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The Old Mean Lady |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart 
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The Old Mean Lady Once when I was younger and lean there was a peer, and she was mean she was older and thought herself wiser, true but she had a way of making you become unglued. If you had done something, then she had done it better if you did something fine, she was the REAL go-getter! If you had gone to Paris, then she had gone to Spain let me tell you folks, she was something of a pain. Then one day when I sauntered in to work she smiled at me with a smirk and a shirk and said “can it be that you ALWAYS smile? and aren’t you sad just ONCE in a while?” Those words really took me aback for I didn’t think anyone minded my laughter; when suddenly with insight I saw what this old crone was really after! Her jealousy I could now see, it hurt my heart for her for to be mean and cruel was part of her cure to bring you to your knees, of that you can be sure for she wanted everyone to be as insecure. So for awhile I held my stories and I didn’t smile and her gloominess made nothing worthwhile until I couldn’t take any more of her bile for within me her rhythm did rile. So finally one day I said to her “My dear let me make one thing perfectly clear. I care not for your sadness or your poor state, for to you, I cannot relate. “I care not for all your bravado and that you are the absolute best; but what I wish for you now is for you to discontinue being a pest.” She was aghast that one as young as I could so calmly and ladylike spit in her eye. She left me alone after all of that and with me she would never chat. But the moral of the story, you see is that everyone else began to smile, like me! 18 August, 1999 ©KRJ ------------------ Sunshine Words will always express our feelings true. ~~~ KRJ Look, then, into thine heart, and write ~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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lenny Member
since 1999-07-11
Posts 63front royal, va. u.s.a. |
As one lightbulb dissipates all the darkness from a room, so one bright smile rends the gloom for all around and brings in the 'Sunshine'! Keep smiling girl. The world needs more like you. ------------------ lenny |
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Blondie Member
since 1999-08-06
Posts 307Ohio |
Great poem Sunshine! Did you get this published? |
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Sue Member
since 1999-08-04
Posts 383France |
Never let anyone's bitterness or spite spoil that smile of yours! And don't let them stop you writing, either. |
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elvira Senior Member
since 1999-07-06
Posts 936California |
great message, Sunshine...i'm sure we all know a few negative folks like the one you described  ------------------ PS: have you been to "The Alley" lately and cast your vote for "on a roll"? |
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Delores Hall Member
since 1999-07-16
Posts 342USA |
Enjoyed your poem. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Lenny, the light is "always" on! Blondie, "no". You think? Sue...this happened 30 years ago. Apparently, no one has diminished anything within me...I keep coming back like a bad penny! Elvira...those negative souls are what make us feel and look even better than we do! Not only have I cast my vote on "the roll" but you need to read "Last Rodeo before Millennium". Delores, Thank you, as always. ------------------ Sunshine Words will always express our feelings true. ~~~ KRJ Look, then, into thine heart, and write ~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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Lost Dreamer Member Elite
since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464Somewhere near the Rainbow |
Sunshine, This was great, glad you radiated your warmth to all that mattered. |
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