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EquilibriumAt intervals defined not by time but by some equilibrium (or dis-) of the bodymind, my attention caresses a calving iceberg of impenetrable light. Or it may be that a child's hand senses the soft grey warmth of a sea-blasted boulder. Either way, I inhabit a three-dimensional boundary between land, air and ocean, between warm self and thermodynamic equilibrium, between yielding body and the resistant cosmos. This zone might be said to be entrancing, yet it feels so like the opposite: a sobering wakefulness, a suitcase in the boot of the car, shoes tied.   
Such, it seems, is our sense of self (though I should not presume to speak for Equilibrium
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Word OrderA thread of narrative is spun for the over-fond: hunger for the verb, I might say. And the verb sets the scene; enter our subject, stage right, and, stage left, objects direct and indirect, and the like. Oh, oh, so over-peopled the stage by the mere idea of a verb, sugesting satiety. But we set aside convention, having no intent to convey a simple thought from one mind to another.   
The words line up to tell their story. It is not through laziness that they are not agreed who they are and how they will present themselves. Though they are well rehearsed (by whom, we cannot say), yet they must extemporise, bickering endlessly meanwhi Word Order
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Out of LoveIn my mind, not on it, but always poking through.  In my heart, not of it, the love I feel for you.  I did not want to love you and I do not want to stop.  My words, I love you most when into mind you pop. Out of Love
by ~AlanAshton-Jeanes
AwakeThe oozing tint of hazy; verdigris vague of sullen uplands; and a boy breathes softly beneath surround of solitude. How round a sound he found upon the brown ground - no more than a hum 'ubbub 'bub, soaking up sense in a heartbeat. Awake
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Fairfax StreetThis morning finds me walking the usual steps that I take  A couple of young boys talking and fishing for boots in the lake  I stood and sighed and they nudged each other and smiled  But how carefully they played 'til they watched me walk away   
Went past the castle ruins down by the greengrocer's stall  Walked by the fig tree growing out of the old dockside wall  I need to find some roots I left behind  Some place to call my own, home sweet home   
How could you do this to me?  You've left me all alone  How could you do this to me?  I'm left without a home  You needed rin Fairfax Street
by ~DaveJeanes
Flowers By The RoadsideI've finished drinking  I hardly touch the stuff today  When they ask, 'Same again?'  I shake my head and walk away   
I've changed  I don't want these feelings to die  Yeah but it's strange   
Though millions of people go by  I’m finding it just a little bit hard to take   
They seem to know me  To know the things I have to face  If they could only  Just see the steps I have to trace   
And I say  They know why I'm walking this way  But all the same  They're all jumbled memories today   
Of flowers by the bedside  Flowers i Flowers By The Roadside
by ~DaveJeanes
My BabyMy baby  My baby’s in her mummy’s tummy  And she’s the cutest thing I’ve ever seen   
My baby  My baby’s in her mummy’s tummy  It seems the safest place for her to be   
Crazy world of apathy, it’s a lazy world of lethargy  How could I explain it to her?  Jaded world of jealousy, it’s a faded world of fantasy  How could I explain it to her?   
My baby  My baby’s in her mummy’s tummy  It seems the safest place for her to be   
My baby  My baby’s in her mummy’s tummy  And she’s the cutes My Baby
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Five up!

Mon May 26, 2008, 10:43 AM
Five days in and five deviations up, what do I make of the experience so far?

Well, nobody has been positively negative! After an initial level of interest driven by the sublime =Flutterings, my niece, I've lost about two thirds of my audience (24 views of Whodunnit falling to 9 for Drafts). It's too early to express satisfaction with that, but it would be pretty astonishing if, longer term, even one in four, five or six came back for more!

That said, I suspect that people are more intrigued than delighted. At this stage that's not really surprising. But beyond interest/curiosity, it's not clear what people think. One reaction that surprised me is fear; I can't really get my head round that, but I guess it could be unsettling.

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`Flutterings Jun 8, 2008, 8:29:13 AM


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Thanks for faving one of my pieces of writing, it means a lot to me! x


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~DaveJeanes May 29, 2008, 9:16:18 PM
Helloo! Waiting for someone to say, "Thanks for the fave, Dave".
You OK? x

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~AlanAshton-Jeanes May 30, 2008, 1:24:04 AM
:) I'm fine, thanks. You?

Standing at a literary crossroads hoping for a lift.

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~DaveJeanes
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`Flutterings May 23, 2008, 1:32:55 AM
Thank you for the watch! I hope you like my future work!

Hehe.

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~AlanAshton-Jeanes May 23, 2008, 6:57:18 AM
You're welcome. I'd watch you come what may, of course, but I'm pretty sure you'll write something else worth reading in the not-too-distant future :)

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~a-broken-soul May 22, 2008, 11:39:24 AM
Hi! Heard about you from Kate and thought I'd come say hello.

Welcome to DA!! ^_^

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"It's not how many breaths you take, it's how many moments take your breath away."
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The world needs more hugs! :hug:
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Go check out =Flutterings gallery, she is amazing!!
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~AlanAshton-Jeanes May 22, 2008, 2:25:38 PM
You're very kind. Thank you. And you're right, the world does need more hugs. :hug:

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~DaveJeanes
`Flutterings
~SweetTalkingWoman
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~ElizaBlack May 22, 2008, 4:19:05 AM
Hello ^.^

Kate said she had a new family member on here so I had to come and see :D
And now I shall go and read....:hug:
Welcome to DA ^.^
Hope you'll love it too!!!!!
And i'm always here for anything you need :)

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Don't see what you have not done, but all that you have. If you are reading this, then you have done something for me and you will never know how much that means.
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~AlanAshton-Jeanes May 22, 2008, 5:46:35 AM
Thanks, Eliza.

What is the strange and awesome power of the =Flutterings?

Hope you enjoy what I've written. But if you don't, that's fine :)

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~DaveJeanes
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~SweetTalkingWoman
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~ElizaBlack May 22, 2008, 7:03:20 AM
heh...she's just so amazing...I don't know how she does it lol....

And I have enjoyed your writing :)

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Don't see what you have not done, but all that you have. If you are reading this, then you have done something for me and you will never know how much that means.
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