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Workin' Fool / Smilin' Son
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Workin' Fool / Smilin' Son |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
Dawn's gray horizon looming same as was the day before Cloaked in uniformity , my garb of daily wear Lethargic feet move stolidly down endless corridors The meet and greet of scheduled tasks seems well beyond repair Outside , the world immutable , confronts a practiced mask It's graven features fit the frame-work life's super-imposed Denied outward expression yet in sunlight I will bask For I alone possess the key to how much is exposed The work-day clock of drudgery commands and I obey Necessity , that mistress harsh , accepts no lesser bribe So I serve her externally and hide the rest away While unbeknown , to save a few , exists a furtive scribe Whose heart rejects the metronome and beats at diff'rent pace Constructing music from the din of toil's machinery Not giving hint through gesture false nor countenance of face The changes that take place inside pass imperceptibly The breeze that's given to refresh stirs not one single leaf Beyond the windows that look in on perfect summer's day The cascade of my thoughts washes away mere business grief As calm descends quite liesurely ignoring outside fray Where not much changes by the hour , the day , the week , the year My mask in place , I smile , for it cannot reach me in here . [This message has been edited by Dr.Moose1 (edited 02-22-2001).] |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Great expression, Dr. Moose. I can so totally relate to this. Well done! |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
"While unbeknown , to save a few , exists a furtive scribe Whose heart rejects the metronome and beats at diff'rent pace" I'm glad to be part of the few who have the privilege of knowing that furtive scribe. *S* For his heart beats at a wonderful pace... Well done! |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
Denise and suthern , My thanks as always for your kind comments. Doc |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
"For I alone possess the key to how much is exposed" Funny, isn't it, how we live within our own chosen layers of vulnerability and definition. Thanks for this important poem, Doc. Sorry I missed it earlier. Claire Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
Claire , Thank you , that was one of the key lines . We couldn't very well go around telling everyone what is really going on in there could we ? ( they'd lock the whole bunch of us up !). Doc |
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