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Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2019-02-23 08:01 AM



The cursor taunts me-
nanny nanny boo boo
nanny nanny boo boo
it whispers
as it blinks upon the blank.
My mind drifts aimless
ear to ear
in search of thoughts
write worthy.
Ida’s words concerning cursive
caught me.
But nothing came to me cohesive.
Ice and snow on the way,
but I’m not ready to say
until it gets here.
There is always my chronic
disheveled discontent,
juxtaposed upon my
marital contentment
to comment on,
if only I was inspired.
The nanny nanny boo boos
are soon drown out
by a louder voice
telling me
all I write is crap.
I have no right to write
a single word.
Still here I sit
with my longing to be heard.
I could pop off
with something punitive
about the president.
But I’d rather not offend
my MAGA friends.
With that in mind,
I better not expound
on global warming,
racism or lies.
I feel my socially indignant
hands are tied.
Good, bad or indifferent,
this much is always true;
writing is just what I do.
It is like scratching
an endless itch.
It is a blemish
I must pick.
Now that I have
said my piece-
so much about nothing
that was on my mind.
I hope you’ll find
that this mental meandering
was worth your time.

LGR(C)2/23/19

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Poet In Pink
Senior Member
Posts 1066
MI
1 posted 2019-02-23 04:50 PM



Hi ya stranger!  See you are still writing awesome poetry! Don't wanna hear no poppycock about you not writing anything good!  I love your writing!!  Huggerz
2islander2
Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825
by the sea
2 posted 2019-02-23 10:02 PM


surely, not, you don't write "crap", it is a feeling, your poem is awesome,


yann

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