ravish Death of a Rose mountain top falling, climbing, holding on, falling. . 130612 ... epitome of incomprehensibility How can you trust a word with a history like this? First it means kidnap, then expands to be a euphemism for rape, and then sometime in the 20th century with the rise of bad romance novels it turns into a fancy term for passionate, adjective-enhanced sex. If this word were a cab driver, I wouldn't get into his/her car; such jarring turns make me queasy. On the other hand, can you trust any word? 130612 ... e_o_i (Trust is not necessarily necessary for attachment. I don't trust my alter ego either. She gave up reading Ovid's Metamorphosis when she decided its main lesson was "Eating babies is hilarious." I mean, do you need to go to ancient Rome to confirm that?) 130612 ... Doar O.E.I. to me it`s meaning has transformed from a history, a malignant history.. into a...a word that wasn`t travelled here in blue...a word that to me means passion and more passion...i didn`t mean to put this word to bring up past blights... it was meant as passion only. god you make me feel repentant... . 130612 ... Doar or the other way around... E.O.I. . 130612 ... e_o_i I'm sorry! I meant to turn up my roundish and increasingly undeserving nose at the word itself, not not not not... not! at your poetry. The river never strikes the same place twice; lightning flows into different channels. To illustrate: E.O.I. O.E.I. O.E.D. (Oxford English Dictionary) Q.E.D. (quod erat demonstrandum) Romance and etymology are two sides of the same dodecahedron. 130828 ... Doar Singing together by the pool. Drinking magarita's and dancing, With strangers digging ditches, No trades between each of us, Somewhere in the desert, No heat and all the water. Snow coming down the trail, Cold in the below ground, Watching up the hill sleeping. Still turning away from standing. Calm beyond you and love alive. . 220501 ... Raina attempting to quench a neverending thirst 220503 what's it to you? who go blather from