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Bonneville Salt Flats

I wake to the same old face
I sleep in the same old place
Dreaming in blue I scream for you.
 
Gibbering like an idiot I dance in the oceans sands
 
The captains are not courageous
They allow crimes outrageous
Prosecuting innocence while feeding.
 
Like an idiot I dance in the ocean sands looking for you.
 
Help me walk the straight line
Help me walk that narrow line
The mornings sun shines like obsidian.
 
I don my pagan mask and dance in the ocean sands waiting for you.
 
Speak to me
You dont speak to me
I am flying under highway signs.
 
Throwing my hands in the air I dance in ocean sands listening for you.
 
Crawling through cane brakes 
I paint myself yellow and black like a snake
Always alert for machine noises in the air.
 
My skin burns, peels ecstasy of sun shine as I dance in ocean sands for you.
 
I only see white but I dream of blue
I have to quit staring at the sun looking for you.
Making arcane symbols with my fingers I fight demons.
 
I spell your name in bloody footprints as I dance in ocean sands waiting.  
 
-DS Baker

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warpzone

18 years ago

Yikes this is awesome, there

Yikes this is awesome, there is some brutal and vivid phrases in here. Don't change a damn thing.
dbaker

dbaker

18 years ago

Thank you

Thanks man, I appreciate that. Just glad that somebody took the time to read it. you have a good one if, you can. Stay easy. -DS Baker
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pinksheep

18 years ago

For some reason

I am very taken by 2 lines- Gibbering like an idiot I dance in ocean sands I only see white but dream of blue I would be proud if I wrote this-
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pinksheep

18 years ago

........

I wake to the same face I sleep the same face I sleep the same place Dreaming in blue screaming.
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pinksheep

18 years ago

Sorry or

....... I sleep the same place Dreaming blue screaming .............. Snake yellow and black I paint myself i d'ont know maybe I would be proud of words like these
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pinksheep

18 years ago

This

Proscecuting innocence while feeding-tremendous Tremendous last line-may i say that-Regards ,i am overwhelmed ,to be brutally honest.
dbaker

dbaker

18 years ago

Whoa!

I am so very happy that you like it. Every once in a while you can let one rip from the get go...this piece took me all of five minutes to write. My muse just beat the stink off me-to write it! I love this kind of writing, where you are just the typewriter or the pen and not the person doing the typing. It is hard to explain but that is how it feels like to me. Go Easy! -DS Baker
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pinksheep

18 years ago

Sorry

-DS did not understand this came from full flow ,-i myself have'nt had that sort of writing experience-Regards ,i am a damn interfering nuisance-This word muse bugs me ,does she tell you to piss off when you call her that , sorry for gut reaction to word ,you were doing great till the muse word rose its ugly head-
dbaker

dbaker

18 years ago

Ok.....

I will give you another word then...inspiration. Does that work better for you than muse? -DS Baker
themoonman

themoonman

18 years ago

Mr Baker..

I tip my hat.. excellent piece.. read it three times.. cane breaks.. did you mean? I'm sure you did.. privledge reading a write like this..thanks. Richard