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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2004-05-18 10:12 PM

Bitter waters flowing on,
running in the blood,
coursing through my veins,
this time of year
always wears me down.

I have no patience now,
I always wear a frown
and the thin veneer
that passes for civility
cracks and peels away from me
in so many ragged spots
even a big red suit,
and eight reindeer,
wouldn't make me pass for cute,
or cuddly,
or any of that other touchy feely crap
that I hear people sometimes say.

I just want the world to go away
and leave me the hell alone,
before I start thinking
anyone who gets up in my face
could be a good soup bone,
and I've got cooking space,
and lots of water;
maybe I ought to try remembering
when I was younger,
I don't think I was this vile then,
just mercenary,
and perhaps just a little homicidal;
OK, so it was enough to tweak
some of my employers' fear controls.
So, maybe this style of dealing
could have been creeping up on me a while,
and it may only seem a little worse each year.

©2004 by icebox

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 2004-05-18 10:22 PM

I like you, anyway!

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

2 posted 2004-05-18 10:54 PM

"even a big red suit,
and eight reindeer,
wouldn't make me pass for cute,
or cuddly,
or any of that other touchy feely crap
that I hear people sometimes say."

sigh.

sweetheart? I'm thisclose to my pre-menopausal period--that is, if I even have one, sometimes I'm reduced to a merely irritable comma...

but yes, smiling serenely, you could have simply titled this, "leave me alone if you wanna live" and I would have understood.

sign me,

developing facial tics

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

3 posted 2004-05-19 12:56 PM

"before I start thinking
anyone who gets up in my face
could be a good soup bone,
and I've got cooking space,
and lots of water"

Rich analogies!

Icebox -- I gonna send you a hug at the end of this one, so prepare yourself! Despite the growling, wonderful poem and good point made. I had a job that made me a nasty person (and I let it), inch by inch. Guess what, I don't any longer! Many, many of your poems are so easy for me to relate to and thank you for penning them. So here's the

and I hope it is not revolting...that's just me these days.

Serenity Blaze -- I nearly did a very unladylike thing when I read your post -- lol -- and understood! hugs to you, too, funny lady!

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

4 posted 2004-05-19 02:25 AM

it's like that with me at work these days...

Bonnie j
Senior Member

since 2003-06-27

Posts 1588
Ohio

5 posted 2004-05-19 09:06 AM

I warn people when I have one of those days.
I'm a grouch, a grump, leave me alone or get blasted into next week. I used to tell my son....I'm in a bad mood stay out of my way give me a little time to cool down.
HeeHee I have to do this Ice.........
Are you ready..................?
Turn down the lights
Light some scented candles
Put some soft music on
Now you can't hit me on this one
Take a bubble bath, lots and lots of bubbles.
Lie down with your favorite book
and
Chill baby chill..............LOL
See Ya
Hugs coming your way from Ohio
BonBon