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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2011-01-08 03:10 PM



I wish I hadn't done it
I wish it were undone
I want to take it back
but the damage is
already done
I want to take it back
not knowing
how far back to go
or which one to take back...
This is all I know
I wish I hadn't
bit the apple
opened the box
answered the phone
or hung that skeleton there
I should have left
those cats and worms
in their bags and cans
let enough and well alone

LGR(c) 1/8/11

© Copyright 2011 Lori Grosser Rhoden - All Rights Reserved
ethome
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1 posted 2011-01-08 03:14 PM


Sorry, too late!!
Time to build a new home fire.

Don't know anyone who hasn't felt this way one time or another.

This is very clever and I like how you sewed the cliches into the thought.
AND! I'm not taking that back!

Eric

ain't doin nothin at all just answerin the call
and kinda driftin away from it all

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere
2 posted 2011-01-08 03:26 PM


Thanks Eric! always enjoy your commentary!
Lori

Quiet One
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Shhhhh
3 posted 2011-01-08 04:18 PM


Sure wish life had a little button, marked, "Do Over"
XGarapanX
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4 posted 2011-01-08 10:52 PM


No do over buttons, but there is a "do better" button!

·´~`·­»Garapan«­·´~`·  "Look! Crumbs on his jacketses... Heeee took it!"

Legacy
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Louisiana
5 posted 2011-01-08 10:58 PM


Funny in a sad sort of way.
faithmairee
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Poe Haven, USA
6 posted 2011-01-09 12:46 PM


ah, i can almost feel the regret, Lori. But you did make a good poem out of it.   This is very cleverly written and i like it alot!

There must be a poem in here somewhere.

Rex Allen McCoy
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7 posted 2011-01-09 01:41 AM


I can relate to this ... and I learned my lesson too

clever write

Margherita
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Eternity
8 posted 2011-01-09 11:14 AM


No way, dear Lori! Sometimes we bite our lips in regret for what can't be undone, but experience has many facets and they are all useful for our growth!

Very well expressed thoughts.

Love,
Margherita


incwrite
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since 2010-12-31
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new york
9 posted 2011-01-09 02:05 PM


thoughts and words timed perfectly.  Sorry to say I have been there many times.  I call it foot in the mouth syndrome...lol
steavenr
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10 posted 2011-01-09 06:35 PM


...ahhh....regret and remorse...you've woven your words so well...nicely, very nicely done
Sunshine
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11 posted 2011-01-09 07:54 PM


I know I will hear this in live
and well time...it's good.

Your improvements are remarkable.

You're thinking now. Not just spitting...
but thinking.






AlCowie
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since 2011-05-13
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London, UK
12 posted 2011-05-16 09:15 AM


One of the most enjoyable poems I've read here. Ain't it the truth though!

JerryPat2
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South Louisiana
13 posted 2011-05-16 09:19 AM


Funny. Funnier. Funny as hell. Oh, hell isn't supposed to be funny.

~ Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills. ~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
14 posted 2011-05-16 09:21 AM


AlCowie- you are way too kind and generous in your praise and you have many others to read yet.   Bless your heart for popping these poems up to the top again.
Lori

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