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Ode to an Armchair
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Ode to an Armchair |
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H. Arlequin Member
since 1999-08-23
Posts 210 |
Ode to an Armchair Aging armchair, my home, I wait here every day, a trusted timeworn tome, its pages on display, may rest on propped up knees whose steward's ancient too, indifferent, if you please, that others boil a brew protesting, "eyes too weak", or his "chosen lifestyle". An introverted freak, whose wisdom they'd defile presuming what is best for their enduring sire, he would not one, to guest his funerary pyre. "Home is where the heart is" one inane bard posits; forefront his horse, that cart is, the old remand to closets, too frail to run or play fearful of moving fast, mere shadows on display, soiled wretches with a past! How dare they live o'er long, four score and ten, all wrong? You'd think they'd hear the gong peal its strident swan-song! Earth to earth, dust to dust, a time to do one's thing, as iron wills lust to rust, death is stalking Spring. This horse in its last days a meadow eats away, independence displays, preparing piper's pay. Yet, donning the disguise of "watching out for them", the offspring, worldly wise, inconveniences hem. This armchair, I choose home to while away what time remains an ancient gnome, no length arraigned a crime! Despite a frail abode, the mind recounts its lark, assured that faith will code with hope encroaching dark! --H. Arlequin . . . . Poems From the Goober Tree http://nathoo.wustl.edu/goober_tree.htm . . . Pic of Armchair . http://www.iol25.com/mfreeland/wow.htm [This message has been edited by H. Arlequin (edited 10-28-1999).] |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
I have a chair like this. A thinking chair that rocks. I liked this poem very much. |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
Wow! I never knew there was so much to a chair!!! LOL...good one! |
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Watcher666 Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606 |
Nicely done! Liked this one.  ------------------ Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you. |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
I know for sure that your armchair appreciates the acknowledgment you've given it, HA..... |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
A favorite old armchair.......a wonderful place to ponder..... Liked this much H A ...... ------------------ A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extrordinaire! |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Sounds like the place to be! ------------------ Denise |
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snow in summer Member
since 1999-08-28
Posts 67 |
Reflective and kinda sad, but soooooo good. |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Wow...you are one prolific person...well done..... |
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H. Arlequin Member
since 1999-08-23
Posts 210 |
Hi Mattie, Christopher, Watcher, Nan, Pepper, Denise, Snow, and Toerag!!! YTx for the helpful comments! Have revised, and would love your thoughts on the changes, smoooooooches, excelsior, HA |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Subtle changes, A wonderful piece made better! ------------------ Denise |
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H. Arlequin Member
since 1999-08-23
Posts 210 |
new chair re: Nan's thoughtful design.... bliss... HA |
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snow in summer Member
since 1999-08-28
Posts 67 |
the chair now! lololol |
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Systematic Decay Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1301That place with padded walls and funny people in white......... |
LMAO @ THE ARMCHAIR PIC!!!! LOL ADD A FRIDGE AND YOUD NEVER HAVE TO GET UP!!!!! ------------------ "Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage." -Billy Corgan- |
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