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Open Poetry #48

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Abe
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Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end!

0 posted 2012-08-06 01:19 PM

And a T o o d l e , T o o d l e , D o o o o ,
to Y o u, Too !

Y o u k n o w , w h e n m o s t i s s a i d a n d d o n e
T h e r e ' s n o t m u c h l e f t t o b e none
W h e n , m o s t i s “d o n e s” a n d “s a i d s”
S o m e t i m e s t h e r e ' s a l w a y s r o o m f o r o n e .
M i g h t h a v e t o p u s h a n d s h o v e .
B u I c a n a l w a y s f i n dan i c h e f o r L o v e
M i g h t n o t b e a s m u c h, a s n e e d e d
A n d w i s h,I w o u l d / g e t / g i v e / m o r e seeded
B u t , s o m e t h i n g s , w i l l o n l y h o l d s o m u c h
A nd, if, t r y t o h o l d , o n t o o t i g h t
M i g h t g r o w c o l d t o t o u c h .
S h o u l d s a v o r , t h e s o f t e s t , l i g h t
T h e ' l l o n l y c o m e , b u t o n c e t i m e
S o m e o f u s w i l , l n e v e r k n o w .
N o ! N o t e v e n , s e e a s i g n
L i k e , t h e t h i n g s w e l o o k a t
(D o w e r e a l l y , e v e r s e e?)
I s t h a i m a g e r e a l l y w h a t i t s e e m s?
O r i s i t j u s t a t i n y s n i p p e t o f i t
S o m e t i m e s i k n o w, w a s d a y d r e a m s
A n d s o m e n i g h t m a r e s i n t h e n i g h t
M a y b e s o m e t h i n g t h a t I s a w
I n m y d i m i m a g i n a t i o n
A s q u i c k a s a f l a s h o f l i g h t
F r o m a r a g g e d l i g h t e n i n g b o l t
A w a k e n e d b y t h a t c r a s h i n g j o l t
T h e m i n d m a k e s u s w h o w e a r e
I t ' s t h e h e a r t a n d a l l t h a t s t u f f
W h i c h w i l l m a k e t h e c h a n g e s t o u s
T h e l e a s t o f t h i n g s c a n d o a l o t
A n d t h e m o s t c a n s e e m s o m o o t
S o m e t i m e s , c a r d s h a p h a z a r d
O r , f a l l r i g h t i n t o y o u r s u i t
A l w a y s l i k e t h e S p a d e s , m y s e l f
T h o u g h t h e y r a r e l y f e l l f o r m e
S o i d m a k e d u e , w i t h h o w t h e y l a y
S o m e t i m e s , i , d t u r n t h e m o v e r
A t t i m e s , a v e r y , s t u p i d p l a y
B u t , d a m n e d ! l o o k a t t h i s
I , m s t i l l h e r e i n t h e m i d s t o f f r a y
A l i t t l e f r a y i n g , a t t h t h e e d g e s , t o o
N o t t o o b a d , t h o u g h , I s u p p o s e
I s t a y e d a w a y f r o m a l l t h a t s h o o t i n g
A n d a l l t h o s e n e e d l e s i n i n t h e a r m
I j u s t k n e w I , d l i k e i t ,
B u t , w h o k n o w sM a y b e , I w o u l d h a v e n o th a v eI
I t i s , w h a t i t i s , f o r s u r e
A n d t h e r e i s n o w a y t o c h a n g e i t
O h , Y o u t r y t o g o b a c k
B u t n e v e r , r e , a r r a n g e a b i t ,
C a n k i n d a f e e l L i f e , s f l o w
I t s l o s h e s s a r o u n d i n m e
G i o n g o n e p l a c e t h e n a n o t h e r
R e a c h i n g , n i c h e a n d c r a c k i n m e .
I t f i l l s , t h e n s l o w l y l e a k s a w a y
H a r d t o e x p l a i n e m o t i o n s
B e c a u s e , t h e y a r e w h a t t h e y a r e .
T h e y a r e a p a r t o f t h a t m i n d t h i n g
I s p o k e o f , i n t h e b e g i n n i n g
A n d n o w , h e r e I s i t a w a t c h i n g , '
T r y i n g t o f i g u r h o w i t b e e n d i n g
