http://www.deborahspake.net The life and times of Deborah Spake Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:50:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ah this familiar deflation, the air compressed – the chest crushed inwards. Ah this free fall into the abyss, the tightening and constriction – the curtains close. The lights go dim and I land on the hard deck of a sunken ship.. ..gnarled with barnacles on my sandy castle floor. Bring up the barricades, let no ... http://www.deborahspake.net/2008/11/11/the-bends/ I find my thoughts migrate to you.. ..even as I read. The words on the page become your face, your eyes, the moment before you speak. I find my thoughts migrate to you.. .. like traveling to a familiar place. And in that journey – there is no ache, no need, no feeling of incomplete. As if in ... http://www.deborahspake.net/2008/11/03/the-present/ Spinning round and round until the thoughts spill out. Lux up, I went alone tonight.  The place was bump'n. Out at the back fire, up late with smokes and laughs. Sat and hung with a Lux regular, a friend that’s quite funny, with his whipped sarcasm - that with a twist of truth serves ... http://www.deborahspake.net/2008/10/19/lux-up/ Okay.. exhale. It's about time for... ..reflections from a single woman, autumn, ott-8! The pool is full of strange fish.  Most of them are not sure what direction they are swimming, some are hardly moving and if there was glass they'd be bumping up against it. I have swam with the most flashy.. hotties of ... http://www.deborahspake.net/2008/10/01/rantings-on-the-pool/ So I visit you again, my old friend. The one that brought me to life, stirred my passionate self and planted a paradise on my heart’s shelf. I see you sitting here in my bed,  as you did once long ago, offering me a promise with a smile, a twinkle in your eye and ... http://www.deborahspake.net/2008/09/09/at-the-gate/