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ecrivan
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my own state

0 posted 2002-01-08 12:30 PM



Vertical falls, you don't say
how carelessly our thoughts drop away,
if lateral thinking were to come our way
would we still be deciding impulsively?

Would we enjoy those games of hazard
knowing that decisions hadn't mattered;
and where would the aimless die fall
if what's apparent didn't matter at all.

When you enter in a house of doors
trying the side entrance and then the fore
work your way to see other means
to beat the system of counting single beans.

You'll be seeing a structure less it's beams
when thinking with clearer means;
if white sheep are to follow
and other bovines like to wallow
let me stay in my hollow.

The die I throw is a banality
my life is in constant search for quality
must I continue to play randomly,
and search for goals haphazardly?


© Copyright 2002 Martin Dansky - All Rights Reserved
peppermint35
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since 2000-05-28
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1 posted 2002-01-08 01:59 AM


Oh I like this!!  Expanding the mind.. is this something you do always?? I think so!!!

Pepper
"A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal truth."
   Percy Bysshe Shelley

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26
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displaced
2 posted 2002-01-08 04:46 AM


some live life traditionally, some unconventionally, some have a plan, some don't. I say do what works. Nice piece here, got me thinking.
Kethry
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since 2000-07-29
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3 posted 2002-01-08 08:19 AM


Ecrivan,
I was goal directed once...it worked well until my head hit the goal post. Thoughtful poem
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind.  Unknown



ecrivan
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my own state
4 posted 2002-01-10 12:50 PM


glad to here this gets people thinking!


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