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Edward Grim
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since 2005-12-18
Posts 1154
Greenville, South Carolina

0 posted 2006-11-24 02:49 AM


Potty Training Your Nose

A man will walk into a bar
and purposely leave his wallet
on the counter so someone will find it
and realize that he exists;
that he has money
and has a laminated little card
with his face on it
to prove he was on the earth.

A doorknob to an upstairs flat
will purposely lock itself
to prove it longs for stability.
Later that evening
it will make love to a brass key
and turn itself into a gateway.

On a Friday afternoon
a young girl around the age of nine
will leave her home
after grabbing a baseball bat
and proceed to break the knees
of five men
to prove indefinitely
that she can play baseball
and "bust a few caps".
The next day,
she will discover the Tommy gun
and proceed to prove
why it’s incorrectly named.

A man had a runny nose
due to a cold,
so he decided to potty train it.
But after much consideration,
he chose to let it go
to roam the fields
as a wandering nose
free to run wherever
and never to return again.

This is to be free,
like a drop of water in
a hurricane,
this is freedom
and what it is to be.

Yes it's me...

© Copyright 2006 Edward Grant - All Rights Reserved
CharmedOne615
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since 2006-11-22
Posts 12

1 posted 2006-11-24 03:26 AM


oh wow...i wish i could write like this!!
This is awesome!

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26
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displaced
2 posted 2006-11-24 07:50 AM


this is pretty cool
aziza
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since 2006-07-09
Posts 2995
Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!
3 posted 2006-11-24 11:04 AM


My favorite poems of yours
leave me a bit speechless
- if there is such a thing as being
a "bit" speechless -

But, those are my favorite poems.

I love this.
A

Midnitesun
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Gaia
4 posted 2006-11-24 12:07 PM


*chuckling here*
besides...
there are no tissues
  big enough

sad to say
some things are
but should not be

wredgranny
Member
since 2006-11-18
Posts 493
Ky. USA
5 posted 2006-11-24 03:19 PM


This is to be free,
like a drop of water in
a hurricane,
this is freedom
and what it is to be.


Yes it's me...

Siyo Edward Grim truth,there is nothing more important in this life than to be free,Sigi for this sharing!


  granny!

Kethry
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082
Victoria Australia
6 posted 2006-11-25 07:55 AM


interesting concepts all, but if a man lets his nose run free...how does he smell?

Kethry

a good commitee can decimate communication.

Angel4aKing
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since 2006-09-27
Posts 1372
USA
7 posted 2006-11-27 03:59 PM


Kind of like a running refrigerator huh? Cute...and very full of thought, I like!!!!

kingsangel

Kalandria
Junior Member
since 2006-05-23
Posts 44
Yorkshire, England
8 posted 2006-11-28 04:23 PM


Intrigued by the title I stepped for a second into your world...and I'm eternally glad that I did. This is fantastic, thought provoking, darkly witty and deeply readable. I love the raindrop in a hurricane line...superb writing.
Edward Grim
Senior Member
since 2005-12-18
Posts 1154
Greenville, South Carolina
9 posted 2006-11-28 07:18 PM


Thanks everybody... I really appreciate all your kind replies. Danke    - Ed

Yes it's me...

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