From: Misti<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

I have just finished reading *The Little Prince* by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. It is the most poignant, heart stirring book I have ever read. It's one of the best gifts I've ever received, and coincides with the best love I have ever received from another human being.<BR>
Chris,<BR>
  You are the sweetest man I have ever known. I don't know what I've done to deserve an Orion teddy bear and a box filled with letters and cards and a heart-shaped pendant on a silver chain and a Koosh ball and pinwheel earrings and *The Little Prince* and a Wonder Woman PEZ dispenser and seven hour phone conversations and,"I wish I was there so I could hold you" when I'm crying on the phone 1500 miles away...but I accept it all and I hope that someday I can begin to match all that you have given me. You are my laughing stars and my impossible miracle of a well filled with cool water in the Sahara. <BR>
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Jenna,<BR>
  We Aquarian chica locas gotta stick together! What you said about Venus and Mars sounds about right. I've never felt luckier.
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From: nikki<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

Terry--hmmm...beaches and sun...too much fun for me these days...enjoy, my friend, and I love 'Let me be..'.<BR>
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Gup...you got some good stuff going on.  I like 'here's mud in your i'<BR>
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Misti..good job on Dangerous Words.  <BR>
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Dee--I  love 'We sleep in Spoons' although it makes me miss Chris more...<BR>
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...and Gala/Dee collaboration...beautiful...<BR>
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Angel--'I Miss You'  another one that serves to remind me of the miles...beautifully written, though..<BR>
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hmm...did you ever have so many ideas spinning around in your head, yet at the same time don't feel like writing a single letter, let alone a string of words?<BR>
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g'night love bugs...
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From: HMS<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

Deevaa--<BR>
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WHAT plans?  You're my libra soul-sister now, no holding out!
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From: deevaa<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

(blushing) ohhhhhhh bugger... in 'we sleep in spoons' egger = eager  damnit.<BR>
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dee
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From: Michael (blinking)<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

guppy ~ I got some mud in my eye. I sort of like it. And a quote for ya. "A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence. -- Bruce Lee" I know you want to teach me to love. And love only. And love someone else. Working on it. Wouldn't it be nice if our lice would play nice? No context means no contest. That's my will and it's not a bitter pill. <BR>
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Misti ~ the little prince is an awesome book. I need to reread it. Dangerous words is also good. It took me too long to get it though.<BR>
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Kevin ~ I feel for you man. When you're driving through Oklahoma for too long, it doesn't matter if you have the AC on, it gets too hot already. And the highway patrol sometimes flies over you instead of using radar. I've lived somewhere close to where you lived in oklahoma and loved it. I've loved somewhere close to how you love and lost it. I didn't do either as long, or as well as you. I tried to leave instead. Now I'm trying to just make it right, and trying to take leave of my dwelling. And looking into oragami.<BR>
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From: Michael<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

Dee, Gala ~ your art is beautiful. Could you guys draw me an angel?
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From: Gala<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

Oh Kev...<BR>
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              The poems from the "road" continue to impress...you put the "true" and troubadour my friend.
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

...maybe i could pose...hehehe
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From: Kiwi<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

Misti~ Do you know french? Le petit prince is even better in it's original form. :-) I love that book! 
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From: Misti<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

Nikki~<BR>
    Thank you for the compliment on *Dangerous Words!*<BR>
Kiwi~<BR>
    The only French I know is French kiss, French fries and French vanilla. I'm sure it's a beautiful language but first I need to learn how to speak fluent Spanish. This will help on my trips to Acuna and Cozumel. And maybe someday Madrid.<BR>
(I'm dreaming!)
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From: Jenna Holland ([email-masked])<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

Misti- So maybe I wasnt the first to admit it... Glad Im not the only Aquarius! On of our best weekends is coming up and I got plans with the only one i want to be with now!!  Glad you are feeling the lucky vives too!! <BR>
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-Jenna-
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From: Jenna Holland ([email-masked])<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

Well maybe you can feel the VIBES if I could spell them! LOL<BR>
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-Jenna-
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From: kevin urenda<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

