the mist-cliff

I succeed and gain ground
crawling, clawing twisting tendrils, ascending
I arise on the tip of a dragon's tounge and step off

into void...
Last edited by danlo on Sat Aug 09, 2003 5:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by [Syl] »

good stuff, danlo. i especially like the word candyfloss.
"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
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Post by Reisheiruhime »

That word candyfloss reminds me of something, though I can't put my finger on it. Has somethin' to do with comic books. :?

*goes off and thinks*
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Post by duchess of malfi »

He does use language brilliantly, doesn't he? :D
very descriptive!!
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fun bump! 8O OW! (steps off in2 void...)
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Post by Furls Fire »

oh WOW...can't believe I missed this before!! I love it Danlo! You have an amazing way with words! I'd love to see more it. :)
And I believe in you
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.

~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~

~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~

...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.

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