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The Anti-Device
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The Anti-Device |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
The Anti-Device Ever been cannonaded by enemies, torpedoed by insecurities, your self-image bullet riddled by faults; your attitude shelled and your smile in shrapnel like a suit of armor held together by a loose bolt ? When they all zero-in to land on target, to detonate and make you explode, do what I did and “mentally” remove the flush from the side of the commode. In the morning, I attach it to the side of my head and await the barrage of the day. The torpedoes and shells don't hurt any more 'cause I click and flush each one away. At the close of the day, there's no backup of tension or need for intensive therapy. My Anti-device will work for you very well like it works for me. And I'm not implying that you can have mine or that I will make you a loan. Just go to your bathroom and open the door, and there you'll find one of your own ! Namyh |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ah, this is so damn good, Namyh, and I truly wish you'd been around during my two lost decades. Who knows, even if you had been I would have probably ignored you and went my own way into the pits of hell. But back to your poem, you have a brilliant thought process and I applaud you for it. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Way to go Namyh! At the fist of the poem you had me thinking "he is going apocalyptic" then when you went to " and “mentally” remove the flush from the side of the commode." That little unexpected twist really made me smile. Great message too! Well done! Lori  |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
JerryP – Look at this way Jerry. We’ve all had our few lost decades of time. Who knows, even had I been there then I would have doubtless demonstrated my roguish rebel ‘I don’t give a damn’ attitude for sure. Then eventually we both would have ended up in the pits of Hell where we would have no doubt met over sizzling charcoals, burning sulphur and looking at Satan looking at us. Now there’s a cheery place to be without an Anti-Device! Whoa! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Sometimes the trek down memory lane can be Hell! Can’t it? Ha! Ha! Ha! Thanks a lot Jerry for stoppin’ in to enjoy and for making my day. Namyh |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
Lori – It’s insightful that you would think “apocalyptic”. I started out writing about mankind’s doom and destruction and somewhere along the line it evolved into a flush on the side of a commode that could help someone to prevent their own. Don’t ask! Don’t ask! If I hadn’t changed horses in mid-stream, I never would have found out that I liked this second horse better. So I kept the title the same. Poets! Go figure! So very happy to deliver an unexpected twist that really made you smile. For this scribbler of words, it was ‘apocalyptic’ and I couldn’t ask for more. Boom! Namyh |
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