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The scarlet swimming costume

A transformation
Satin curving cupping pear
a whizz and blur of scarlett through ice
alabaster arms cut waves
dark hair trailing smoke
whale limbs turn shark
clown fish scatter
shells tumble sand grains storm
she is a torpedo
whirlwind creating saunmi
chopping ocean splitting it half
kali meets mudusa
water sizzles and frothes spit
into the eyes of passers by
one length turns ten,
twenty strokes forty 
pale tiles come back focus
chrorine pants echo, noisy pool
that costume sure feels good 

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Roscoe Lane

Roscoe Lane

16 years 2 months ago

Love swimming

I love swimming and was there, in the pool beside the costume. Seriously i swim every day if i can, and had a graphic picture of your costume as i read. Great poem, regards Roscoe..
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Lunegirl

16 years 2 months ago

I love swimming to, but

I love swimming to, but since i had a baby i havent had the time or childcare, they also shut our pool down in the town i live in till mid spring. I think i have been watching special K adverts. subliminal messeges... Im glad you like the poem vicki Optimism in adversity nutures positive outcomes
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Stefan

16 years 2 months ago

hi

Loved the way your words flow, I was almost washed away............the transformation was not so much in the swim gear, as it was in your approach to the new you. Great work.
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Lunegirl

16 years 2 months ago

someone told me to dig deep

someone told me to dig deep for a new way of writing, and after some frustration it just happened lol. glad you liked the flow and ebb : ) vix Optimism in adversity nutures positive outcomes