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Timing is Everything (repost)
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Timing is Everything (repost) |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
He waited by the bus stop ‘timing is everything’ he remembered his father used to say between slaps between swats between the shrill laughter that punctuated his day He rode the bus to work on a schedule felt by rote each movement timed to make sense to those who watch his every breath Timing is everything as he placed his briefcase carefully under his desk, next to the box that held his most precious possession his collection of watches taken from friends and unsuspecting strangers Timing is everything as he put in his eight hours and rode home on the bus and waited for his wife to take him to their house so he could hide in the bosom of his family Timing is everything as he knocks carefully on the door of his father’s room and sees him sitting mutely in the chair not even turning his head but staring at nothing out the window tomorrow, the doctor said he may regain his senses tomorrow and timing is everything |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Sheesh. This carries a weight behind it...now stop distracting me Sharon so I can do my work! Heh...me likes it..  K |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
This is an absolute masterpiece, PDV... and you are so right...timing is everything  ~well timed hugsLyra |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
I remembered this from open 12-- as well as a reference to it by someone else. "Funny...there is a challenge right now 'timing is everything' - more irony.." kind of floored me you might say what with the timing and all---lol hugs kind lady  J |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
thought provoking at the least - the intricacies of life we find in the "average" concepts that bear the weight of the world around us… then turn personal in a moment (no pun intended). I like this very much Sharon, haunting and real at the same time. |
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Brad Majors 
since 2001-04-03
Posts 2647Georgia |
Very well written! |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Indeed it is... along with being both finite and indefinite... We should make the best of it... Nice write, m'friend... |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Thank you all for your kind comments. This was a challenge phrase poem - not a real life one.  |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big hugggssssss) Yes indeed, actions are vital to our life, but even far more important than that is how they are handled, and timing is the manuever to them all, and our timing is critical every step of the way! (sigh) This is powerful, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Sharon, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
I remember this from before PDV and I enjoyed it just as much this time!! |
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GypsyRose New Member
since 2002-06-01
Posts 8Oklahoma |
This is very true! |
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