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Jaime Fradera Senior Member
since 2000-11-25
Posts 843Where no tyranny is tolerable |
My friend takes to the "hospital," the "cancer ward" to meet a "patient" named "bill." His diseased voicebox had been taken out, but they gave him an electric one. "bill" talks to us in robot monotone but speaks coherently and well. Then the "patient," "Bill," has an "attack" though it isn't clear of what ... by whom ... The nurses come and say they have to "blow him up." (They have to WHAT? ...) Medical jargon. It means that he needs help to breath. The doctors confer, decide he is too weak for the procedure; so they just "blow him up" halfway. I hear an auto dealership commercial. It is for selling jeeps. You are to be seized by an uncontrollable urge to buy a jeep, then kill yourself by crashing it. To drive the message home there was a jingle that said: I wanna jump in a jeep and I die ... I wanna jump in a jeep and I die ... Then I awake, laughing so hard I can not stop. And for a while I went wandering round the house singing, humming to myself the jingle of the dream. The sound of the words ... How irresistibly silly ... I just couldn't help myself ... I wanna jump in a jeep I wanna jump in a jeep ... I wanna ... ... Well, I live alone so I am sure no one else heard me ... (did they?) And sometimes I'm afraid I will run out of things to write about; and perhaps this is scrapping the bottom of the barrel. But perhaps as long as I keep dreaming there will always be something more to say, something more to laugh about, something else to wonder at, something new to share. and maybe, just maybe, one more reason to live and to be happy. Jaime All that you are seeking is also seeking you |
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Jaime Fradera Senior Member
since 2000-11-25
Posts 843Where no tyranny is tolerable |
Hi everyone...thanks for being here...I have yet to find a way to post replies to all who read my poems...I hope you know I do read your poetry and appreciate that you have read mine...please email me...thanks All that you are seeking is also seeking you |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Jaime - I had to chuckle when I read this piece. You can indeed write about anything at all. I've written about everything from the most profound thoughts I could muster to the simple fact I didn't want to take out the trash. Keep on writing and we'll keep on reading. I'm not sure if your having the URL for your poems helps, but I'll email it to you anyway.. Happy Holidays, my friend..  |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
Jaime...this is great...LOL and yes I do believe you can write about anything and do it so well it keeps me coming back for more |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Jaime as long as those dreams keep coming you'll have lots to write about ...and like a poem I wrote one time called 'Out of Time' there is a passage in there that states "people don't run out of dreams they just run out of time." Write on! I really enjoy reading your work! Well I have to go now...I'm going to run up and down the street and try to find a Jeep to jump into....just like the idea!! |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
oh my.....glad that it was only a dream, jump on that jeep and laugh.....live...be happy. Charisma |
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