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passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

0 posted 2010-09-08 03:58 PM

eleven years passed without a hint
of me knowing so I could squint
just to see how many thousands of posts
I've left on the trail with ghosts
wondering if you pay a mind
to a heart I left back in time
that no one may ever find

and some I still hold dear
because they answer clear
and not because I answer first,
don't see a U-Haul behind a herse
and

this is only a test.

Would I put my only child
on a table to cut it in half
and see God laugh
or would I give up every
worldly possession I have
to please God's sense of power or humor
or just pray over a tumor
without seeking a man
to fix it if he can?

Hmph!
I think not
and I guess I can't expect the same
of anyone else in this game.

Professor Gloom
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since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

1 posted 2010-09-08 04:13 PM

Not sure why it’s done
But you have to kick at least one,
Perhaps just to see for sure
It’s there and will endure.
(to get you off the lot.)

I’ve given up of responses back
After all I am the man in black
Alone yet not lonely at all
Three cats always come for supper call.
(waiting to remind if I forgot.)

I’d never tempt the powers that be
They’d have too much fun messin’ with me
And I’d have to gather again
Working through a new set of pain
(I’ve plenty of those already.)

Run it up the ole flagpole for fun
See if it is saluted by anyone
But oft as not you will find
No one seems to have the time
(most are too sedentary.)

Did the test work?

Gloom

Goldenrose
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since 2003-05-30

Posts 3665

2 posted 2010-09-08 04:35 PM

Dixie...your poems are never testing, they are you, the everyday, straight as you like you and they are also a joy (mostimes)to read, just like this one...thank you..

Goldenrose.

Friendship is Love without his wings. Lord Byron.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
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3 posted 2010-09-08 05:39 PM

ah Gloom, what a fine dance to have with you today

thanks for the tango

Phil, always my reader and friend, no matter if I say something about your words or not, and you know I always read and *sigh*

thank you darlin'

easy1
Senior Member

since 2010-05-22

Posts 1209
Southeastern USA

4 posted 2010-09-08 11:15 PM

A rented trailer being tugged behind a casket wagon is an image of majestic tomfoolery, thank you very much!

Eterne
Member

since 2010-07-21

Posts 75
Quebec, Canada

5 posted 2010-09-08 11:59 PM

11 years that's a lot of time and so many posts! Congratulations! Your poetry is very beautiful, and I wish you quite a few more 11 years of writing! :-)

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

6 posted 2010-09-09 06:34 AM

Have to say I enjoyed your poem, and Moose's response...
but then, I always enjoy your poems

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

7 posted 2010-09-09 07:11 AM

no matter if I say something about your words or not, and you know I always read and *sigh*

Perhaps there are other who do the same with your poetry...

Eusta B. Mae
Senior Member

since 2010-05-03

Posts 903

8 posted 2010-09-09 08:33 AM

There is nothing worse than sitting on a goose egg. I read this when you first posted and (gasp) didn't respond as I was at a loss for words (that didn't sound lame) and this piece deserved way better. So I echo the above sentiments of my fellow Pipsters...echo echo echo echo!

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

9 posted 2010-09-09 09:30 AM

I have seen a u-haul behind a herse...friend of mine drives one to haul band equipment and they rent a UH when they have to carry extra amps...only at bars in calif I guess..kewl stuff dixie

Angel4aKing
Senior Member

since 2006-09-27

Posts 1372
USA

10 posted 2010-09-14 12:25 PM

Very true dixie.....this is pretty deep stuff...

~~~kingsangel~~~

rosepetals36
Member

since 2010-07-09

Posts 137
Pa

11 posted 2010-09-14 01:22 PM

I liked

-- Used to be rosepetals25 :) I never know what to say when I reply to a poem, so ignore the lameness!

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

12 posted 2010-09-15 09:16 AM

Each of your words is like a little impulse and it reaches the reader, don't you ever doubt that. You are loved, dear Dixie, for the beauty of your poetry, as well as for the beauty of your sensitive heart.

Love,
Margherita

Martie

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

13 posted 2010-09-15 04:08 PM

Dixie doodle...I've never liked a test. They show me at my worst, not best.

naturegirl
Member

since 2009-09-30

Posts 168
England

14 posted 2010-09-17 07:47 PM

I often read your poems (& many others) on pip but when I go to post a reply I don't know what to say, or it sounds trite or too familiar, so I chicken out & delete it. I really like the way you write,and hope you write many more, although I had no idea what was behind the hearse until I read the replies.lol. as always thanks for sharing.

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