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Very Late in a Rainy Night
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Very Late in a Rainy Night |
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Professor Gloom Member Elite
since 2000-07-23
Posts 3082of Depression |
Why do I keep going on, Plodding on, moving on, doing, When it is easy to lay down Stay down, keep down, do nothing. There are those out there, In nowhere, anywhere, lost in sight, Without thought of our reality Fantasy, imaginary, without fight. Let them take all my possessions, Burn my house to the ground, No more psychiatrist sessions With pay he doesn’t want me around, I’ll wander the streets in a daze Go back to sleeping in alleyways, When winter comes there are steam grates And unlocked doors to warm basement, Soup kitchens from the socialist states Or even a cozy asylum to be sent. No those are overcrowded these days, And designated for criminally insane stays. It will be easy to just let it go, No money, no problems, no car keys, Become another derelict no one knows, That everyone looks away when sees. I’ll panhandle street corners some Spending the coins on cheep rum, Drifting on a endless drinking binge Till this old liver stops working too Giving me that nice yellow tinge, There in the gutter with nothing to do No where, not anywhere to go I’ll slip away and no one will know. There’s the alarm, I better get up And get ready for work. Gloom |
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luvlorn322 Junior Member
since 2002-10-28
Posts 43 |
That perfectly captures the lethargic nature of our race. It started off so dark and brought me back to the days I lived there, it was very in depth in thought and reads like a checklist of all the wretched things that seem so much more appealing than going to work and paying bills and droning along like a mechanical conformist when that alarm clock goes off every morning. It made me laugh to myself at the end, because i could very much relate. Thank you for sharing. |
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regards2you Member Elite
since 2002-10-01
Posts 3940California |
There are those.... "without thought of our reality" I find that so incredibly sad. Glad this is but a dream, and, by the way, very well written. Warm Regards, Pat  ..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.. |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
are you sure that was your dream...she asks as she finally awakes. |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533 |
The invisible impoverished. The social state is however far less social these days, the insane when criminal are thrown in prison with those who can't afford decent council or lack political connections. Ergo ergo it's off to work we go. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Good morning, Professor! That was some nightmare you had!---and a very well written social commentary! EA |
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Professor Gloom Member Elite
since 2000-07-23
Posts 3082of Depression |
Thank you, Luvlorn322, Lethargic nature, yes some of that all around me, And some of it during also, more of a ramble and a dread. Pleased you enjoyed my rambling darkness Thank you, regards2you, This was not a dream, more of a waking nightmare Because the incredibly sad is all about, Glad you liked the words Thank you, nakdthoughts, No dreams, too much reality. Glad you enjoyed. Thank you, RSWells, The state never was designed to be social, And now the fairness has gone from it also. Thank you, Earth Angel, The reality of it is the greater nightmare The fact that it is too easy to slip to it, To live it To be it. Gloom |
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