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No Appetite
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
I listened to the chatter. Food day in the office And it is amazing How the conversations change. It is all about food. As if there was a starving emptiness That people longed to fill So in salivating sentences The recipes for social Are written on my ears I never was one to use recipes But instead enjoy Creating tastes from ideas And find the hearing constricting My throat as I am asked To join in Perhaps I am not meant For pot luck dishes Prepared in shallow Pans |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
You do manage to pack the punch in though, don't you? Don't EVEN say... what you normally say. You're a writer. And a good one. Deal with it.  |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Sunshine.. thank you. I am, however, just an observer. |
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regards2you Member Elite
since 2002-10-01
Posts 3940California |
Ron, I love this poem and the ~almost~ nonchalant way it began... picking up momentum of wisdom as you wrote. Liked: " a starving emptiness" but, especially liked the last stanza, I related so, I grinned from ear to ear. It is great. You captured much. Warm regards, Pat |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Shallow dishes are empty calories...enjoyed this.  |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Pat.. glad you enjoyed. Just a passing thought as I sat here this morning. The smell of food now permeates the offices and I think little will be done that is meaningful today... Ms Devine... empty calories and I am fed enough of those already.. Thanks for dropping in. |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ron You would probably outdo them all with one of your adlib meals, and you wouldn't have to say a word.  |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
martie... thanks for dropping in. I am actually pretty good at the not sayng a word part. ( smiling) |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
I can so relate to the creative cookery...It just loses something in the confines of the recipe...That remains the same. ThisDiamond |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
rofl - i remember the pot lucks. i either a) made spaghetti, or b) brought in food made by whatever girlfriend i had at the time. i am such a bad cook.  Ron - nice observations.  |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Diamond.. is ther any other way to truly enjoy cooking?  Christopher: Today it is a chili cook off of sorts and I have been elected the judge. Nothing worse than having to judge other peoples cooking...  Can I say what I really think????? As for being a bad cook... I could tell you stories about bad cooks... ( laughing) |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I'm a listener and it's really strange sometimes to sit back and hear what people say...and what they don't say. |
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Soleil Noir Senior Member
since 2001-12-19
Posts 688USA |
Can you say what you really think? Of course you can. Will you? Now there's the question. |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
shallowness....something I can't stomach either M |
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Duncan Member Ascendant
since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455 |
Hey Ron! I'll stand in as chili judge for ya!!!! What time's lunch? |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Passing shadows... yes it is interesting to hear what they don't say when they think they are not... Soleil... Yes and no. nakdthoughts... hard to swallow at times indeed. Duncan.. come on over bud..plenty for everyone! |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Ron, just the word "office" gives me an instant gag-reflex... I don't know how you do it... -MVS "AS ABOVE SO BELOW" |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Mark... pure ability to live in denial and a lack of courage. Easy enough once you kill a few things inside.... |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
(smiles) Oh Ron, with your wonderful creative voice you can forget the Marie Callendar's and Stouffer's and make a real luau! (big hugggssssss) God Bless You, sweet friend, this is wonderfully heartfelt, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Ron, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Noah... thank you gentle friend.. when I make the party I'll be sure to invite you and everyone here. |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
yes, cpat, but sometimes more meaning and love is found in so called nothingness, or meaninglessness........well something like that........dont you see this? |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Inked... there is a difference in finding meaning in simple things or in simple pleasures and enduring meaningless. Simple pleasures and play... is a lot different than the wrappings put on civility in a lot of offices. Ever see them feed sharks on TV? |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
yes, maybe, i guess my work environment, even when we are just sitting around and doing "nothing" is more plesant, perhaps.....? |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
I never was one to use recipes But instead enjoy Creating tastes from ideas Loved this line. I'm not much for offices myself. |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
I work in web development and database management... the feel of things can at times be stifling and at others simple brutal. It is amazing how many people know everything... just amazing.... thanks to both of you for taking the time.. this was really just a passing thought this morning as I sat and listened to nothings.. |
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Sunkissed Senior Member
since 2002-12-03
Posts 610 |
And look what "nothings" has inspired. Great write, Cpat. Sunkissed. |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
thank you ma'am... for stopping in and leaving a few words. Sometime it is the nothings that inspire us...the little things we often ignore... |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
You sat and listened to nothings?.....Was someone reciting one of my "masterpieces" to you?.......The pan may be shallow....but not your mind my friend..... |
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Sandpiper Senior Member
since 2002-06-15
Posts 738land of flora and fauna |
Beware the burn in those shallow pans...try the 6 qt. stock pot, simmer and stir slowly --enjoyed your observations from the plastic jungle (my office nickname)!"And it was at that age...Poetry arrived in search of me...And something started in my soul." |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Toe..the rather loud nothing conversation was taking place right outside my office... couldn't find enough cotton fast enough to stuff it in my ears like mama taught me so had to hear it... So... there I sat listening to the prattle...and the posturing.. thinking about how I'd rather be looking at a pretty woman or better yet talking to one...so I could make my own shallow conversation Sandpiper.. Plastic jungle ( laughing) I like that... always amazed me on food days, people act like they haven't eaten in days.... It's a great display of greed and glutony... Appreciate you both stopping by... and thanks for the words... |
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Salty Senior Member
since 2002-11-23
Posts 669Texas |
I just love it when someone writes something so tasteful with just ordinary ingrediants. This is Food for thought. Enjoyed very much Cpat. ~Salty In the Midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you. |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Salty... it is the ordinary and common that surrounds us. All we have to do is look at it in a different light or angle and it will write itself... appreciate you dropping in. this little piece has gotten a lot more attention than it deserves... |
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