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H. Arlequin
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since 1999-08-23
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0 posted 1999-09-15 02:09 AM


pithy pity ditty


what a city,
one's self-pity
to wallow in...
its welcome signs
health undermines,
sans medicine.

access is quick
egress, a trick
with one street out...
those there will say
no friends defray
its fiddler's flout.

swill twenty beers,
when the head clears
dank nights repeat...
feed fat and fear
won't that make clear
your self-deceit??

themselves, souls shape,
thinking escape
from pain is wise...
those who endure
oft are the cure,
to death's surprise.

get to your feet
stand up, compete,
you've got the stuff...
effort alone,
gets joy's seeds sown
when times are tough!


--H. Arlequin
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Poems From the Goober Tree
http://nathoo.wustl.edu/goober_tree.htm

© Copyright 1999 H. Arlequin - All Rights Reserved
Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA
1 posted 1999-09-15 07:55 PM


Ha - Ya know.....

I can't be letting this work disappear into obscurity - Goober that you are, you do write some very obscure work - and make me think... I hate it when that happens...
Nice work, my friend...

H. Arlequin
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since 1999-08-23
Posts 210

2 posted 1999-09-15 10:41 PM


smooooooooooooooooches Nan

ty ty ty ty

excelsior,

HA

Pepper
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since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079
Southern Florida
3 posted 1999-09-15 10:45 PM


very interesting read....love the title

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May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams

Denise
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4 posted 1999-09-15 10:47 PM


Excellent piece! One to be read over and over!

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Denise

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