Open Poetry #49 |
Questions |
Cari Member Posts 411 Englnand |
Questions Why did I sell my youth to charlatans Pursue the quest for a perfect body Drawn with slide rule accuracy By the doll makers? ~ Why did I reject the bloom that nature had lent me Believing beauty lies in a jar At forty dollars a throw? ~ Why did I pin ball bearings To un-kissed lips Seeking to improve on perfection Because it seemed the thing to do? ~ Why did I think that all music Lay in four chords Played by infantile jesters On phallic guitars? ~ Why did I think that salvation Was to be found in the coca leaf Or lay in the juice of poppy milk? Tell me old man My child, why ask one Who believed that free love Would change the world And James T Kirk was the Messiah. |
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DaysofView Member
since 2014-04-01
Posts 433Just A Slice Of The Pie |
I don't know the answers. I don't do testings very well. Kids at school used to joke me about that all the time but I graduated anyway and emails and posts correct my spelling so I look smarter than I am.Since you wrote the questions maybe you know the answers already. I usually know my own answers if I don't cheat and be honest to myself. It was just a thought which made them run. It was just an act that killed them. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Hah! James T Kirk indeed, Cari. Free love? Naw, don't believe it had much impact, except maybe in its early stages of the game. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
A contest of generations to see what the the world had offered s pop culture, and the shallowness of those offerings... I am an old man, hung out with hippies, but never believed in Captain Kirk...free love? Well it wasn't given chance enough, and was looked down upon by the older generation, made them mad, and so was a good tactic.. enjoyed the poem "Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance." |
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Cari Member Posts 411 Englnand |
We make choices which are rejected by the next generation who then go on to make their choices which are rejected by the next and so on. I wonder how many tattoo covered 60 year old's will be willing to strip off and jump in the pool in the future? Not to be taken too seriously, we English love satire. Thanks for reading. Cari. |
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Goldenrose Member Elite
since 2003-05-30
Posts 3665 |
Whimsical and wise..enjoyed thinking about your questions..Thank you.. Goldenrose walk the moonlight path through the dark woods...i await your return.. |
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