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Whose Hole is it Anyway
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Whose Hole is it Anyway |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) 
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I found myself a hole in the wall Only I can reach it, I’m six feet tall I imagine if I put my fingers right in The wisdom will surely enlighten It could be the dragon with terrible maw I looked in the hole but nothing I saw I’m really afraid that I might get bitten By horse or by pig or furry black kitten What’s through the hole I might just guess A world without order maybe a mess Where the sky is green and the grass is yellow And guys are girls and girls called fellows And anybody knows that nobody cares The meaning of life is clean underwear If that’s what it’s like in this here found hole You can have it right back cuz I don’t want to know But I’m thinking this hole being six feet up Was not meant to be found by just a young pup So what should I do with this amazing new find Lock it away inside of my mind? I could share with the world the hole that I found A step latter they’d need to see off the ground All the people less intelligent then me Who are shorter than I, who needs no ladder to see I could charge tickets to come see the show One dollar to see what could be in that hole But what if there is a fortune untold Left by a pirate having some gold He woulda had been tall to reach up so high But what if I let some customer try And he pulled out a golden bright gold shilling I’d say, “come back again” although unwilling I’d really like to say “gimme a cut of that loot You who were brave to go in there and root” But I think I’d be scared of any brave soul Who could stick his hand in this here hole So I think I’ll just walk and whistle a tune And watch from afar for a sucker real soon I left here a ladder and I left here a note It reads “hey partner look what I have wrote” “Way up there high I measured six feet And found a strange hole not in my seat And my shirt is real clean I don’t want to mess So if you would just see what all of us guess What’s in that hole my reader, my friend? Whatever you find, now I must say The End” [This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (edited 04-12-2001).] |
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Rex Allen McCoy Member Elite
since 2000-01-30
Posts 2863Sippin a Timmy's in London |
I'm with you Walt ... I'll sit back and wait for the video to come out  great poem |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
Sorry I'm not sticking anything in that hole. If it's 6ft up then something big must of put it there. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
shoot, shoot, shoot......I know the movie, can't think of the name....only know that Audrey Hepburn was in it....enticed to put her hand in the mouth but feared it might bite...I'm think "Carnival"....not sure.... WHY are you asking me these questions when I am past my bedtime!? good stuff....you blew my mind, but I despise not having the answers! |
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Panne447 Member
since 2001-04-03
Posts 196S.A. TX |
Sunshine- Roman Holiday with Greg Peck is what you are trying to remember. |
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Panne447 Member
since 2001-04-03
Posts 196S.A. TX |
Walt, This way to the Egress... funny but that is what I thought of when you started thinking of charging fees...a sucker born every minute...lol |
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Ethan Halo Senior Member
since 2000-04-28
Posts 793on the roof again |
alice in wonderland or being john malkovich but neither of those holes were six feet high. on the ground they were... a very fun poem. what is Professer Xavier so fond of saying? humans fear what they don't understand. You gotta love livin, cause dyin's a pain in the ass. |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
If it's six feet up there, there is NO way I would even see it let alone get on a ladder to reach in...I guess this could be considered a test of 'faith'?? |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Panne....yes....thank you! Not fair to be reading teasers when it is SO late.... |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
in my mind it is all about reading a poem ang getting what you get out of it. the next person might get something else. that is the unknown of reaching into the hole. a side thing was about the height of the hole and people thinking they are all that because they are "tall" enough to get the picture (the meaning of the poem). thanky ethan for the "malkovich" comparison although hehe it was hard to miss. |
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Effigy Member
since 2000-04-11
Posts 486disbelief |
Wonderfull write. I loved the whole things. It is kind of funny how we are often scared of the unkown. |
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elisaseyes Member
since 1999-07-15
Posts 196fort worth texas |
I think you copied it all right from the movie!! Good one Walt. |
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cruz Member
since 2000-07-18
Posts 282Dallas,Texas USA |
Very clever, Beverly Cleary, very imaginative and even a little scary! "And anybody knows that nobody cares,..." thanks. One day your name's gunna be in lights, gigantic Neon lights! I jest know it. Kids all over the world would love to read this.... |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Very interesting Walt...did make me think of that movie with J.M....James |
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confetti Junior Member
since 2001-04-12
Posts 33 |
I don't do heights, so I'll pass. Great!! |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
Thanks my holey headed friends |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
wayoutwalt - I believe that is the hole that I lost, so I have to think that it is mine. I paid for it, I dug it, I sweated for it, I looked inside it, I caressed it, and I did other things to it that can't be mentioned here. heheeh Just joking! BC |
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