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Sunshine
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0 posted 2000-05-29 09:08 AM


This is a test

…testing, testing
do you hear me?

…testing, testing
do you see me?

…testing, testing
one two three

in the silence of my room
I wonder the tests I shall resume

when away from stage and microphone
when I'm away and all alone

…testing, testing
…one two three

where all of life is but a stage
where some of us may reach old age

where some of us will be called away
before we've had the chance to say

…testing, testing
do you hear me?

…testing, testing
do you see me?

So please do know when the testing is done
exit stage left, to sit with the Son.

©KRJ
29 May 2000



 Sunshine
Look, then, into thine heart, and write ~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


© Copyright 2000 Karilea Rilling Jungel - All Rights Reserved
Sudhir Iyer
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1 posted 2000-05-29 09:13 AM


Hello, is there anybody out there???

This is what this reminded me of immediately, Karilea...

sing along to your heart's desire, we are listening...

regards, sudhir...

 Hey you, out there in the cold,
Getting lonely, getting old, can you feel me?
Hey you, standing in the aisle,
With itchy feet and fading smile, can you feel me?
Hey you, don't help them to bury the light.
Don't give in without a fight.
Hey you, out there on your own,
Sitting naked by the phone, would you touch me?
Hey you, with your ear against the wall,
Waiting for someone to call out, would you touch me?
Hey you, would you help me to carry the stone?
Open your heart, I'm coming home....

by Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) - The Wall

Marge Tindal
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2 posted 2000-05-29 09:17 AM


Karilea~
Well .... aren't we a bit 'testy' today !
Hey gal .... enjoy the day.
Rehearsal at eight !
~*Marge*~




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3 posted 2000-05-29 10:57 AM


Sometimes my life feels like a test that I didn't study for...I like this poem!
Parker
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4 posted 2000-05-29 11:16 AM


one, two, three, k-i-s-s-i-n-g .... first comes love then comes marriage then comes baby in the baby carriage....
Thats first thing that popped into my mind from when I was a kid playing kissing tag... ok your it.

Parker

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5 posted 2000-05-29 11:24 AM


I loved this poem! Yes, all the world is a stage, and it is also a test. A great combo of metaphors.

 "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde

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6 posted 2000-05-29 12:34 PM


I like this one a lot  
Kit McCallum
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7 posted 2000-05-29 12:40 PM


Great one Sunshine ... I truly believe that life is but a test!  

Best wishes,
/Kit

Sunshine
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8 posted 2000-05-29 07:44 PM


Great comments all...you've left me smiling!  Thanks, everyone...
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9 posted 2000-05-29 07:55 PM


What a great idea for a poem! This test tickles me  
Martie
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10 posted 2000-05-29 07:59 PM


Just give me a multiple choice and then let me guess.  Interesting poem Sunhine..enjoyed the read!
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11 posted 2000-06-03 02:53 PM


Nothing pleases me more than tickling 'Deer!...

Martie, your exam is in the mail...thanks!...

 Sunshine

~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Helen Keller ~~~


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