chime of the tolling bell by Rene Schlegel
Didn’t Want To Ask
Missed Connections from Long Island
years of saying we were soul mates ~ why didn’t you choose me?
stop the bell from ticking twelve ~ or we can’t be!
One Year Ago: Missed Connections in Ann Arbor, MI: Prince Charming Has Left The Kingdom
Her Two Cents from the Missed Connections Chief Bottle-Finder:
Even though this short message from Long Island is a simple rhyme, I was taken in by the image of the tolling bell. Part fairy-tale, part death knell reminder that time is growing short (at least from our poet’s perspective). Could it be that the years of soul-mated-ness are a contributing factor? Some answers we will never have…
