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Quirky Poesy - 7. Acceptance

In the story '18 Weeks of Twoey,' the protagonist, David, who was mentioned in the last two poems, has arrived at the final chapter. He has Twoey; Twoey has him. They speak of ‘forever’ but each knows there is a lot of work ahead. David is damaged but, by finally accepting who he is – over the objections of his mind, still trying to protect him from memories of his childhood sexual abuse – he has become serene and filled with hope. He realizes this acceptance will be the key to his survival.

And so he has composed his final poem for us, a cinquain.

 

 

 

 

acceptance

beatific, blissful

lightening, encouraging, blessing

climate of comfortable calmness

contentment

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Headstall

Ah... the added power of alliteration to compound the effect of a beautifully expressed definition of acceptance... superb, skinny... cheers... Gary...

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skinnydragon
On 08/31/2016 11:43 AM, Headstall said:

Ah... the added power of alliteration to compound the effect of a beautifully expressed definition of acceptance... superb, skinny... cheers... Gary...

Thanks so much, Gary!

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Emi GS

Auh!!! Such a lovely poem. I can see the maturity of David, whom I haven't met yet(sorry for that :blushing: ), through your poem. Yeah, Acceptance is such cure itself. :D

 

Lovely Poem SkinnyD... :)

 

~Emi.

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Parker Owens

SD, I loved this addition to your Quirky Collection. You describe what all of us who have read 18 Weeks have hoped for David. Thank you for this elegant collection of feeling for David.

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jess30519

Ah. Real contentment at last. Not the self-delusional kind that David indulged in over the last few months. Lovely!

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skinnydragon
On 08/31/2016 09:11 PM, Emi GS said:

Auh!!! Such a lovely poem. I can see the maturity of David, whom I haven't met yet(sorry for that :blushing: ), through your poem. Yeah, Acceptance is such cure itself. :D

 

Lovely Poem SkinnyD... :)

 

~Emi.

Thanks for your nice thoughts, Emi!

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skinnydragon
On 08/31/2016 10:18 PM, Parker Owens said:

SD, I loved this addition to your Quirky Collection. You describe what all of us who have read 18 Weeks have hoped for David. Thank you for this elegant collection of feeling for David.

Thank you, Parker!

For this and for all your encouragement.

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skinnydragon
On 08/31/2016 10:24 PM, Mikiesboy said:

I can only tell you, I feel and understand this ... it's almost physical.

 

tim

Oh my, thanks tim!

 

I know you don't read teenage angst, but you can appreciate that the introspection and 'angsty' part of his life is past now. :)

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skinnydragon
On 08/31/2016 11:48 PM, jess30519 said:

Ah. Real contentment at last. Not the self-delusional kind that David indulged in over the last few months. Lovely!

Thank you, jess!

 

No, we can't send David on to the rest of his life without some emotional stability. :)

 

Anyway, this should make Twoey's job as his 'keeper' much easier. :o

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AC Benus

I think there is a clever phonetic play on the words 'acceptance' and 'contentment.' I'm not sure I know how professors of metre and declamation would term it, but for me it's like a musical note. The 'tance' part of acceptance is like a note going sharp, and the 'ment' of contentment is like the exact same note going flat. It's a profoundly complete and satisfying sound to end the poem on.

 

Well done :)

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On 09/02/2016 06:06 AM, AC Benus said:

I think there is a clever phonetic play on the words 'acceptance' and 'contentment.' I'm not sure I know how professors of metre and declamation would term it, but for me it's like a musical note. The 'tance' part of acceptance is like a note going sharp, and the 'ment' of contentment is like the exact same note going flat. It's a profoundly complete and satisfying sound to end the poem on.

 

Well done :)

Thanks, AC!

 

You know, when I wrote 'contentment' I knew its sound felt like what the word meant. I don't think I'd ever noticed that before. So I'm glad I chose it to end the poem because it made me--full of contentment!

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