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Mar. 25, 2005 Little hollow-eyed girl staring-up at the big world wearing a pink flannel nightgown— barefoot and all…. Sleeping parents unaware she slipped out of bed (to somewhere) whispers a voice, unexpectantly (a thin mouth quivering): “You do look kind of like a picture that might have been….” The mother reaches out to gather the child into her embrace … “Poor little thing,” she thinks (still in her dream). The child stands back— Deserted once by her mother Tossed back to oblivion. Yet the echoes of “Mommy…” Is heard—over and over (like the humming of a train on tracks). “But aren’t you cold?” Asks the dreaming woman, “Come, take my hand!” The child stern—: now stares With pale lips— Puckered with disappointment She whimpers a tear. With pathetic eagerness She asks again (the child bemused) Says: “I don’t know the way…and You don’t have time…” And as she wakes up, the child Disappears!... ------------ About the author: Mr. Siluk is a world traveler, a lover of the mysteries around the world, and has visit many World Heritage Sites, his most recent being Easter Island, the Galapagos and Mesa Verde. His books can be seen on/at Barns and Noble.com, Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, Abe.com Alibis, Boarders and several other sites and book stores. Many of his books can be purchased through the English Bookdealers. He spends his time between Lima, Peru and St. Paul, Minnesota, and has just finished working on two new books: "The Macabre Poems,” and “Perhaps it’s Love,” and continues to work on "Curse of the Abyss Worm,” a suspenseful mystery, and “Cold Kindness,” a tragic love affair. Visit http://dennissiluk.tripod.com Email: dlsiluk@msn.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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