poems from Unearthly Companion
"fairy lona" <[email protected]> Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:50:58 +0100
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Five Poems from Unearthly Companion
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Ghost Story
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He often came to the villa.
He was my doctor,
and a nice fellow, I thought.
But now I'm on the other side of the grave.
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He came to see only my young wife,
whose shiny hair matches=20
her skin, heavenly fair.
With the potion he gave me, I know now,
he had only one aim:
to put me to death.
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They are sitting at the table, having dinner,
in fancy clothes, and from fancy plates=20
that I paid for.
I see them very well,
as I'm right here.
I came back=20
and I will scare them to death.
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C Ilona Hegedus, August 2004
First published in the September 1, 2004=20
issue of Expressions.
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Ruler
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I am the ruler of all the armies,
and the transport lines,
the data streams, the food supplies...
All that is important belongs to me.
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I am the most powerful of all,
and I decide upon your faith.
Countless servants I have,
people and machines,
but I serve none.
You have to hack into me
to make me love you.
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C Ilona Hegedus, October 2004
First published in the December 1,=20
2004 issue of Expressions Newsletter.
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Healer
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The old man led him in,
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such a long time was spent waiting,
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and now he is here,
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a guest much loved and respected.
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He is led to a child's sickbed,
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a little girl admired by his grandpa.
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A tiny hand, a barely heard sigh.
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Sitting with his guitar in the hand,
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he starts to play.
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The magic starts to work,
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and, before the break of dawn,
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the little girl is cured.
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C Ilona Hegedus, November 2004
First published in the 1 December=20
2004 issue of KidVisions.
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Clarissa
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I don't have a clever daughter=20
or a naughty son,=20
as I cannot give birth to a child.=20
I'm not capable of making love, either.=20
I cannot walk outside and=20
breathe fresh air.=20
I cannot touch the surface of the grass.=20
I am confined.=20
At least, I can feel=20
like anyone else,=20
and the thinking I do much faster.=20
That's why they created me,=20
and I love them for it,=20
even though it's all clear to me.=20
As soon as they have the new version,=20
they will erase me,=20
and I'll disappear for ever.=20
I wonder where I will go.
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C Ilona Hegedus, October 2004
First published in the in June=20
2005 issue of Between Kisses.
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Trial
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Rightful or unjust?
It's the place of claims=20
and pleas and lies.
Questions reverberate
on the corridors of the mind.
The hall is crowded
and all want to=20
get into the court room.
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It's the place where I defended
rapists, crooks,=20
the man-eater=20
and the vivisector.
But who will defend me,
the most terrible monster of all?
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A long row of corpses turn up,
they were all called to testify.
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C Ilona Hegedus, May 2005
First Published in Whispers of=20
Wickedness, June 2005.
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B>Ghost Story<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">He often came to the villa.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">He was my doctor,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">and a nice fellow, I thought.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">But now I'm on the other side of
the grave.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">He came to see only my young
wife,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">whose shiny hair matches </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">her skin, heavenly fair.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">With the potion he gave me, I
know now,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">he had only one aim:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">to put me to death.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">They are sitting at the table,
having dinner,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">in fancy clothes, and from fancy
plates </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">that I paid for.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">I see them very well,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">as I'm right here.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">I came back </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">and I will scare them to
death.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">© Ilona Hegedus, August 2004</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">First published in the September
1, 2004 </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">issue of Expressions.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B>Ruler<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">I am the ruler of all the
armies,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">and the transport lines,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">the data streams, the food
supplies...</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">All that is important belongs to
me.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">I am the most powerful of
all,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">and I decide upon your faith.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Countless servants I have,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">people and machines,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">but I serve none.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">You have to hack into me</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">to make me love you.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">© Ilona Hegedus, October 2004</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">First published in the December
1, </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">2004 issue of Expressions
Newsletter.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B>Healer<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">The old man led him in,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">such a long time was spent
waiting,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">and now he is here,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">a guest much loved and
respected.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">He is led to a child's
sickbed,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">a little girl admired by his
grandpa.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">A tiny hand, a barely heard
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Sitting with his guitar in the
hand,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">he starts to play.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">The magic starts to work,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">and, before the break of
dawn,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">the little girl is cured.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">© Ilona Hegedus, November
2004</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">First published in the 1 December
</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">2004 issue of KidVisions.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B> <o:p></o:p></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <B><o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B>Clarissa</B><B><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">I don't have a clever daughter
</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">or a naughty son, </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">as I cannot give birth to a
child. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">I'm not capable of making love,
either. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">I cannot walk outside and </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">breathe fresh air. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">I cannot touch the surface of the
grass. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">I am confined. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">At least, I can feel </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">like anyone else, </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">and the thinking I do much
faster. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">That's why they created me, </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">and I love them for it, </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">even though it's all clear to me.
</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">As soon as they have the new
version, </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">they will erase me, </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">and I'll disappear for ever. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">I wonder where I will go.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">© Ilona Hegedus, October 2004</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">First published in the in June
</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">2005 issue of Between Kisses.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B>Trial<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Rightful or unjust?</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">It's the place of claims </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">and pleas and lies.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Questions reverberate</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">on the corridors of the mind.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">The hall is crowded</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">and all want to </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">get into the court room.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">It's the place where I
defended</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">rapists, crooks, </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">the man-eater </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">and the vivisector.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">But who will defend me,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">the most terrible monster of
all?</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">A long row of corpses turn
up,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">they were all called to
testify.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">© Ilona Hegedus, May 2005</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">First Published in Whispers of
</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Wickedness, June 2005.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR><A
href="">http://ilonahegedus.topcities.com</A></FONT></P></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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