C a n r e a l l y b e a m i n d g a m e
B u t , i t h e l p s t o g o i n a l i t t l e e a s y
A t l e a s t , i f o u n d i t t o b e s o
T u r n s t i m e t o s o m e t h i n g d i f f e r e n t
Y o u , l l f i n d i t t u r n i n s i d e o u t
A n d w h e n y o u s e e t h e i n s i d e ,
N e v e rS t a r t t o t o m a y b e , l e a r n a l i t t l e b i t
B u t n o w , n e e d t o p l a n i t o u t
B u t , t h e h e l l w i t h a l l o f t h a t
W i l l e n d u p j u s t e x a c t l y a s I b e
T h i s w o n , t m a k e , m u c h s e n s e
T o h a r d l y , a n y o n e e l s e b u t m e
J u s t , , i n t h e s t a r t i n g s t a g e s
T o w a r d , t h e e n d i n g o f d y i n g
L i k e , s a i d . W o r d s h a r d t o c o m e b y
T h e y f l a s h b y e y e , a b l u r
C o u l d i t b e I n e e d n e w g l a s s e s
T o a c t u a l l y s h o w i t r e a l l y c l e a r
P e o p l e s a y I , v e , a t t i t u d e
T h a t I , m t a k i n g i t w e l l
L i v i n g , t h e l i f e o f R i l e y
R e m b e r , k n o w i n g , t h a t o l d g u y ?
w a s , A l o n g , l o n g , y t i m e , a g o
S e e m s l i k e A B e e n i e n a m e i b B e n d i x . W o w t h o u g h t o f i t
I a s k m y s e l f , a m i a f r a i d
O r , w h a t i s a f e a r , i f e a r
A n o t h e r , o f t h a t m i n d t h i n g
T h a t s o m e t i m e s s p e a k s o u t c l e a r
T h i s t i m e i t , s k i n d a v a u g u e
T h e q u e s t i o n c a n , t b e a n s w e r e d
A t l e a s t f s u r e l y y , n o t b y m e
H o w c a n y o u j u d g e t h e e n d i n g s c e n e
W i t h , n o c l l o s i n g c r e d i t s , d u e
I t , s o n l y j u s t o n e a c t o f m y l i f e
A l t h o u g h , i t m a y b e t h e f i n a l o n e
B u t , w h o k n o w s , b e f o r e t h i s l a s t o n e
I t c o u l d s t i l l n o t b e d o n e
I t , s k i n d a f u n , w a n d e r i n g
T h r o u g h , s o m e s c e n a t i o s
T o f o l l o w , w h i c h t e p a t h s
j u s t , w h i c h w a y s h o u l d i g o
O n c e a g a i n . ( M i n d i n c h a r g e
N o t m u c h c h o i c e . O f h o w i g o .
A s f a r a s f e a r , i t , s g o i n g s l o w
T h o u g h , t h a t s n o t s o b a d
J u u s t a s l o n g a s i , m m o v i n g
W h e n e v e r i g o j u s t w a n t t o d o i t
t d o n , t w a n t t o h a n g , j u s t a l i t t l e b i t
I w a n t t o k n o w t h a t m o m e n t ,
T h a t , t h a t , e n d i s , r e a l l y , r e a l l y i t
B u t , e v e n t h e n , m u s t b e a f l e e t i n g s p a c e
W h e n y o u d o u b t , i f i t , s , r e a l l y d e a t h
W h i c h s t a r e s y o u i n t h f a c e .
I t s a l l b a c k t o t h e m i n d g a m e
W h e r e t h o u g h t a n d a l l m e a n i n g t o o k p l a c e .
I w o n d e r i f t h e r e , s o t h e r t h i n g s ,
T h a t m i g h t c o m e a n d t a k e i i t , s p l a c e

D e l "A b e" Jo n e s
Abe - The Poor Mans (soon to be dead man) Poet
8 . 4 . 2 0 1 2
I w a n t i t A l l d o n e, in that flash!

Del "Abe" Jones
Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. copyright 1984

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1 posted 2012-08-07 12:48 PM

Abe,I think we all do "want it done" in a flash,but the choice is not up to us. I see you kicking it and fighting all the way. when it is time,just let go and fall into it softly. best to you , jo

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