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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2014-02-23 07:46 AM

within me
a brute resides
side by side
with the softer side of myself
an innocence standing by
to soothe the savagery
of the third entity dwelling within me
a hostile
evil creature, a lunatic
these others
have made my life . . . er . . . interesting
they have
by degrees led me far from the beaten path
to places filled with danger
and situations of love and hate
so much so I stand
truly abashed by what transpired
as I look back
Dante’s Inferno, a masterpiece of unnatural thought
lived within me
walked with me
thought for me
they are still there
the brute, the angel, the lunatic
I have subdued them
but sometimes
I feel they are just bidding their time

©February 22, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~*~ It's not that the man did not know how to juggle, he just didn't have the balls to do it. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2014-02-23 07:57 AM

Don't cha just hate that!? You just washed your demons and can't do a thing with them!
The most frustrating part is knowing it is there and feeling helpless to stop it. I think we have all had our inner butthead get away from us a time or two. As always, your introspections are special.

Lori

Bluesy Socrateaser
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since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

2 posted 2014-02-23 08:01 AM

Yes, we all have transforming elixirs like Stevenson's 'Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde". It's best not to drink them though.

I have seen women in that role.

...just bein' Bluesy

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2014-02-23 08:02 AM

Ahhh . . . Sometimes I think I doth protest too much, Lori. Thanks for being here.

~*~ It's not that the man did not know how to juggle, he just didn't have the balls to do it. ~*~

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2014-02-23 08:03 AM

I have seen that side of women also.

~*~ It's not that the man did not know how to juggle, he just didn't have the balls to do it. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

5 posted 2014-02-23 08:12 AM

I resent the implication that women can be less than perfect! How dare you! Cast such dispersions as to say we have multiple, turn on a dime, hot and cold, personality mood swings! Of all the slanderous stereo-typing testosterone tainted things to say!

(how am I doing proving your point?

)

Lori

Bluesy Socrateaser
Member Elite

since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

6 posted 2014-02-23 08:23 AM

Jeepers!

Here...quick!!! Drink this!

...just bein' Bluesy

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

7 posted 2014-02-23 08:34 AM

Don't splash water on me! I will melt! ~L

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

8 posted 2014-02-27 10:30 PM

Don't worry, Jerry, age will control them.
Ida

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

9 posted 2014-02-27 10:33 PM

I wonder, Ida.

~*~ It's not that the man did not know how to juggle, he just didn't have the balls to do it. ~*~

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

10 posted 2014-02-27 10:34 PM

I think everybody was just having fun with this write.

~*~ It's not that the man did not know how to juggle, he just didn't have the balls to do it. ~*~

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