Article: 261387 of talk.bizarre From: ktatroe@frii.com (k.tatroe) Newsgroups: talk.bizarre Subject: Remember fate Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 08:21:00 -0700 Organization: Writers are queer so keep away from them Lines: 33 Message-ID: <ktatroe-0112950821010001@fc-2.ppp.frii.com> Status: O X-Status: [imposition of leaf and sand] The smiles that cross your face hold vast meaning; if only I held your Rosetta Stone. These colder nights are never so bad now that meteors fall. [slow pan across a field of wheat] If I could pray, I would: without it, my penitence is likely to be misunderstood. "Remember fate!" is the warcry of the minions come to cripple me to smile. A touch and then [tree branches over a frozen river] gone: he may of passion be, but I hold comfort - this is where I'd rather be [a tear falls slowly, backlit to great effect], despite what I sometimes wish. Winds howl whispers - messages [imposition of leaf and sand] for my ears designed. I see your verbal pacing in my mind and wonder: does she think of me? [pan down from the spire of an unspecified cathedral into the nave, where a small goblet is tipped over, spilling wine; the wine seeps into the cracks between flagstones slowly] "Remember fate is the warcry!" [a tear is falling] is what she is singing to you; never to be. The smiles that cross your face [tree over river] are oftentimes for me. You can't imagine the joy that brings. [imposition of leaf and rushing water] No else will I sleep again. [imposition of leaf and sand] These colder nights are for my ears slow. A touch and then here again. Flashpan, flashpan: [horizontal pan of a woman's breast in shadow] memories trigger decision decision. "Remember fate!" and I will not cry for her. I will not cry [a single drop, backlit, splashes into a reflecting pool; her face is momentarily visible (it is yours)] for her. -k. ftsd-95