Skid Row

Comments: 25

Carol Roach Nov 7, 2006, 5:58am UTC

very good imagery, and powerful portrayal

Serina Matteson Nov 7, 2006, 6:06am UTC

"Liquid love", I like that. Great shit. I had some of that the other day but not what you are talking about here and not near as powerful. And not near as powerful as your words. WOW!

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Donald H. Nov 7, 2006, 6:08am UTC

Strong imagery....! Reality at the max...!

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Spencer T. Nov 7, 2006, 6:27am UTC

Explosive vision of a reality. Write on, Amanda.

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Virginia M. Nov 7, 2006, 6:30am UTC

Excellent writing, Amanda!:)

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mona d. Nov 7, 2006, 8:59am UTC

these words are perfect - i know him.

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Miz Lynn aka/BooBoo Nov 7, 2006, 11:51am UTC

WOW!! This is awesome, right to the point.

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Cecile V. Nov 7, 2006, 12:47pm UTC

You have depicted a familiar scene here in my neck of the woods as we have an innumerable amount of homeless with drug and alcohol problems. They like living here against the foothills as opposed to downtown Los Angeles. In fact there have been attempts to move them to L.A. over the years, and they refused, or snuck back up here after being moved. I can't blame them... I like it here at the mouth of the San Gabriels better than downtown L.A. too. I got to know many of them when I was receptionist at the Y, as they were allowed to come in and take showers for free so long as they behaved themselves.

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Anne B. Grote Nov 7, 2006, 5:35pm UTC

beautifully written and pitiful content!

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julian three Nov 7, 2006, 7:23pm UTC

We've all seen him / known him / pitied him / passed him by on the street and tried not to let ourselves feel too deeply, the lostness in those haunted eyes. You are so incredibly gifted.

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Atticus *. Nov 7, 2006, 8:29pm UTC

Beautiful amanda, you have found beauty underneath the sad silence of the last moments of a wasted life.

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David D. Gilbaugh Nov 7, 2006, 9:38pm UTC

Well done Amanda - an image clear in vision and its' point. "Liquid love inserted in dying flesh." is my favorite verse.

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Mark J. Nov 7, 2006, 11:29pm UTC

I've had friends who I know ended this way. I worry that others may have suffered a similar end. As their detachment from the world around them grew, and my own distraction with life's issues lured my focus inward, we seemed to disconnect. Each of those sad souls we see on the street could easily be a proxy for someone in our past. We think that we're disconnected from the "losing and lost," when in truth we've just turned away from the pain of those connections.

Amanda, such a touching portrayal of the sadness in addiction. Unlike many, you don't look away

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Eliza C Nov 7, 2006, 11:30pm UTC

As a person who has a friend who was on skid row in LA, and I just wrote about him a few days ago...I get this.

I like your imagery and the quality versus quantity.:)

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Richard M. Nov 8, 2006, 12:13am UTC

Powerful images, Amanda. Only four lines to describe a life or rather the lack of one. So sad that there are those out there like this.

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Apryl Just Apryl Nov 8, 2006, 1:13am UTC

I saw it all, a complete picture. I think I could smell soured clothing. I saw an alley way and trash strewn about. Addiction and all it's misery painted very vividly. Amazing painting my dear. Powerful writing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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