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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2004-03-26 09:46 PM

I haven't got a single thought;
I know
at the end of such a newsworthy week
as this was supposed to be,
if I believed the frantic anchor heads
telling me
all sort of neatly woven polished lies,
tinted with half truths,
spun into a shimmer
of what barely holds a glimmer of reality
for an old line research freak like me,
then I ought to have at least
a few cogent pithy comments,
snide asides,
insights
into the plight of the modern humanoid
trying to pick a path around
scattered piles of bovine waste,
but poli-social commentary doesn't suit my taste tonight;
its been a week devoid of thought,
of running to the grocery stores,
of unexpected chores,
of chauffeuring kids to libraries,
and soccer games,
by Friday they ought to feel lucky
I recall their names,
a work week of selling my soul
right to the edge of whoredom,
drowning
in the boredom of the mindless pap
that spews forth from my cable
as if it's on a tap
plunged into an endless keg
of narcotic make believe,
I could be sorry
that I seem prone to relieve my angst
by leaving it in puddles here,
on these blue pages
that have become so precious to my heart,
since in part I get my biggest smiles
from the works of many I hold dear,
but I can't dredge up an ounce of guilt,
I'll just pull this place up
like a quilt around my chin,
curl up in a ball,
sip a single glass
of Tennessee's finest,
and seek my own fondest dream of all
...and that,
I am not sad to say,
remains a secret
to my dying day.

©2004 by icebox

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 2004-03-26 10:14 PM

icebox

"I'll just pull this place up
like a quilt around my chin,
curl up in a ball,
sip a single glass
of Tennessee's finest,
and seek my own fondest dream of all"

I don't think you'll be alone, my friend.

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

2 posted 2004-03-26 11:04 PM

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

3 posted 2004-03-27 12:18 PM

Don't we all look forward to our therapy room here?! Your words just flow like you're sitting there talking, making a pleasure always to read you (excluding your secret, of course)!

..jo

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

4 posted 2004-03-27 03:42 AM

whatever you want to share, I'm always here

Ratleader

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since 2003-01-23

Posts 7026
Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

5 posted 2004-03-28 09:08 AM

Only the whiskey's different....Jim Beam's a Kentucky brew....

Otherwise it is the same for me, the feeling, the want and the dream -- one I well know, and know well. I read you loud and clear on this one.

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Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

6 posted 2004-03-28 09:31 AM

Can I bring my own rocker, and glass?

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

7 posted 2004-03-28 09:42 AM

If I bring a glass and sit with you...
will you share your fondest secret with me?

Hugs~

~The breeze that kissed you on the face,
Has held me in the same embrace ~

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