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15. I Have Been Here Before


Resourceful and intellectual Athena
has lost her head

I have been here before,
to this waiting place.
I want to talk to you.
But you are in no
mood to listen.

I've been here before,
and I never knew
then or now, how I got here;
how you went from buzzing
like a fly about my head
to indispensable;
how I tumbled into dependence
that I would like to call love
If it were kinder
and more concerned with
your happiness.

I have been here before,
with you, without you,
wanting you and wishing for you,
bootless and fruitlessly.
I have been here,
I have been here,
I have been here before,
and you'd think
I would know
my way
home.

1. cicisbeo
2. Pluto
3. she walked with a phone
4. Lullaby
5. The Key
6. I Remember One Rose
7. What I Want to Know
8. How I've Been
9. I must be mad
10. Love is Like Water
11. Catch Your Breath
12. The Speed of Love
13. Benevolence
14. Message in a Bottle
15. I Have Been Here Before
16. I Want Back
17. The Parallel Universe Has Closed

 
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©2002 Ellen Vanderslice
10 September 2002
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