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Pinocchio in reverse
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Pinocchio in reverse |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA 
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His life had been a routine chore That moved from day to day. No ups or downs there to be found. No blacks or whites - just gray. It wasn't that he didn't try. He did the best he could. At time he felt, instead of flesh, That he was made of wood. A puppet or a mannequin Instead of flesh and bone, He was the Beatles' 'Nowhere Man' Unwanted and alone. And then, one day - a startling fact! He'd told a little lie To gain attention and he felt A glimmer in his eye! He told another - felt the smile Grow wide from ear to ear. Another one! Importance always Lacking did appear. With each lie told, he felt alive. The admiration of The people he was lying to Caused him to feel love. "Forget it, world!", he cried. "I am not made of wood, but skin! No longer will you treat me like A helpless mannequin!" He wove a world of make-believe Complete with animations And built the past he never had Through his imagination. And so he sits, behind the screen, Behind his words of verse; Alive within his fantasy - Pinocchio in reverse. |
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Poet deVine
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since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Ahhh! Satisfying as usual!  |
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Craig Member
since 1999-06-10
Posts 444 |
I like it but am a little worried about your recent fixation with things wooden, you aren't having a problem on those long holes are you? Seriously I can't believe one person can write so well about so many differing subjects.... |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
You got it, Craig. Those holes are getting longer and longer and my clubs are getting weaker and weaker. |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Jiminy Cricket, this is good!!!  |
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Poetwheel Member
since 1999-07-07
Posts 208Canada |
Fantastic Piece of work! Anyone who's wandered into a cubicle can appreciate the feelings you've captured so eloquently. Congrats! ------------------ Poetic Wheelbarrow |
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armanca Member
since 1999-07-07
Posts 211Tennessee |
Balladeer...I'm new here, and I wanted you to know that i read one of your poems and then went searching for others by you. And well...I loved them all Carman |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Thank you, Poetwheel. And, carman, comments like yours make it all worthwhile. Thank you. |
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Cinderella Member
since 1999-06-23
Posts 152Arizona |
Wow! To believe a poem about wood Could be extremely so good! |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Ah Balladeer, thank goodness you're not near my pasture full of woodpeckers. Ba-da-boom. ------------------ Sunshine Words will always express our feelings true. KRJ |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Sunshine, you could not believe all the lines that come to mind but I think I'll pass.......... |
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azblond Senior Member
since 1999-07-01
Posts 637The Steamy Desert |
Another classic from one of the greats...still...along with Sunshine I have to wonder...how the wood tastes??!! (sorry...I couldn't resist...I think I have poetitis...even my replys seem to want to rhyme somehow lately!)I really loved this poem! ------------------ Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind... |
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Lost Dreamer Member Elite
since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464Somewhere near the Rainbow |
Excellent!!!!!! You have an amazing talent. |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Very clever, Balladeer. Very clever... misce' |
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