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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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wrote a poem about my legacy posted it here this is what I wrote . . . my legacy ahhh . . . how will it sound the good deeds I have performed the world knows naught my poems short stories, the novels are succumbing to dust of the ages looking back I cringe with the knowledge that my legacy will be confined to those two lost decades so . . . be . . . it a good friend of mine didn’t take kindly to the poem she committed thusly . . . “Oh baloney sandwiches! Your legacy is very much in black white and blue and your children! You have books to leave behind (small % of the population can say that). You have, Member Patricius, more than just a few blue words here that will outlast you... And you have children. I think most of your lost decades exists only in your memory, those people and places have already turned to dust. You are still creating your legacy I believe.” I answered her in this manner . . . Thanks for setting me straight. Truly. Thank you. It is amazing what goes on in a person's mind when he lives alone. Sometimes thoughts get overwhelmed and confused. I have to get out of this funk. Thank you again, Lori. ©May 11, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~*~ If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around. ~*~ |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
writing can be both 'meditation' and self-administered 'therapy,' methinks?! The Nam era was the penultimate 'darkness' ... ergo, I, for one, now choose to 'pen' mostly 'light!' |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Lori is right. We have no idea of who may remember us for something we did or said over the years. Once in a while I hear from a person who remembered something I had said or something that they remember we did or talked of. One never really knows when what we said or did in a monent of time stayed within someone else's mind. Nothing to worry over but nice when and if some one rememners and tells you so. jo [This message has been edited by latearrival (05-13-2014 12:49 AM).] |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
hi jerry, this is poignant, what is life, what we live for ? you shared ot with talent and ith the heart, then everylife has his destiny and charing that is a gift, have a nice day yann |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Jerry, I think your readers are quite brilliant, Especially Jo! LOL! Lori  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Heh.Heh I think you're right, Lori. ~*~ If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around. ~*~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you Bruce, I appreciate you're thought. ~*~ If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around. ~*~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Jo, you have a good sense of worth, Lori and I think so. Thank you. ~*~ If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around. ~*~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you so much Yann. ~*~ If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around. ~*~ |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
thank you Lori and Pat. Remember this old lady has many years on you both. She has been there, saw it, heard it and lived it. The best to you and keep smiling and enjoying the life you have. It is a heck of a lot better than a lot of others. jo |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I'm seventy-five. Maybe you're a little older, Jo. Thank you for chiming in again. ~*~ If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around. ~*~ |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Jerry I think I told you I am now 82 years old.life just gets better, and then on to other lands.jo |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yes, you did tell me, Jo. I forgot. I do that a lot these days. Sorry about that. ~*~ If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around. ~*~ |
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