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Wrong and Wrong (Read All About It) |
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Vinyl Ottoman Sr New Member
since 2009-02-12
Posts 4 |
The news falls down The words all scatter Headlines scream “World, what’s the matter... With you?” With us? Are we to blame Just skim the page It’s all the same Lines and lines Of endless peril Dark and darker Hope is sterile Top to bottom Goes the stream A flooding, Disappointing theme: “Wrong and wrong And wrong some more... Murder, crimes Disease and war” But fold it up Put it to rest Ignore the facts We can’t digest Shut our eyes And just stay numb Pretend we’re not What we’ve become The news falls down The words all scatter Headlines scream But it won’t matter Another day Another list Of vital chances We have missed To fix the problems, Cure the pain, Erase the scars, And clean the stain Of everything We didn’t do Of all the problems We’ve been through But, no, it reads Just as before “Murder, crimes Disease and war.” Oh, these horrors We’ve repeated Has our goodness... Been defeated? Time will tell And so will we Paging through Our history |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Vinyl Ottoman Sr - it would be great if all the pain and suffering stopped. What a paradise it could be. However, if one looks at the idiots trying to run the country I have to wonder if they are sitting on their brains... BC |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Put the paper down and go outside, immerse yourself in nature. Welcome to Pips. |
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Blood.Wolf Member
since 2009-02-09
Posts 54GA, USA |
Notice that news is always depressing. Depression sells. It's human nature (for most of us, anyway). They do tend to stretch the truth... Great poem. |
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nina1522 Member
since 2009-02-14
Posts 189 |
good poem.everyone can connect to this |
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turtle Senior Member
since 2009-01-23
Posts 548Harbor |
Hi Sr, Very nicely done. Don't know if I'm ready to sell the farm quite yet though.  turtle  |
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HelmutB Senior Member
since 2000-01-06
Posts 964Canada |
Paging through Our history I'm sure to read and page through your history. This is sooo good The ability to describe life with words is similar to painting a picture; both can be powerful tools. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Welcome to Passions! Please, check your email for a Very Special Greeting! " It matters not this distance now " Excerpt, Yesterday's Love |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Welcome to PIP, Vinyl. Great first post, hope to see more. Ida |
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