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     Read dermal ivory by Thom Stromer.

     Poem added 5/3/99. By Thom Stromer:

                                             MISS MISSING

                                            Thom Stromer

A WOMAN THAT I

FEEL REAL HEAVY FOR

IS MISSING

...NO PHONE CALL, NO MESSAGE

JUST GRIEVING.

SHE DIDN'T GET TO WORK TODAY,

SHE DIDN'T EVEN CALL.

WE PLANNED TO GET

TOGETHER YESTERDAY...

SHE DIDN'T EVEN CALL.  

    I LEFT MESSAGES,

IN POLITE SCREAMS,

AND NO ONE KNEW

WHERE SHE WAS.  

SO I SIT NOW,

IN BAD SWEATS

CLUTCHING  THE PHONE

WHILE OUT LOUD PRAYING

SHE'S OK -OK -OKAAYYY 

I JUST WANT TO HEAR HER VOICE

OR  HOLD HER HAND.  

SOOOO  VILE AND UNIMAGINABLE

THE AFFLICTIONS SHE

MAY BE RECEIVING.   

SO...IN AN APARTMENT

ON THE OUTSKIRTS

OF NOWHERE

I REALIZE... 

I'M UNHINGED,

TERRIFIED,

USELESS AND EXHAUSTED.

HAGGARDLY IMPOTENT.

IıM SIMPLY

INADEQUATE.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE HER

IN A HOSPITAL.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE HER

IN THE COFFIN. 

I WANT TO SEE HER

IN BLUES AND BLACKS AND PURPLES

BUTTERFLY CLIPS  IN  HAIR,

TAP DANCING THRU MY DOOR.

BUT NO SUCH LUCK,

I'M JUST A FEEBLE FRAIL MAN

SHAKING AND RUINED

FROM RED-LOSS TERROR...                              

                                                                             Thom Stromer

                                                                              copyright 4-29-99

    Thom can be e-mailed at this address:mudraw@earthlink.net

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