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	<title>Troped &#187; the beach</title>
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		<title>Architect of Accident</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troped</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travis Fleeting's Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In which Travis writes a poem by the ocean, late in the night.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jetties launch themselves into the night time ocean almost every two hundred yards on Folly Beach, near Charleston, SC.  Travis has came out on the urging of some local fans.  He hit a couple of the local bars, too, with his friends.  But last call came too soon and he found himself out on the beach with no where to be.  So he plopped down on a jetty and after he let his eyes glaze over for a while, he pulled out a pen and wrote this down:</p>

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<blockquote class="poem">Three quarter clouded moon  
over ocean&#8217;s persistent crystal light  
dances a path to walk  
alone in a night time myopia  
  
silence that stills the heady  
dialogue of bright day  
and moon&#8217;s wide and fuzzy halo  
is a quiet amphitheater  
  
for the performance of ocean waves  
their dark body, bright foam, an inverted tide  
come to take all  
your should&#8217;ves away.  
and lap  
deep thunderous.  
  
At the First far falling star
overhead, you sit in awe alone
wide-eyes peeled to bay of light
Her communique
She to you alone, who walks this late

who came to worship the temple of
the architect of accident
when all the voices insisted
hitch hiked on you to this quiet place
you came alone to, the
fall silent one by on
until left are none

and the second falling star
is a real thing.

And the ocean, not something to fathom
but a place to land&#8212;
as all falling stardust must

and you are cold
and you are shivering
sitting on a wide beach of white sand
the wind with its job to do
your vigil is aside

the three quarter and clouded moon
looking down on  you
shines white light that is
a secret from the sun bounced
&#8212;round the solar system
and
there is no one else watching

but you&#8217;ve who&#8217;ve come
this late at night
for the show that
goes on for almost forever
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