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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2011-02-24 07:59 PM

I ponder the rain as I sit here, trying to get my mind in gear,
As I ponder I hear the drip, drop, of the rain on the rooftop,
The skies so gray you cannot tell, when day is gone and night has fell,
I await the stroke of midnight, when my doppelganger comes in sight,
The hours leading up to twelve, gives me time for my mind to dwell,
I wait for him to show me rhyme, as I have done so many times,
Like a drunkard yearns for his drink, even bathtub gin in the sink,
Come, come, ghostly midnight hour, I care not if you bring showers.

This is the price I have to pay, for finishing my novel today,
I have used up all of my words, and sit here like some doofus nerd,
I should lay back on my laurels, not worry about words to borrow,
Within my mind whispers shout, you must write that's what you're about,
The whispers disturb my solitude, besides which they're so very rude,
But yes, oh yes, I need to write, writing is my life, it's my plight,
In search of that one special tome, inside of my mind's catacombs,
To spend a day and not compose, is like a shy man without clothes.

So here I sit awaiting fate, for a very special midnight date,
My scattered alphabet to repair, reach up, pluck good words from the air,
Unscramble my confetti brain, oh please, oh please, don't be my bane,
Doppelganger bring word bouquets, accept my gratitude I pray,
Last time I said that was the last, I'd ask not again your words to pass,
It's different now, I'm truly stumped, just one more time, give me a jump,
I am not like the poet Poe, I just can't get my words to flow,
The clock chimed twelve the time is here, what to do if you don't appear?

©February 12, 2010 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~ Life is sexually transmitted ~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2011-02-24 09:19 PM

Jerry! Pretty cool dude! Nothing like a deadline to strike panic in one's heart.
Lori

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2011-02-24 09:27 PM

Thanks dudette. Sure like to see your smiling face. Thank you for being here.

~ Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks ~

Spiros Zafiris
Senior Member

since 2002-10-20

Posts 982
Canada

3 posted 2011-02-25 01:43 AM

..wild, you have your doppelganger,Jerry,
i have my guiding spirits..and i, too, wait
for just after midnight to approach Them,
on the new day, after my prayers..i enjoyed
reading..>>spiros

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

4 posted 2011-02-25 02:02 AM

ah...I smile. The doppelganger!

In your context, I find another opportunity for me to discuss my very favorite German word:

torschlusspanik-eleventh hour panic

I can get more stuff done at 11:45...

in fact, I'm banking on it.

Enjoyed, Jerry.

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

5 posted 2011-02-25 02:14 AM

You better leave ol dopple alone because I could never keep up with two of you that can write so well.
Liked this Jerry. You'll never be a doofus my friend.
Great imagination.
Tell ol doppleganger I said hello and that he'll never be able to write as well as the real writer JP.

Eric

oxymoron....Rap Music

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2011-02-25 07:30 AM

Thank you, Spiros, for stopping by and reading my stuff. You comments are welcomed anytime, anywhere.

I smile at the word, torschlusspanik, Serenity. We think alike mostly I'm thinking. Appreciate the kind words.

Eric, I'm passing along your message to my doppelganger, but he knows who the real talent is, II just follow his direction. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

~ Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks ~

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

7 posted 2011-02-25 01:39 PM

Enjoyed your poem and the responses, Jerry. Hope your doppelganger did his bit, even if a day and a while after midnight!

Owl

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2011-02-25 02:42 PM

Hi Owl! Thank you for being here and for your nice comment. Old Doppelganger usually shows up, sometimes later, sometimes earlier.

~ Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks ~

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

9 posted 2011-02-25 04:55 PM

"To spend a day and not compose, is like a shy man without clothes." You've put into words what you can't put into words...very nicely done. Oh, btw, congrats.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

10 posted 2011-02-25 05:34 PM

Thank you, steavenr, for being here.

~ Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks ~

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