I've been neglecting commentary lately...  so now I neglect WORK instead (AUGH)...<BR>
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But I HAVE to say that the poetry in just the first week of June is *unbelievable.*  It just keeps getting better.  wow...<BR>
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Gala...<BR>
I had not mentioned how much I adored "What I Would Do."  You cast one of those elven spells on me, huh?  For I really COULD "just taste it."  And you would probably have an easier time of stopping the sun from rising in the east and setting in the west than teaching a heart to behave.  But the whimsical tone of "Caution The Heart" did make me grin from ear to ear...<BR>
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Calypso-<BR>
again, you continue in "echo" to sing me a siren's song of the sea...  in the dry high desert heat, I thank you for the feeling you give me....<BR>
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Kiwi-<BR>
I loved "Promise," not only for the the last four perfect little lines, but also because I have always felt that holding hands is vastly under-rated...  <BR>
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Terry-<BR>
The same as above for "Let Me Be."   I am enjoying the way your work is so obviously growing into what you have (away from the computer) with Sandi...  <BR>
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gup-<BR>
wow...  "this night" is so wonderfully lyrical, that it deserves to have music written around it...<BR>
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Angel-<BR>
I know what you are trying to say in "If you could see me naked..." BUT...  the title is as distracting as your charm...  &lt;winks&gt;  Point WELL-taken, though.  <BR>
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Megs-<BR>
"...Whoever He Is" will be getting in you the whole package...  I used to think I wore my heart upon my sleeve until your poems began to hit me...  What your poetry reveals of you is even more beautiful than the revelations themselves.  THANK you for letting this reader glimpse them...<BR>
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k
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From: Chris<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

Misti,<BR>
Your two newest subs are wonderful. I'm awed and honored as usual. 'Dangerous Words' had me laughin'... You can rest assured I will never serenade you with 'Friends In Low Places' in a karaoke bar! But I don't know what I've done to deserve YOU--the sweetest, funniest, most talented, most thoughtful, most beautiful (absolutely gorgeous, in fact!) woman I'VE ever known. I felt it all from day one, but it continues to amaze me how this deepens and gets better and better. As that character said in 'American Beauty', 'Do you realize how lucky we are to have found each other?' Well, I do, my darlin'. I do...
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From: Kiwi<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

Madison~ I really loved "Putting things away" :-( sad.
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From: Angel<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

Kev, sorta like "She has freckles on her(,) but(t)(,) I love her"...hehehehe*WINK*:)
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From: kevin urenda<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

I would be ignorant (in a decidedly unblissful sort of way) to let another moment go by (now that I have a second to catch my breath from the hellaciously busy start to June) without saying this:<BR>
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Deevaa-<BR>
I've not yet made up my mind what word I could use to describe the manner in which you evoke a deeply personal experience within me.  It's not your art - it's YOU...  You are a *living* work of art (and yes, a real piece of work &lt;**wink**&gt;).  You live life LARGE (Technicolor in Panavision), lady, and vividly on the canvas of my life.  I know we've not crossed paths a lot lately (life is bustling at an ever faster pace), but I wanted to thank you, again, for the privilege of knowing you...<BR>
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BTW, your art of yesterday is wonderful...  Knowing what you meant in your words and by your brushstrokes made my enjoyment of your work (and yes, that of our very own Jersey Elf) pretty intense...  I want more (please?)...<BR>
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k
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From: kevin urenda<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

Angel...<BR>
Ahem!<BR>
I'll have you know I find freckles quite lovely, thank you very much!!!
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From: ZoE<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

Hey guys-<BR>
 it feels like forever since I've been on here! Hi AnGeL*smiles* and MiStI and KeViN *gush*. I just got the internet back. Dez and I had been having money troubles.<BR>
Michael- I was really stoked to see you submitted one of my old poems, Oragami boy. :) *smiles* <BR>
btw all: I have been using the alias dairy_seraphine recently.<BR>
-ZoE
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From: Michael (Wearing confused)<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

ZoE ~ you submitted that bruce lee quote earlier? Cool.<BR>

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From: ZoE<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

NiKkI- "Empire Records" is also my favorite movie. <BR>
*giggles*<BR>
-ZoE<BR>

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From: Misti<BR>
Date: 7 June 2000<P>

ZoE~<BR>
 Hey, chica! Good to have ya back! You've always been one of my favorites. Love your newest submissions!
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