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bsquirrel
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0 posted 2000-06-11 12:03 PM


Keep it simple as a dimple in a baby's cheek.
Keep it careful as a wareful eye in sleep.
Keep it cozy like a rosy color or two.
Keep it simple. Keep it simpler, too.

Wear costumes as much as you can.
Comprehend only the simple things.
The rest are boring hobbles.
You don't need to make them afraid or aware of ... things.

Keep it simple as the touch of someone's hand.
Keep it simple and sentimental -- there's the plan.
Keep it simple and easy to digest in one read.
Keep it simple and silly -- that's the need!

Make it cozy and warm and free of pain.
Or when there is pain, hoist it so far up
It becomes art, not pain, not bitter lack of sleep.

Keep it simple and they will praise you from afar.
Keep it simple and you'll make enough money to buy a new car.
Keep it simple and silly and willfully bright.

After all,
Even a war has its flowers.
Even the dead have their powers.
Even the crying have happier moments.
Even the ... something that something rhymes with moments.
Comets? No. Bonnets? No.
Flaunt it, want it, haunt it?
Of course not.

Keep it simple as a stapled seam.
Keep it simple as a favorite dream.
Keep it simple as fantasy will let it.
Don't get controversial -- they'll never forget it!
You will regret it! Or, worse yet, be ignored.
So keep it simple,
And be adored.




[This message has been edited by bsquirrel (edited 06-11-2000).]

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Janet Marie
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1 posted 2000-06-11 12:12 PM


Wear costumes as much as you can.
Comprehend only the simple things.
The rest are boring hobbles.
You don't need to make them afraid or aware of ... things.

Keep it simple as the touch of someone's hand.
Keep it simple and sentimental -- there's the plan.
Keep it simple and easy to digest in one read.
Keep it simple and silly -- that's the need!

Make it cozy and warm and free of pain.
Or when there is pain, hoist it so far up
It becomes art, not pain, not bitter lack of sleep.
-------------
After all,
Even a war has its flowers.
Even the dead have their powers.
Even the crying have happier moments.
Even the ... something that something rhymes with moments. Comets? No. Bonnets? No. Flaunt it, want it, haunt it? Of course not.

Keep it simple as a stapled seam.
Keep it simple as a favorite dream.
Keep it simple as fantasy will let it.
Don't get controversial -- they'll never forget it!
You will regret it! Or, worse yet, be ignored.
So keep it simple,
And be adored.
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adored...isnt that another word for WORSHIP   ...
oh and i do,I do!!!*smile*
how did ya get to be so wise...
love this one Mike, its so YOU!!
thanks for a fixx in the new forum lol
later-coolsquirrel gator
jm/bs< !signature-->

 And it's good that I'm not angry,
I just need to get over,
I'm not angry, anymore
Cry when you cry,
run when you run,
love when you love,
represent the ashes
that you leave behind
~MB20~

"What the caterpillar calls the end ...
The world calls a butterfly"
~Lao Tze Tao~
~Butterflies are meant to be free~




[This message has been edited by Janet Marie (edited 06-11-2000).]

bsquirrel
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2 posted 2000-06-11 12:30 PM


J.M./B.S./Friend,
As always, glad you enjoyed. Irony is a dying art -- time to revive it a little bit, anyway.

Mike

tracie66
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since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713
Australia
3 posted 2000-06-11 12:58 PM


Hey this was great to read  
a simple piece of advice  
Tracie~


 Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe



Kit McCallum
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since 2000-04-30
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4 posted 2000-06-11 08:34 AM


Wonderful piece of advice Mike ... poetic wisdom  

Best wishes,
/Kit

Poet deVine
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Hurricane Alley
5 posted 2000-06-11 10:26 AM


I also got it! Thanks for the advice, even the old timers need to remember this!
serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

6 posted 2000-06-11 01:09 PM


You are one sly squirrel---happy happy!!(ya do keep me much amused, m'friend...)
Butterflies_dont_cry
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since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733
Michigan
7 posted 2000-06-11 04:39 PM


Something we all needed to hear Mike   Thank you for sharing your wisdom..you smart little squirrel you   Thank you for sharing this!!
bsquirrel
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8 posted 2000-06-11 04:48 PM


Glad to give you all a smile, and a little cutting wit.

Mike

Rosebud1229
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since 2000-04-05
Posts 1813
North Carolina
9 posted 2000-06-11 08:31 PM


very good idea, awe imagine.
Just a simple thing as keep it simple.
This i'll ponder, but what happens if my fingers keep dancing across the keys.
They do at times have a mind of their own. So i'll guess i'll set a meeting to see if at all possible i'll type with my toes . lol that will definetely keep it very very simple.
Just be silly. I do have my ways about me..

bsquirrel
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10 posted 2000-06-12 02:29 AM


Wow, someone more warped than I am. THAT didn't take too long.  

Mike

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