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jwesley
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0 posted 2004-01-01 06:35 PM



Ad Infinitum

Tripped on a thought,
fell headlong into the morbidity of age,
the death of youth,  loss of omnipotence.
Backwards walking, stumbling over dreams,
decomposing rotted carcasses of unsustained ambition,
star-crossed misaligned ideas,
baseline truths scattered like so many motes of dust
in the reality of living –
Living – that process of smacking the alarm clock every morning,
doing what you don’t want to do all day,
going home, locking yourself up for the night,
praying the sanctity of your home remains unbroken,
then doing it all over again, tomorrow,
the day after, and the next – ad infinitum.

w.james beard, jr.
(c) january 1, 2004


...so sorry, was just that I had the title words running around in my head and since I couldn't put anything else with it...well, morbid is always easy!

j.



© Copyright 2004 Wesley James Beard, Jr. - All Rights Reserved
Enchantress
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1 posted 2004-01-01 06:39 PM


Hi Jimmy!
Yanno...some days I look at life and feel this way too.
It's good to know I'm not alone.
Happy New Year to you and yours.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

    In the midst of winter..
I found there lives within me,
    an invincible summer.

Michelle_loves_Mike
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2 posted 2004-01-01 06:50 PM


the daily grind of life,,is nothing compared to knowing you gotta do it all over again tomorrow!
true words
Michelle

I wish all could find the true happiness I have found,,in the eyes of Mike

DavePage
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3 posted 2004-01-01 06:59 PM


I see the captivity in the room

The captivity in your mind is something else.

Everyone, if they can get the access, can have control of their life.

Dave

nakdthoughts
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4 posted 2004-01-01 07:43 PM


baseline truths scattered like so many motes of dust
in the reality of living


I wish I had written that..

Hi there James...Happy New Year

morbid or not, it was a  smooth read


M

ThisDiamond
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5 posted 2004-01-01 09:12 PM


Happy New Year Jim...

Grin...
I guess everybody is into transformations tonight.
Easy to feel like that I think...
limitations are a bummer, but they make for some creative poetry.  Thank you for that.
TD

passing shadows
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6 posted 2004-01-02 03:28 AM


yeah, I know how it is
inkedgoddess
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7 posted 2004-01-02 09:38 AM


Living – that process of smacking the alarm clock every morning,
doing what you don’t want to do all day,
going home, locking yourself up for the night,
praying the sanctity of your home remains unbroken,
then doing it all over again, tomorrow,
the day after, and the next – ad infinitum.

yep, too much of this drudgery, gotta take the light moments when they do come

Sunshine
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8 posted 2004-01-02 10:40 AM



Yes, James...personally, I realized a long time ago
that I needed to act my age, but mentally know and keep
the vision of a person
in their 20's....

some days, it's the only reason I want to go on.

Because there's still hope for a good future.
And I figure what wisdom I've gained, needs
to be shared, right?

If nothing else, I do provide for some good reasons to give everyone a laugh!

Have a GREAT day, Jimmy!

Marge Tindal
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9 posted 2004-01-02 01:41 PM


JWesley~
Don't know about the 'morbidity' .. but know what WORKS ... THIS DOES~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram
         noles1@totcon.com

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