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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
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0 posted 2016-01-22 04:34 PM


irrational thoughts beleaguer
my inner sanctum
shoving it this way, shoving it that way
it cannot talk
these irrational thoughts
so no words are spoken, but
it can nudge and present pictures
it is the nudging
which grabs me hard
its as though
I’m floating powerlessly in the void
what does it want
these irrational thoughts
I call them irrational thoughts
but these thoughts have never harmed me
truth is these irrational thoughts
come to me sometimes
in order to ward off my rational ways
because it has shown me time and again
that rational can be harmful
it has shown me
rational can be another word
for blindly
following the status quo
it has, numerous times when I was
just one step of rational thinking
and stopped me from stepping off the edge
of catastrophe
it is rational which hypnotizes us
and we
hoarding it close to our chest
knowing we are right
everyone else is dead wrong
what complete drivel to say the least

©January 22, 2016 / Jerry Pat Bolton


~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

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nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29
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Between the Lines
1 posted 2016-01-22 07:19 PM


I don't  know why, but I had to smile after reading this...made too much sense to me. M
JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
2 posted 2016-01-22 07:24 PM


Hah! Thank you, nakdthoughts, you have made my day. So happy that you found something worthwhile within the lines of my poem.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

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