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Respect on a Quiet Hillside (Free verse) by Dovina
Under stars Blanket spread At midnight On her grandparents’ grave They did it Quietly In remembrance

Up the ladder: Fucking A!?!?
Down the ladder: Root Shallow

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Overall Rank: 768
Posted: July 24, 2004 2:23 PM PDT; Last modified: July 24, 2004 2:23 PM PDT
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[8] INTRANSIT @ 152.163.252.165 | 24-Jul-04/3:05 PM | Reply
They did "it"? I think I get this but, I think it can be done better. Lines one and two are kind of telling, and for my own edification, why grandmums?
[n/a] Dovina @ 17.255.240.206 > INTRANSIT | 24-Jul-04/4:10 PM | Reply

Respect for the ones who made doing this possible and who might rather chuckle at the act than to look at the bottom side of flowers.
[8] ?-Dave_Mysterious-? @ 80.42.73.121 | 24-Jul-04/5:13 PM | Reply
I would have preferred it if the girl's grandfather rose up out of the grave and raped her, filling her with his zombied seed. That would also leave room for a sequel. Quite good anyway.
[10] Dan garcia-Black @ 64.160.147.161 | 24-Jul-04/7:22 PM | Reply
Love it. How does "They paid their respects" instead of "did it" sound to you? Grandpaw was such a 'perv' (in a good way).
[n/a] Dovina @ 66.13.145.210 > Dan garcia-Black | 25-Jul-04/7:51 AM | Reply
Might be more true to the title and the intent I want to show, maybe less provocative. dunno. I'll think about it.
[8] Shuushin @ 147.154.235.51 | 26-Jul-04/6:10 AM | Reply
interesting location and motivation - no judgement implied; the poem stands out because of it.
[8] Venus @ 67.165.242.105 | 29-Jul-04/1:10 AM | Reply
Respect paid to the good life they lived - get it.
[n/a] Dovina @ 24.52.157.176 > Venus | 30-Jul-04/6:43 PM | Reply
And a repecctful kinda fun that some might call wierd, which made it all the more fun. Thanks.
[n/a] darylchew @ 202.156.2.130 | 30-Aug-04/10:13 AM | Reply
...what is 'they did it' supposed to mean. vague.
[n/a] Dovina @ 24.52.157.176 > darylchew | 30-Aug-04/11:00 AM | Reply
I think the suggestion of Dan garcia Black, "They paid their respects," is a better way of saying they had sex.
[n/a] darylchew @ 202.156.2.130 > Dovina | 30-Aug-04/11:05 AM | Reply
may i ask, in what way is having sex connected to paying respects?
[n/a] Dovina @ 24.52.157.176 > darylchew | 30-Aug-04/11:20 AM | Reply
When she thought of leaving flowers or saying a prayer at those tombstones, the idea fell cold compared to her memory of an old couple who loved and taught her to love and who might appreciate the risqué act at midnight as the perfect projection of their lives into the present.
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