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I am in love, and I am betting on Mr. Life
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I am in love, and I am betting on Mr. Life |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium 
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.... Just a flurry of ramblings that I managed to put together, and after a long stay away, I feel so happy to be back here.... so much that this is the third starting post from me for the day... and I am guilty as hell for flooding the forums... I appreciate your understanding and ever present support... My regards, Sudhir -------------------------- In the long vicissitude of ungainly spread-out thoughts I placed my bet on the first row and set my mind on the third element from the left. Then Mr. Life played his deal with a more than accurate throw of the rolling dice and he said "you win, but only by so much that you have to bet once again." That's when my senses left me for the master of these thought-puppets suddenly decided 'Hey, I feel lucky tonight!' and I bet on the fifth element on the fifth line. Then Mr. Life pointed his finger upwards to the dark behind the delighted incandescent light bulb scoffed "Look, there's the dragon hiding in the shadow out to get you". His cough shot the dice into the distant dark corner of the table and I squinted my bespectacled eyes and shrunk on my seat into a little nothing and shrugged my shoulders before he spoke and left. Yet he shouted rather daringly, "Good game, but better luck next time" I turned back and gave a glare, a stare like a thousand volcanoes squirting lava a million snakes spitting venom. "Never again", I said, "no more betting" "Right", he said, "see you tomorrow" and that's when I decided it was enough and ran outside, with the casino lights dimming on me like black night. Yes, I came out of that metaphor of a life and passed a stage, but then the instinctive gambler streak in me sprung, I gambled on Mr. Life instead and decided to write a rhapsody in love And the music seems to be playing tonight and the dice is rolling well, the cards well laid up, and bets spread out at even-even, the only thing odd was 'me in love'. So strange! Somehow I think Mr. Life is laughing and enjoying his final laugh, but then I don't care, doesn't cost me a dime to be in love but sure feels I've won a million-dollar lottery. I feel rich though my bank says otherwise but then, I don't care I am in love, and I am betting on Mr. Life I am all messed up in my head, but I have got my priorities right. I am in love, and I am betting on Mr. Life! ~ |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I love this!!! welcome home, sudhir, and you can post as much as you want to! What a journey you've brought me on...I love the title, and I'm gonna quote it, too...fabulous. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Hey Sudhir...Enjoyed this very much..yes love is a risk but who could pass it by without taking a chance...not I...James |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
So THAT is what you have been up to all along...and here it was, I thought you had work to do, instead, you're out gambling and carousing and finding love... well done my friend... now back to work! Karilea If I whisper, will you listen?... I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound. KRJ |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
Glad to see you back and posting again. Jamie Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil. "Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely". |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Sudhir these are excellent ramblings like I've come to expect from you and I love the story line here...wonderful fun..even when you're rambling...no matter what happens it seems that life is a gamble regardless of whether it's love or money...and now you're betting again ..but maybe on a sure thing... naw!! could'nt be......take care....ethome.. |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
What a great saga told here! Isn't love wonderful? Glad to see you again. Sandra |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Sudhir, my friend, your floods are composed of the waters of Life....please continue the inundation!! Great to see you! |
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Masked Intruder
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Senior Member
since 1999-05-23
Posts 1231Near golden sunsets |
"bespectacled eyes" is a wonderful phrase. I also enjoyed quite a few other phrases in your poem, but I'm quite inept at figuring out where they went because the stupid browser won't let me look at it while I'm typing a response. |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
O Serene One... Thanks so very much ... I feel so happy that you would like to quote the title... Thanks again... James, my friend, thanks a lot.... glad you enjoyed this one... Karilea ... oops the cat's out of the bag... naw, I was (am still) ACTUALLY very busy... (Falling in love just made it that much more exciting)... Thank you so much...  Jamie, Thanks... and I am glad to be back... ethome, I am glad that you like my ramblings (about gambling)... Thanks... Sandra, it is beautiful indeed... thanks... O Sir Balladeer, O dear friend... Thanks so much... I feel so much more honoured... Masked Intruder... Thanks for dropping by to read adn respond... Regards to all, Sudhir |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Sudhir, although you're in love will you still be my beloved one please. pleas! Now I'm jealous ... of your amazing talent, although I always was. write on Kethry. Why do yesterdays remain and todays pass by ...unnoticed? Rex E. Alford |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Of course O Kethry, but of course.... Thanks so much and many regards, sudhir |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
At first I thought this a comment on the Ballot and the candidates - but I choose to see it as a rejectiion of life's termination and an embrace of love and life - and to that I give a hearty 'hear hear'! |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Wilfred, O sir, thanks a lot for the "hear hear"... regards, sudhir |
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peppermint35 Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1106Texas, USA |
Oh my, if this is rambling, please continue to ramble on forever and a day I enjoyed reading so very much Pepper "A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal truth." Percy Bysshe Shelley |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
pepper~ Thanks... I am so glad that you enjoyed this one... Regards, Sudhir |
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