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A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste
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A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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I remember the days when I could make the world stop spinning obliterate the sun and moon make time standstill as everything was frozen in time I was a mere shadow of myself nobody building worlds where I was rich stopped oceans from flowing because I could I built new worlds to live in yes, I can still recall my vivid seven-year-old mind Whot happened? ©June 29, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~ |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
innocence lost...we are wonderous at seven, it's true~*~*  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yep. Life got in the way of innocence . . . A natural progression, or is that digression? Thank you Baby Girl. ~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~ |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
LOL...yeah...things go downhill from there... XOXO |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
ah to be an innocent 7yr old in a war free country, where one is not starved or in slavery or training to kill or walking miles to safe boarders. We have been very blessed to have had our peaceful imaginations with which to play with. You brought back warm memories of troll dolls and other wonderful things. Still there are too many places in the world where the kids don't get to be children very long. Good write my friend. Lori |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you Lori. About those children of other countries who have a hard life. The government is allowing tens of thousands of them to walk into America where they will be fed, clothed and given medical help. Thank goodness the government is a kind and benevolent daddy and momma to them. ~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
True Jerry! Thanks for the reminder and a pox on all those who are so insensitive as to treat immigrants that risk their lives to get here like they are vermin to be eradicated. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Right. NOT! ~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~ |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
The New England Hurricane of 1938 (or Great New England Hurricane, Yankee Clipper, Long Island Express, or simply the Great Hurricane of 1938) was the first major hurricane to strike ~~~ And I was seven and have a few old memories of this.Standing on the porch with mom hanging on to the post and rails, waiting for brother to come home from school.Look this one up on the internet. Devastation`jo`` |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I certainly will look up the Great Hurricane of 1938, Jo. Appreciate your thoughts on the poem. ~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I looked it up, and you were right, it was devastation. I'm more familiar with hurricanes than I really want to be down here in Louisiana. Back then with the Great Hurricane of 1938, there wasn't any alert systems like we have now with Internet tracking hurricanes path. I was one year away from being born when that monster struck. ~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~ |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Yes, Jerry Pat, it was something no one who was alive at the time has ever forgotten.jo |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Innocence personified, Jo. Appreciate your thoughts on the poem. ~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~ |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Yes, Me too. Ida |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Heh.Heh Gotcha Ida. Thank you for being here. ~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~ |
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