prayer for the slowly dying (#9)

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jellybeans
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since 2000-10-13

Posts 2298

0 posted 2001-05-24 09:21 AM

Who does the Math?

Lord--this time
its not that I just don't
understand
cause early on I learned that life
is not fair,
but this Lord, my brain refuses
to comprehend-
how do you put a price
on making someone into
less than half
of what they used to be?
And it doesn't end there
to that figure they minus
the additional percentages
(totaled and compounded annually)
for what 'faults' the 'guidelines'
do not accept.
I was the innocent one,
so the only lesson being taught
is 666 Ways to Cheat the Injured
(for insurance adjusters only)
where the teacher wears a hat
by necessity.
And the bottom line is-
whether I want to face it
or not-I was obviously
just in the wrong
place
at the wrong time.

And damned are we all
for to this idolatry we do agree-
offering homage monthly
to this tower of Babble.
Sure, I know, we say
we live in the land of the free,
but pay your premium
or surely, the right
to drive, you will be
denied.

Lord...
with what senses remain intact,
I am able to grasp onto
a shred of hope
promised
by your grace and mercy, and
when judgment day arrives
in spite of everything
I would rather be half
of me
than a whole
one of them.

[This message has been edited by jellybeans (edited 05-24-2001).]

Lady In White

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since 2001-02-12

Posts 2799
USA

1 posted 2001-05-24 09:31 AM

Concurring....

1slick_lady
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since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

2 posted 2001-05-24 09:36 AM

true...and how could "they" possibly see the true worth of you?

jellybeans
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since 2000-10-13

Posts 2298

3 posted 2001-05-24 09:43 AM

thank you...both...sigh...these times have been hard...having pip to come home to, makes it a bit easier

Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

4 posted 2001-05-24 01:35 PM

I know about hard times, and you are always home here. This is great.

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

5 posted 2001-05-25 10:15 AM

Dear friend, even with all the hair HFG has to spare, those bottom feeders are not worth even a (gray and quickly ripped out, tossed in the trash, and vehemently denied *G*) hair on your head!

Excellent writing, as always... you have such a talent for phrasing even an ordinary event in unforgettable description. *S*

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

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California

6 posted 2001-05-25 10:57 AM

Jellybeans--Strong writing and right...and a big hug!

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

7 posted 2001-07-03 03:27 PM

jb--This one is SO appropriate for me right now...thanks for saying it for me. I should have tried poetry BEFORE I kicked the wall. sigh...

jellybeans
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since 2000-10-13

Posts 2298

8 posted 2001-07-05 09:53 AM

suthern, serentity and martie.....thank you, I had forgotten all about this one...thank you ladies

you are what makes me keep trying...sigh

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