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The Devil Made Her Do It

by Limness

Member since 2002 · Posted 16 Oct 2002 · 11 comments

She opens the box And draws out her cards Smudges the surface, Smoothes out the cloth She shuffles and hums And quiets the mind Brings in the light Closes the blinds Pregnant with question Making a mantra Tapping the deck She slaps out Arcana Adjusts the Hanged Man Across the Priestess Above and Below, Present and past Her goal, her future, Her self, her blocks Answers form In Coins and Cups Now that she knows that Confront him she must The Tower will fall But the Fool's in the past When Judgement comes Temperance answers She looks at the spread, Bared here in this cross Inverts the last card And laughs for her loss

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[8] INTRANSIT 16-Oct-02/6:44 PM Reply
I dunno, this speaks to me of a prostitutes sadness towards her predicament...? Well written, I think.
[7] Christof 17-Oct-02/1:31 AM Reply
My limited knowledge of tarot doesn't help me here, but I think she's decided to cool off her relationship with some chap? what is the significance if inverting the last card? Pleasedo explain because I think it'll clear up the poem for me - it has your usual grace and swing.
[n/a] Limness › Christof 17-Oct-02/6:26 AM Reply
the outcome: the Devil reversed: escape from a bad situation.
you see me, mr c.
[7] Christof › Limness 17-Oct-02/6:30 AM Reply
I'm glad to see I sort of understood it while not understanding it. Means your message comes over loud and clear. Good stuff.
[n/a] Limness › Christof 17-Oct-02/6:35 AM Reply
still, i am not happy with the flow of it. but it was a toss-off, and a decent one, so i'll think on it in public for a while. thanks for the compliments.
[n/a] horus8 17-Oct-02/3:42 AM Reply
the chariot? then the star. some dogs bark at nothing..why'd you repost all of these?
[n/a] Limness › horus8 17-Oct-02/6:27 AM Reply
i think you meant this comment for someone else, h. i wrote this poem last night.
[n/a] god'swife 17-Oct-02/9:00 AM Reply
It's good but I can see why you want to fix it up a bit. I'll print this and stare at it a while. There's nothing obvious.
[n/a] horus8 17-Oct-02/11:04 AM Reply
not so much this, as the others. i'm aware that this is new. it just seems alot of folks were slate wiping these days and i just thought it was oddly coincidental. that's all.for some the devil means something mysteriously vague and bad?it's all about change though, upside down. rightside up is bound by routine unable to change. tied to your ways and past. that's what mr.chows fortune cookie told me yesterday when i went orange chicken crazy..
[n/a] <~> › horus8 17-Oct-02/11:12 AM Reply
ironically, the limness poem right before this was regarding that. psychic indeed. what do you see in my future, o beaked one?
[7] Quarton 3-Dec-02/3:58 PM Reply
Nice flow to this and well written. Also, quite original.