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Leslie Eugenia Hoffman

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Saturn Opposite Neptune
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Saturn's boundaries are Neptune's enemies...
saying nothing because you don't feel safe
holding your breath so you don't hear your heartbeat
not letting him see you cry as he disappears into illusion
just one more look...no, remember your boundaries

Phew, Saturn wipes his brow, that was close!

If only she'd let him in, muses Neptune.

Why? Sooner or later, he'd still break her heart.

Not necessarily my cynical friend, not if she had faith.

You've been eating too many brownies!

Haven't you heard that chocolate is an aphrodisiac?

I give up, sighs Saturn, you're hopeless.

To the contrary, replies Neptune, I am hope.

 


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 Reviews of "Saturn Opposite Neptune"
Reviewed by Richard Cederberg
Reviewed on January 30, 2010
There is wisdom to be had from the most provocative sources.
Saturn sighing is a great image.
enjoyed this Leslie.
richard

Reviewed by Gianetta Ellis (Reader)
Reviewed on January 26, 2010
What a wonderful last line! The entire concept is smart and creative; the wit is simultaneously wry and warm. Your opening nicely balances your "planetary dialogue" yet in its almost reticent and somber way keeps mum of the light banter yet to come. The whole piece serves as an unfolding.

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on January 24, 2010
Such an interesting way of looking at possible love, Leslie. I love the sidebar to chocolate as well. Thank you. Love and best wishes to you,

Regis

Reviewed by Regina Pounds
Reviewed on January 24, 2010
I enjoyed this whimsical take on the powers of the stars. If anything to complain about it: it could be longer! :) in short, more, please!

Gina

Reviewed by Sage Sweetwater
Reviewed on January 24, 2010
Homing in on love opposites through planetary dialogue! It's a magnificent setting, Leslie, the laws of attraction and the laws of the galaxy...in cosmic terms, elsewhere in the galaxy, gestating stars require a cold, calm womb within a large cloud of dust and gas where the galactic core is anything but calm...Saturn Opposite Neptune, an intense metaphor of the blackhole's gravity shredding gaseous nurseries before anything can incubate there...some are born farther out and have to migrate inward to create new suns in the galactic environment...good to see you posting, Leslie, you've been missed...sending you a bag of chocolate Hershey kissesxoxo

Sage


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