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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2003-01-06 11:27 AM


'Your pre-set parameters
have been exceeded.
Go back to square one,
make the necessary adjustments.'

As if that were truly an option.

Each day I find myself
exceeding my previous limits
of viewing inhumanity;
cruelty to other living entities,
careless disregard
of our mutual Mother Earth
and all her children.

Today once again,
I was forced to re-set
my parameters.
Some days I wonder
if the adjustment knobs
aren't already tweeked
beyond control.

This constant tweeking
gives me migraines and
I can't seem to find
any suitable Rx.

© Copyright 2003 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
regards2you
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1 posted 2003-01-06 01:49 PM




Just blinders and ear plugs....
all that works....

I feel for you, knowing how concerned you are for mother earth and humanity.
I simply rarely watch the news any longer....

Hugs. Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
        "Desiderata"

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2 posted 2003-01-06 01:55 PM


a sad truth written with careful regard.. I like this poem..


you'll have to excuse my ignorance but what is Rx? asprin?

thankyou for letting me read

kayjay
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3 posted 2003-01-06 02:52 PM


This is a great expression of thoughts we could all consider, especially if we value our grandchildren's life quality.  Well said!!  KJ

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

Midnitesun
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4 posted 2003-01-06 03:00 PM


Rx is just pharmacist shorthand for prescription.
Thanks for reading and commenting, Pat, sweetwater, KJ.

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5 posted 2003-01-09 04:23 AM


Enjoyed...James
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6 posted 2003-01-09 04:32 AM


Kacy,
i like the way how you now base your poems on an image and write the whole poem around it...kind of like an extended image...

sigh to your sentiments...it's worrying to think of how much the human spirit has to withstand, yup?

Dr.Moose1
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7 posted 2003-01-09 06:33 PM


Midnitesun,
Your thoughts are well spoken and echoed in Bewilderment(that's kinda how I got here in the first place). Thanks for this.
Doc

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8 posted 2003-01-09 06:44 PM


I think we all do this from time to time
and when we do,  it ain't no fun!!!!

Nice write, well said.

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9 posted 2003-01-09 08:00 PM


I think i know how you feel.
i liked this a lot

I am not always lonely even if I am always alone

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10 posted 2003-01-09 08:40 PM


Kacy, you said what you wanted to get across real well.
I liked the way you wrote it.

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~  
                  

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11 posted 2003-01-09 08:45 PM



Like my brother said today,
"ain't that the trooth!"

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12 posted 2003-01-09 09:21 PM


enjoyed
passing shadows
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13 posted 2003-01-10 02:54 AM


I understand this well, yes
Midnitesun
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14 posted 2003-01-10 10:08 AM


Thanks to each of you; my passionate poetic friends always seem to understand me, even when I tweek.
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