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Open Poetry #48

Catching 22

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2012-02-22 08:46 AM

I find I'm emotionally
sealing myself off in a landscape
fraught with
never-ending searching
almost catching
words
but when I grasp my hands for them
they elusively give me the finger
looking for words
my salvation these days are words
which have dried up

I look over here
in vain
seeking that which eludes me
oh God!
I couldn't be more disappointed
words
trapped inside a co-conspiracy, perhaps
for they elude me
with an almost evil smirk
as I blindly grasp for what makes me happy

words

will this Catch-22 never end?

©February 22, 2012 / Jerry Pat Bolton

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

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2012-02-22 09:13 AM

catch-22's usually end ....between a rock and a hard place my friend.

Lori

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2012-02-22 09:47 AM

Between that rock and that hard place could also be freedom and beauty. Thanks, Lori, appreciate it.

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

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

3 posted 2012-02-23 02:19 PM

Finding the right words can be like herding cats... all but impossible until they decide to cooperate.

Good luck in your quest!

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2012-02-23 02:27 PM

That funny about the cats, suthern, and you are right too. Appreciate the fact that you are here in my place.

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

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