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Reply #6 - Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
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Hi Erica,

Thanks for your comments.
This was just a late night, stream of consciousness kind of poem.

I am happy that you like it.

Regards,
Chaim
  
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Reply #5 - Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
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I loved the details... they draws you into the poem's world and makes it real.  For example, the baby sneezes make you beleive in the baby.  I felt the coolness of the rain too.  I liked how smooth the pace felt too  Smiley

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Reply #4 - Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
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Kissing chicken pox was a striking image--both disgusting and self-sacrificial (even though it was only the scar). The first three lines are well crafted. 

I was confused about the subject of "want" for a second, but then got it. The phrase "clear air passages" seems jarring following the previous line: a dreamy line followed by a technical one. "On my forehead" seems a little redundant. 

Definitely some good things in there, which I think could really shine through in revision.
  
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Reply #3 - Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
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Hi Nas,

Junior High School sweetheart. I have a chicken pox mark in the middle of my forehead. She kissed it once and called in my power point, or somthing like that.

Chaim
  
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Reply #2 - Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
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Hi Chaim

I like this but I'm curious.  The "you" is, I presume the narrator's wife so who is "she"?  an ex? your mum?  several options.
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Reply #1 - Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
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Hmmm...

Right now tired is touching me too... but I don't have a chicken pox scar, so I'm not sure what that would be like.  I'll have to think about this further when I can think.

Interesting read, to be sure!  Always you're thought-provoking, my friend!

deLighting to see you, even if a bit blurry just now, Daniel  8)
  
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Chicken Pox
Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am
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Tired touches me
the way she kissed
my chicken pox mark
on my forehead.
It's raining
this evening.
Want to kiss your forehead
they way she kissed mine.
Want to touch
lips, eyelids, breasts, belly button.
The baby cries.
I take him from his crib,
rock him to sleep.
He coughs and sputters,
sneezes twice.
Close my eyes and visualize
clear air passages.
Open my eyes,
he's watching me.
I'm not sure it's still raining.
The baby is asleep.
You're in bed.
Tired touches me
the way she kissed
my chicken pox mark
on my forehead.
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