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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
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South Louisiana

0 posted 2015-06-08 09:41 AM



being alone
ain’t tha same as being lonely
for you see . . .
the armor hiding your mind
hears the echoing
thoughts of thousands, millions
of memories
like a hungry gull diving for
its dinner
you merely have to pick
which memory
will serve as your subtle tea-for-two
I usually
call upon distasteful memories
in order to
put a smile and pleasantries
to it
before I release it
back to being a memory
slightly altered
easier to deal with
that way

©May 30, 2015 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

© Copyright 2015 Jerry Pat Bolton - All Rights Reserved
MICHELMAS
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since 2012-02-15
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Lancashire England
1 posted 2015-06-08 11:05 AM


And do memories improve with age, or just become obscured by the mists of time.

Enjoyed
Michael

JerryPat2
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2 posted 2015-06-08 11:12 AM


Eh . . . I tend to think time erodes most memories. I have a couple of memories which have hung around from the forties and fifties just as vivid as they were when they happened. These memories are not pleasant memories. Thank you, Michael, for stopping by to read and comment on my poetry.

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
3 posted 2015-06-08 11:54 AM


I think I have thrown out a lot of "babies with the bathwater" in forgetting "the bad stuff". It is hard, I know, to go back replay those old memories where we dropped the ball...especially when it concerns our children or spouses. If someone has no regrets over how have ever treated anyone then they are either an idiot or an asp*. And you haven't lived if you don't feel bad about how someone has treated you.
I'm just delighted to see you are still on a journey of personal growth and happiness.~L

JerryPat2
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4 posted 2015-06-08 12:01 PM


Oh, my journey will never end until that last breath, Lori, and even then I fully expect to be reborn somewhere in the future. Thank you for your continued support of my poetry and me as an individual.

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

devina
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since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539
Cali
5 posted 2015-06-08 02:49 PM


"I usually
call upon distasteful memories
in order to
put a smile and pleasantries
to it
before I release it.."
~Fantastic way to rework them, I uz just do
a curtsy & a fireplace-toss to the unflavored ones!

Always great intrigue in that brain o'yours, Jerry!
be wellz
~T

"..But a tyrant spell has bound me,
And I cannot, cannot go.."
~Emily Bronte
'The Night is Darkening Around Me'

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
6 posted 2015-06-08 03:09 PM


quote:
fireplace-toss
is a finale to some of them, for sure. Thank you so much Tanya, you always make my day.

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
7 posted 2015-06-08 10:04 PM


hope you have a bag of good memories to visit...or some come your way soon...james
JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
8 posted 2015-06-08 10:12 PM


Thanks James. No I didn't have an awful lot of good memories during my life, but now, near the end, I am having wonderful memories come my way. So! It is balancing out . . .

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

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