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Professor Gloom
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since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

0 posted 2003-01-15 07:13 AM

Here I sit with empty glass
Watch the clock let time to pass
Lack the word with no one near
Gaze in glass devoid of beer
Which is good thing of sort
Since I was drinking Port
As I gazed beyond bloomless arbor
To the still and now lightless harbor
Thoughts form and sulk away
Mindlessness seems here to stay
Growing as sinks the Port’s height
Darkened along with the night.
Try to remember where I left the car
In case I wish to leave this bar
Where darts strike a small targets
And balls falls into six pockets,
Where smoke still fills the room
And juke box repeats a tune
Played by a lover now broke
When drunken words were misspoke
And he teeters on a three legged stool
Unaware that he is the fool.
The barmaid now sashays near
To refill the glass not for a beer
When done I sip again the glass
And watch the clock for time to pass.

Gloom

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

1 posted 2003-01-15 07:17 AM

Professor,
Isn't clock watching the absolute pits? This poem is so morose you nearly had me crying in my beer.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

2 posted 2003-01-15 07:25 AM

Thank you, Kethry,
Pleased you liked it,
But that’s why I drink Port sometimes
It goes better with salty tears.
Morose? Perhaps, I thought it wasn’t so bad this time,
I guess that shows how Gloomy my nature is.

Gloom

winston
Member

since 2002-12-19

Posts 204
NW of Eden

3 posted 2003-01-15 08:49 AM

Much entertained by this one, Professor Gloom. I favorite line is with the word "misspoke."
Thanks.

"am a tourist not a terrorist, don't shoot, cause we are all on a journey to God" Michak

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

4 posted 2003-01-15 08:57 AM

Professor,
That's pretty heavy port, had to pick my teeth after the read, well done enjoyed.

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

5 posted 2003-01-15 10:39 AM

Prof., I could almost see that smoke-filled bar........Very descriptive..very good work....

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

6 posted 2003-01-15 12:38 PM

I've been here. And I thought I saw you and the three-legged-stool-teeterer...

loved this write, Gloom. Got me remembering.

Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

7 posted 2003-01-15 01:16 PM

Thank you, winston
Pleased to entertain

Thank you, Seymour Tabin,
Glad you enjoyed, picking teeth is easier now?
Hold in one hand, pick with the other?

Thank you, garysgirl
Pleased you enjoyed the descriptive
Almost like I was there, wait
I was there, glad you were here to respond

Thank you, passing shadows,
I’m the steady one, thanks for noticing us
Next time introduce yourself and I’ll buy you a port too

Gloom

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