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Chanson
Senior Member

since 2000-08-19

Posts 1559
Up Creek w/Out Paddle

0 posted 2000-08-28 10:23 PM

Contrary

It is most apparent when
I am alone but for silence
and it seems to mirror the
most sullen of moods.

Beside my burden it sits
and broods, hovering like flies
that buzz incessantly until my
patience is stretched taut.

Invading my personal space
and settling in without
a formal invitation,
I swat at it
and again,
encouraging it to go to Hell.
(It makes itself at home there,
the unwelcome houseguest staking claim
to the favorite chair for the duration)

But,
when nothing can surpass happiness
and I need it to remain stagnant,
to freeze-frame it like I would
pause a video at my favorite scene--
It abandons me as it takes flight
to the next moment.
I have no choice but to move with it.

Time--

It is the recalcitrant toddler throwing
its temper tantrum in the supermarket checkout
with five mothers ahead of it--
holding five children throwing temper tantrums.

...chanson~

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

1 posted 2000-08-28 10:27 PM

Interesting I enjoyed the read

Chanson
Senior Member

since 2000-08-19

Posts 1559
Up Creek w/Out Paddle

2 posted 2000-08-28 10:50 PM

Happy that you took a peek, Seymour Tabin. Thank you kindly

...chanson~

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

3 posted 2000-08-30 04:22 AM

very interesting indeed!!!

great work, chanson...

regards,
sudhir

Chanson
Senior Member

since 2000-08-19

Posts 1559
Up Creek w/Out Paddle

4 posted 2000-08-30 06:25 AM

sudhir....thank you.

...chanson~

~"Music, when soft voices die,
Vibrates in the memory..." P.B. Shelley~

niky tamayo
Junior Member

since 2000-08-22

Posts 17

5 posted 2000-08-30 06:29 AM

wow... wonderful.

i've gotta go have my own tantrum...

Chanson
Senior Member

since 2000-08-19

Posts 1559
Up Creek w/Out Paddle

6 posted 2000-08-30 06:37 AM

Ok...it's good to get it out of your system sometimes. I hope it relieves some pressure.

...chanson~

~"Music, when soft voices die,
Vibrates in the memory..." P.B. Shelley~

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