The Quiet Room

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    Hello, fellow trapdoor spider -- Jodie Foster

    The Quiet Room

     living there for unplanned time
    when I had the "power"
    they took "it" away slowly
    my strength did not allow floggings.

    I was kept in their darkness
    feeling my way around
    using light from the crack
    under the bolted door on the ground.

    I kiss their ears with whispers
    pleading for the release
    "May I have the keys I ask?"
    "not yet, she still has the disease."

    a sigh of relief
    as one of them jingles the bells
    which open the escape hatch
    My Life in their closet


    1989

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    Cryptics500 commented on The Quiet Room

    03-12-2015

    "Hey Jodie," he whispered "Iseedeadpeolpe" Bruce Wayne
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    Cryptics500 commented on The Quiet Room

    12-24-2014

    Get Back in that closet, JoJo.
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    frog commented on The Quiet Room

    08-13-2009

    Oh my stars this poem really spoke to me. I can so relate to the strong feelings here. Very well written.
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    WinterFrost commented on The Quiet Room

    06-17-2009

    Down right creepy I like it Winter
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    When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

    John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifth President of the USA

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