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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

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South Louisiana

0 posted 2012-10-11 06:16 AM

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simplicity is the ultimate sophistication
the so-called sophisticates
are counterfeit shams
to live a life of simplicity
means not you are a simpleton
but that you are uncomplicated and open
not tight-lipped
or morally constipated
and don't look down your censorious
nose at those
you feel are inferior
still . . .
there comes a time of revealing
even unto ourselves
who, and what we are
we all
at one point in life
must gather around us
the melancholy of consequence
and ask ourselves
are we as uncomplicated
as the person sitting next to us

©September 17, 2012 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

[This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (10-11-2012 09:39 PM).]

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2012-10-12 07:02 AM

"must gather around us
the melancholy of consequence
and ask ourselves
are we as uncomplicated
as the person sitting next to us"

I love this question of observation! And oh how I wish I were as uncomplicated....

Goodone my friend

lori

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2012-10-12 08:20 AM

Good morning, Lori, and thank you.

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JL
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since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

3 posted 2012-10-12 09:40 AM

"simplicity is the ultimate sophistication
the so-called sophisticates
are counterfeit shams"

Yep!
A lot said in these three lines.
I agree. Great write, Jerry!!

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2012-10-12 09:49 AM

Thanks, JL, for your input, it is always greatly appreciated.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Richy
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

5 posted 2012-10-12 01:46 PM

hey you're alright you know that haha

this was a very significant and meaniful slice of true understanding..

awfully good piece here Jerry

so many good thoughts to ponder over

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2012-10-12 01:49 PM

Thanks, Richy, for taking the time to read and comment on my poem, it is greatly appreciated.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Michael

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7 posted 2012-10-12 09:20 PM

I find this to be an intriguing piece... probably because I consider myself to be quite simple, and yet I know most others don't "get me" at all; to them I am the human embodiment of complicated. I wonder if my view of self is universal?... that is to say, is there anyone really complicated who actually holds that opinion of himself/herself?... without just being that way purposely for their own sdistic joy in seeing the discomfort it causes others. Good writing, my friend.

Michael

JerryPat2
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Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2012-10-12 09:58 PM

I don't know, Michael, although I do know that there are people who think their stuff don't stink, and that goes right along with being a very complicated person to me. I don't think you are complicated, I think you are very uncomplicated, you believe what you believe and nothing can change that belief, that is uncomplicated. You are you.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

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