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Muys
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0 posted 2002-07-22 06:43 PM



I hate my computer sometimes
Want to throw it in a corner
I'm really flipping here
When I've done nothing else
but sit behind the darn screen
Then I say
'What the hell are you doing
Don't you have better things to do
Look at your drawers, your cupboards
They'll get a person all confused
Shouldn't you better start cleaning up
Before Heaven is calling on you
No decent woman should leave behind a mess'
Yes...and then I say 'darned' again
Because I want to do so much more
I want to be creative
I want to think up rhymes
All I do is reading e-mails and writing letters
And all the words that flow in my mind
Won't come out
Then I could cry you know
Because they keep hiding in my head
Yes, I hate him, but I love him too
It's just all that time he's taking...
And time is the one thing I haven't got

Being almost 91

translated by Titia


Life on the internet begins at...90!

[This message has been edited by Muys (07-22-2002 06:47 PM).]

© Copyright 2002 Muys Schram de Jong-Meyst - All Rights Reserved
SmartChick
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1 posted 2002-07-22 07:01 PM


Well Muys, in case no one has told you computers and poetry are very addictive. LOL!
Once you turn your computer on, it is too late. So, I know what you mean. Cause I have a whole lot of things I should be doing. Hey, it will still be there tomorrow. LOL!

Titia Geertman
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2 posted 2002-07-22 07:02 PM



I know sweet Mom, we all have that feeling sometimes.
Just keep writing your lovely poems, I love to read them as well as to translate them.

Titia

Like scattered leaves...my words will flow

Marge Tindal
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3 posted 2002-07-22 07:35 PM


MuysMyFriend~
You adorable cutie pie you !!!

I LOVE your computer ... because it brings you into my mailbox and into poetry land~

Forget those cupboards and drawers ....
Write - write - write - write ... THEN ????
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WRITE SOME MORE ~
Love n' hugs~
~*Marge*~

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4 posted 2002-07-22 08:56 PM




(big hugggsssssss) Oh Muys, this is such a wonderfully honest piece, sweet friend, I too regret sometimes being on the computer so much because I have no friends that live close to me and wish now I could have one and go out with him or her! (sigh) This is wonderfully said, sweet friend, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Muys, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

doreen peri
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5 posted 2002-07-22 09:07 PM


i hate my computer, too, and more often than not, i wanna toss it out the window!..

but it is a love-hate relationship.

because if it wasn't for my computer, i never would have met titia and you and all my writer friends...

i love your writing... i'm so glad you're here!

Goodknight
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6 posted 2002-07-22 09:10 PM


thanks for the lovely poem that offers us a taste of frsutrration - just a few more minutes often turns into many more minutes - thanks for the read - Paul
Madame Chipmunk
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7 posted 2002-07-22 11:45 PM


I love your computer too, Muys...and I am so glad that you are as addicted to it as I am.
I think people used to keep their houses a lot cleaner before there were computers...because of precisely what you express in your poem.
What we really need, is a computer which will clean our house while we are busy at our usual computer...writing and posting poetry.
~ dizzy and busy hugs

Lyra

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"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Bridget Shenachie
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8 posted 2002-07-23 12:07 PM


I hate mine, too!

Shenachie

Duncan
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9 posted 2002-07-23 12:45 PM


Lol...think it's a conspiracy?  Fun write, Muys!


One blaze of glory - glory
find
glory
in a song that rings true
truth like a blazing fire
an eternal flame

Jonathan Larson  

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10 posted 2002-07-23 01:51 AM


Muys,
it's a long-standing complaint of my mum that i am spending way tooo much time on the computer..Hugs to a kindred spirit!

Muys
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11 posted 2002-07-24 05:33 AM



Hello friends,

Thank you very much for your lovely replies.
I'm incorrigible, I'm sitting here again!!

HUGS, MUYS

Life on the internet begins at...90!

Balladeer
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12 posted 2002-07-24 11:51 PM


Hi, muys! I LOVE your computer. It has allowed me to meet an adorable lady from another country I would have probably never known....and for that I am grateful.

Give your computer a big knuffel for me!!!

BluesSerenade
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13 posted 2002-07-25 01:13 AM


Only to get the message that you've performed an illegal action.  Then that little voice comes on and says, "good-bye"
Say what!!!  I think it's trying to tell me something.  
Cute poem Muys!!

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14 posted 2002-07-25 01:28 PM


LOL what a cute write, I know the feeling...


Lauren~

The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket
I lean against the wind pretend I am weightless and in this moment I am happy

paladin
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15 posted 2002-07-25 01:34 PM


Trust your computer.Your computer is your friend.

paladin

BloomingRose
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16 posted 2002-07-25 01:39 PM


What a cool lady you are! I can relate to the love/hate relationship with the computer. I feel exactly the same way!
I really enjoyed your poem and hope you keep writing for many years to come.
I look forward to reading more from you.

Hugs,
Deb

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17 posted 2002-07-26 09:52 AM


I only hate mine when it's not working. *G* After all, why stir up dust? LOL

We do love your computer, Muys... and thank it for bringing you to us. *S*

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18 posted 2002-07-26 09:55 AM



Oh Muys...you have written so well of what we all go through...everything that changes in our lives brings both frustration and enjoyment...like the others, I am Very Grateful that your computer and your daughter introduced you to us and vice versa....

knuffels to you....

Neeraja
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19 posted 2002-08-01 12:56 PM


Dear Muys... I know the feeling!!!  My children teached me how to use the computer... they always told me not to be afraid because you can't do anything wrong on a computer... so I started and things didn't work out so I had to ask my son or daughter for help... the first thing they said to me was always:  "Mom!!!  what did you DO???"  so you can do something wrong on the computer afterall!!  

Neeraja

Irie
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20 posted 2002-08-01 03:16 PM


Muys,

For 91, YOU LOOK GREAT!

I understand what you mean about the computer consuming so
much of our time! But we just can't help it!

~Sheri

"The things that come to those that wait may be the things
left by those who got there first"



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