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Circus of Being |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America 
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it matters not the way things seem to be howling, hungry wolves beckon at our door take a chance, be someone different today open that door, watch yourself coming back pick what face you'll wear right off the shelf do your thing, matters not in the grand scheme a growing ice cube for a beating heart that sweet smile doesn't get you very far I have cried when I was happy I have laughed when I was sad bring on the teary-faced clowns under the big tent scarcely clad is it this road I should take; maybe not I'm off course, cannot find my compass a rusty tangled heart is all I own I've walked through far too many doors standing 'neath strings of naked light bulbs from which all kindness has been drained chanting like a medieval housewife with forked tail beneath cloven-hoofed legs abandoned and denied an Edgar Allen kind of day clouds are growing inside let them stay or chase away for the right reasons I do wrong things there's always yesterday in my eyes looked under my bed and was surprised saw my life on the head of a pin a ménage à trios that never ends Louisiana two-step with Zydeco leave guilt and worry on the dance floor live large, be happy, blues know your place I have cried when I was happy I have laughed when I was sad bring on the teary-faced clowns under the big tent scarcely clad [This message has been edited by JerryPat (01-19-2011 05:43 AM).] |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
"is it this road I should take; maybe not I'm off course, cannot find my compass a rusty tangled heart is all I own" wish I had written this~~ M |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
jp...enjoyed this barnam and barely three ring...some great lines |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
I appreciate the compliment, nakdthoughts, thank you very much. <><><> DS, you are right on . . . er . . . or is that wrong off . . . Never did get that stuff right. Thanks, however it goes. ~ Clones are people two ~ |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Good work Jerry Makes one wonder about oneself I'd say. Works sometimes all the same. "I have cried when I was happy I have laughed when I was sad bring on the teary-faced clowns under the big tent scarcely clad" Tent or the clowns. Really liked this piece. Eric Love does not look after it's own interests. |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Jerry I like this, you ringmastered it well. Lori |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Will mankind ever, finally, quit trying to make sense of it all? I doubt it, Eric, I doubt it very much. Thank you for being here. <><><> Lori, the three-ringed circus . . . Something for everyone. ~ Clones are people two ~ [This message has been edited by JerryPat (01-18-2011 09:38 AM).] |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Yes, Jerry . . . the masks we wear . . . I loved the poem for many reasons, but especially for its honesty and introspection. I had to google Zydeco and I enjoy googling. I think it will be a sad day when mankind stops trying to make sense of it. It is good to seek solutions and explanations and it doesn’t need to be frenetic, but when it is, it is good to take refuge and find peace in the safe haven of these blue pages. Owl |
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