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Effigy
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disbelief

0 posted 2001-01-22 05:51 PM


I awoke this morning to find myself dead.
It is strange how this happens to me so often.
But the deadness never stays; it is always gone
by the time I get out of bed. It’s too bad,
I really enjoy it, death is very relaxing.

So anyway off to work I go.  “God”
I hate my job. How I ever get stuck in such
a nowhere, dead end job is beyond me…
It’s not even just my job, it’s everything.
My whole life is going nowhere, and I'm
just along for the ride.

But then on certain mornings;
sometimes, after I wake up dead in the mornings,
I think to myself that maybe, maybe I didn’t wake up dead,
maybe I woke up alive. Oh the glory! The glory of maybe being alive!
Then maybe I die when I get out of my bed.
Therefore this pathetic, going nowhere, job and/or
existence of mine is really not real, but some kind of hell
or at least a minor purgatory.

That thought seems feasible.

So at night when I sleep I hope to escape
this place of endless stability.
I hope to do something different.
As I slip into yet another night of
restless sleep, I often dream of
waking up dead.






[This message has been edited by Effigy (edited 01-22-2001).]

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doreen peri
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since 1999-05-25
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1 posted 2001-01-22 06:32 PM


"sometimes, after I wake up dead in the mornings,
I think to myself that maybe, maybe I didn’t wake up dead"

hehe... well? guess what!? you're not alone... i've had these same thoughts... time for a new job, maybe? good thing is, you're thinking about it, y'know? a strong write here delving into the thought process... a picture of the human condition we all face at times... thanks for the read  

(if you're reading this, you aren't dead, btw.. hehe  )

Effigy
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disbelief
2 posted 2001-01-23 12:39 PM


Thnaks for the responce but this poem really has little to do with my job, I in realiety love my job.  I was just using the idea of a crappy job to perpetuate the feeling of an unsatisfing reality.  THis poem addresses more the question of what is real living. Is it doing what social norms tell you to, or is it something else. Is living doing just what you want?  This is a question of living not job satisfaction.
mark woolard
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since 2001-01-02
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3 posted 2001-01-23 12:54 PM


is the question "what is life"?  or "what is the point of life"?  both will supply enough answers to keep you up 'till sunrise, and then you'll really feel dead!

good description of the hum-drum everyday redundancy, though.  waking up dead must be a common event.

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