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Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

0 posted 2008-12-01 11:04 PM

P.H.D.
By: Noah Eaton
12/1/08

I’ve long been convinced that the Lord doesn’t play dice,
that your religion without science is blind,
so what tempts you to overcook the precautionary principle,
what have you got to prove by playing God all the time?
Sometimes one pays most for the things,
that one gets for nothing,
now that your mendacity is rushing in my veins,
I’m hunting high and low for infallibility.

Must I crane my neck,
must I get down on all fours,
and soldier through these hyperbolic landmines,
just to find something real in store,
must everything I can’t pronounce,
know how to dissimulate,
and if I leap before I look,
please pray I won’t run astray,
with this artifice burning in my veins.

Imagine something you can’t metabolize,
a migraine you can’t dissolve,
something God himself could not devise,
nor know how to resolve,
make no mistake we’ll always be just skin and bones,
but are we still living hand to mouth,
when our sages can’t hear the impulse of the verdant wood,
and sunshine has a budget tearing the seas out.

Must I crane my neck,
must I get down on all fours,
and soldier through these hyperbolic landmines,
just to find something real in store,
must everything I can’t pronounce,
know how to dissimulate,
and if I leap before I look,
please pray I won’t run astray,
with this artifice burning in my veins.

I’ve long been convinced that the Lord doesn’t play dice,
that your religion without science is blind,
so what tempts you to overcook the precautionary principle,
what have you got to prove by playing God all the time?
Make no mistake we’ll always be just skin and bones,
but are we still living hand to mouth,
when our sages can’t hear the impulse of the verdant wood,
and sunshine has a budget tearing the seas out?

Must I crane my neck,
must I get down on all fours,
and soldier through these hyperbolic landmines,
just to find something real in store,
must everything I can’t pronounce,
know how to dissimulate,
and if I leap before I look,
please pray I won’t run astray,
with this artifice burning in my veins.

If you’re going to let Nature have her way,
God knows she wants no part in this,
if you’re going to let Nature have her way,
God knows she wants no part in this…

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other"

Mother Teresa

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

1 posted 2008-12-01 11:27 PM

Noah! Our Mistletoe Angel has returned to
his PiP home for the Christmas month!

My word! ~ You sure know some fancy big ones!
Do you happen to have a PHD in English? hohoho

Another one of your fine pondering poems!

Good to see you back on these pages of angel blue!

Love 'n hugs,
Linda

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

2 posted 2008-12-02 01:05 AM

I have missed you, Noah - and enjoyed this. Great vocabulary and you use it well.

Alison

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

3 posted 2008-12-02 03:26 AM

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww, thanks for both your kind words! (friendship group hugs) ^__^

The acronym title by the way is completely relevant to the poem but I have decided to refrain from divulging yet as I wanted to see what everyone came up! =)

Sincerely,
Noah Eaton
(Mistletoe Angel)

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other"

Mother Teresa

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

4 posted 2008-12-02 09:49 AM

Sometimes one pays most for the things,
that one gets for nothing,

Amen to that, my friend. *S* It's great to see you posting!!

WTBAKELAR

Senior Member

since 2008-09-09

Posts 1089
Utah, USA

5 posted 2008-12-02 10:07 AM

Pride Hath it's Demons?
Prose Hindered Dementia?
Posibilities, Hidden in Depth?

We could have fun with this.

Nice, right? LOL.

WT.

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

6 posted 2008-12-02 05:13 PM

Those are great educated guesses!

Let's just say your first guess would make a great alternate representation of the acronym, as the poem is a fierce critique on pride in some respect.

Sincerely,
Noah Eaton
(Mistletoe Angel)

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other"

Mother Teresa

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

7 posted 2008-12-03 02:25 PM

Noah - it's good to read your work once again...

BC

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

8 posted 2008-12-03 02:38 PM

...well, I'm not wise enough to solve your riddle, but I did find this bit of sagery (not really a word) uber cool:

"Sometimes one pays most for the things,
that one gets for nothing"

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

9 posted 2008-12-03 04:24 PM

quote:
when our sages can’t hear the impulse of the verdant wood,
and sunshine has a budget tearing the seas out.

A most impressive write, dear Noah! Your mind works in amazing ways and I think God loves your ways!

I wish human nature would discover the true power of love and invest in true evolution, not in destruction of each other. We are meant to explore the vastness of Universe, but we are still unable to feed our fellow travelers down here ... because we fight each other instead of loving each other.

Love,
Margherita

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

10 posted 2008-12-03 06:11 PM

Enjoyed...James

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

11 posted 2008-12-08 02:53 AM

lovely Noah... it is so nice to read you again.. beautiful poem... love and hugs RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

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