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ecrivan
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my own state

0 posted 2004-11-10 12:29 PM



Piled high and deep
they say that of years of education
book traces, paper trails,
layered beneath boat models
book marks loyally in place
as boxed notes eek meager contents
accordion file stashes stretch
for there is one sheet amiss
that one sheet or single line
to complete a thought loop
conjure a final solution
piled high and deep
while the tea steam rises
in the background
and quest for an answer
is still there
ready to be found
posted
catalogued
and then like all great thoughts
it too will be relegated to another
leather bound set on a dusty shelf
piled high and deep
to be rudely pulled periodically
dissected in part or whole
another faceless interpretation
or character contestation
piled high and deep
to make one just weep
for all those years of education
to conjure a final treatise
from a mass of notes
paper trail of quotes
stacked to the hilt...
until a truth is spilt.



© Copyright 2004 Martin Dansky - All Rights Reserved
Midnitesun
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Gaia
1 posted 2004-11-10 01:11 AM


"for there is one sheet amiss
that one sheet or single line
to complete a thought loop
conjure a final solution"

YES! and that's the one sheet I never could find!
Nice write, Martin

Whoohoo, a nice new photo!
What a friendly straight-forward smile

ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10
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my own state
2 posted 2004-11-10 01:22 AM


The pic isn't that new but recent enough...and the smile is bound to catch a poetry sensitive rich widow.. Thanks for the read!

[This message has been edited by ecrivan (11-10-2004 11:57 PM).]

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29
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Between the Lines
3 posted 2004-11-10 06:09 AM


Loved the poem, Martin  

but couldn't help laugh (smile) at your response about the picture...

M

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296

4 posted 2004-11-10 08:35 AM


and then like all great thoughts
it too will be relegated to another
leather bound set on a dusty shelf
piled high and deep
to be rudely pulled periodically
dissected in part or whole
another faceless interpretation
or character contestation
piled high and deep
to makes one just weep
for all those years of education
to conjure a final treatise
from a mass of notes
paper trail of quotes
stacked to the hilt...
until a truth is spilt.

Incredible write!

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