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Me, A Frog and A Well!
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Me, A Frog and A Well! |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium 
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...Me, A Frog and A Well... Me: Sitting by a well, I let thoughts swim, Played about with a croaking frog; Dropped a pebble just to tease him, (Effects shown, maybe of too much grog.) Felt funny as I heard the frog speak, Saw his tongue give his lips a few licks; With croaked tones and nasal sounds, He spoke, drawing circles all around. The Frog: Am I smart or trying to be a smart thing? Am I thinking or pretending to be thinking? Am I an inane soul with a hole like a creep? Am I an ugly-skinned slime with ego too deep? A self-important and haughty frog, That's perhaps exactly what I am, In my own darkened tunnel, I hog - Into these walls, this head, I ram. My world evolves all around me My world lives deep within me My world is a me-centred universe, Your world is just one in reverse! And all you men are from Mars Maybe your women from Venus! But leave me with my stars, And let me be alone thus. I don't care if your earth goes around the sun, Or if my moon goes around your earth for fun, My world is this most important place, you call, well, In it, with waterlilies and flies, I'll prevail. Me Again: I had to stop dropping pebbles, As many questions came popping by, Making me feel queasy and feeble, With each posing a puzzle too high. I wonder if there are parallel universes! Maybe the frog in his own way is right If this well is his sole existing universe, Then my abode becomes a superset, right? One thought to another as usual did lead, If my universe's a well to another being Then this thought to him would amply feed That his world's a superset of my own being! Soon I felt overpowered and totally subdued The Milky Way was my well, I had construed Mars and Venus were excuses to please the eye The Earth was my resting stone - the frog was I. ~ [This message has been edited by Sudhir Iyer (edited 07-30-2000).] |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Wonderful verse Sudhir! Ahhhhh the thought-provoking never ending circle I so love to question ... where and what are we .. and just how do we fit into this picture? Wonderful ... thanks for the brain tease!  Best wishes, /Kit |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Oh Sudhir... I love that imagination you have. You may not be far from the truth as things are relevant to size and space. I know what you're up to ....you're waiting for a beautiful princess to come along and kiss you.......POOF....a pransome hince!! Wonderful images and story....thoroughly enjoyed. take care.........ethome.. |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
There you go again making me use my brain.LOL and on my day off no less. Wonderful writing my friend once again. Off to ponder I go upon my lillypad in life. I give you my friend my 800th post.[This message has been edited by Mark Bohannan (edited 07-30-2000).] |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Kit, Where do you come from? Where do we go?... some cotton eye joe eh??? Where are we and? What are we? these are interesting Questions too... I had a nice time writing this one... thanks for reading and am glad that quest for the bigger picture is clearly marked.... ethome, maybe thats it, huh??? a kiss from a mysterious princess, and POOF ....  Thanks for that thought...regards, sudhir |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
"the frog,it can not comprehend the sea" Mansun - being a girl A wonderful poem Sudhir, great piece my friend. Meet you by the lilies and we can go fly fishing later LOL "I am melancholy, flower cutting through stone" manic street preachers |
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Marina Member Elite
since 2000-02-10
Posts 2245Pickering, Ontario |
Wonderful Sudhir!!! So you wrote for children eh!!! I can you have many talents!! Marina It is a blessing to have wings for words, and passion in pen Marina Crossley |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Mark, Have I told you lately how much I appreciate your lovely response... Thanks a lot... and lets see ya get to 1000 soon... brian, its true for the frog... and so it is possibly too difficult to comprehend the sea for me too... Thanks ... and meet you by the lilypad marked with lemon green spiral shaped sign... LOL Marina, Thanks a great deal for your kind words... regards to all, sudhir |
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