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JerryPat
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Louisiana/America

0 posted 2011-01-18 05:57 AM


it matters not the way things seem to be
howling, hungry wolves beckon at our door
take a chance, be someone different today
open that door, watch yourself coming back

pick what face you'll wear right off the shelf
do your thing, matters not in the grand scheme
a growing ice cube for a beating heart
that sweet smile doesn't get you very far

I have cried when I was happy
I have laughed when I was sad
bring on the teary-faced clowns
under the big tent scarcely clad

is it this road I should take; maybe not
I'm off course, cannot find my compass
a rusty tangled heart is all I own
I've walked through far too many doors

standing 'neath strings of naked light bulbs
from which all kindness has been drained
chanting like a medieval housewife
with forked tail beneath cloven-hoofed legs

abandoned and denied
an Edgar Allen kind of day
clouds are growing inside
let them stay or chase away

for the right reasons I do wrong things
there's always yesterday in my eyes
looked under my bed and was surprised
saw my life on the head of a pin

a ménage à trios that never ends
Louisiana two-step with Zydeco
leave guilt and worry on the dance floor
live large, be happy, blues know your place

I have cried when I was happy
I have laughed when I was sad
bring on the teary-faced clowns
under the big tent scarcely clad

[This message has been edited by JerryPat (01-19-2011 05:43 AM).]

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nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29
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Between the Lines
1 posted 2011-01-18 06:32 AM


"is it this road I should take; maybe not
I'm off course, cannot find my compass
a rusty tangled heart is all I own"

wish I had written this~~


M

Dark Stranger
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since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631
West Coast
2 posted 2011-01-18 07:05 AM


jp...enjoyed this barnam and barely three ring...some great lines
JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991
Louisiana/America
3 posted 2011-01-18 07:09 AM


I appreciate the compliment, nakdthoughts, thank you very much.

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DS, you are right on . . . er . . . or is that wrong off . . . Never did get that stuff right. Thanks, however it goes.

~ Clones are people two ~

ethome
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since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada
4 posted 2011-01-18 08:11 AM


Good work Jerry

Makes one wonder about oneself I'd say.
Works sometimes all the same.

"I have cried when I was happy
I have laughed when I was sad
bring on the teary-faced clowns
under the big tent scarcely clad"

Tent or the clowns.

Really liked this piece.

Eric

Love does not look after it's own interests.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere
5 posted 2011-01-18 08:21 AM


Jerry I like this, you ringmastered it well.
Lori

JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991
Louisiana/America
6 posted 2011-01-18 08:27 AM


Will mankind ever, finally, quit trying to make sense of it all? I doubt it, Eric, I doubt it very much. Thank you for being here.

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Lori, the three-ringed circus . . . Something for everyone.

~ Clones are people two ~

[This message has been edited by JerryPat (01-18-2011 09:38 AM).]

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa
7 posted 2011-01-18 11:46 AM


Yes, Jerry . . . the masks we wear . . . I loved the poem for many reasons, but especially for its honesty and introspection.  I had to google Zydeco and I enjoy googling.  

I think it will be a sad day when mankind stops trying to make sense of it.  It is good to seek solutions and explanations and it doesn’t need to be frenetic, but when it is, it is good to take refuge and find peace in the safe haven of these blue pages.

Owl

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