From 102454.540@CompuServe.COM Wed May 29 19:43:02 1996
Date: 28 May 96 22:52:16 EDT
From: Patricia May <102454.540@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: REPOST: _My Talia_

Date : Saturday, May 18, 6:30 pm
REPOST:Tuesday, May 28, 9:45 pm
I screwed up the first time I posted this so
here it is again.  Hope it comes out ok.

_My Talia_ 
	by Jackie May <102454.540@compuserve.com>

Ok, this is my first post ever to any kind of list.
Lots of feedback, please, so I know what I'm
 doing wrong.

You'll know what's going on if you've seen 
"Divided Loyalties".  More so if you've also 
seen the end of "Ceremonies of Light and Dark".  
You'll see what I mean.

Characters belong to JMS and PTEN and all those initials.

Ivanova is narrating.

Here we go.

	_My Talia_

Sometimes, when the black of fear surrounds me
	and the shadows hug my mind
She returns to me.

Not the body that enticed me
 	communicating the woman within
Not the badge that repelled me
	that shielded her from closeness
But _her_: the soul of her
her flaws, her wonders

She returns to me.
My love explodes once more
I grasp the universe--
  oh, my Talia, my Talia

And then the universe rusts away in my arms
Crumbles
as she mocks me
	My Talia no longer.

The end

Copyright 1996 by Jackie May
Mine! Mine! Mine!
=======================
"Hush, my darling, be still, my darling
The lion's on the phone."
        --They Might Be Giants, "The Guitar"