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gemjop Member Elite
since 2002-11-18
Posts 2587Pencilveinia, USA 
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Mothers playing busy ant round and round the kitchen I stare, forlorn wondering 'will this be me?' There are cupboards filled with expectations high standards Whilst her eyes are filled with hours mis spent Cleaning away the evils of mess cursing under her breath When her life is being eaten away at the hands of a home. |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
Never heard it put quite this way...it's apt though. |
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AniKay83 Member
since 2000-06-28
Posts 388Missing Since 1999 |
============================================ Mothers playing busy ant round and round the kitchen I stare, forlorn wondering 'will this be me?' ============================================ I can't even begin to illustrate how much I relate to this. ...but then the desire to correctly convey emotion is always the poet's plague, is it not? Very cool piece. www.heybroproductions.com |
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ptwils165 Member
since 2002-11-29
Posts 50 |
really nice poem, intimate and enclosed. reminded me of a certain scene in the film the hours, funnily enough. |
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garysgirl  
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
I stare, forlorn wondering 'will this be me?' There are cupboards filled with expectations high standards Gemma, dear friend, somehow, I don't think you will ever be in a dreary "routine". Nor do I think you will have "cupboards filled with espectations high standards" I think that all your expectations will become realities, because you will make them do so. Have a good day, little Lady  Hugs  Ethel Mae |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
When her life is being eaten away at the hands of a home. isn't it a matter of whether one becomes a slave to a home or lives in one..and fills it with love? |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
"Mothers playing busy ant Round and round the kitchen"---What a brilliant line, Dear gemdrop! So poetically observant of you! Warm hugs, EA |
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gemjop Member Elite
since 2002-11-18
Posts 2587Pencilveinia, USA |
Thanks for the replies. yeah, shes an ant all right, moving the mountains, she's by no means a weak woman, though yes, she fills her home with love, what she doesn't get back from certain people in it are her losses. she deserves more, she knows it, but she doesnt know how in the world to get it. she regrets wasting her life, and its a constant reminder to me not to do the same. sorry for rambling on. |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
Ah the third most important question after is there a god, and why is Ben Affleck allowed to make movies is will i become like my parents..scary |
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Chris- Member
since 2003-06-09
Posts 52 |
don't fall into routine and you will become the butterfly not the ant, free and different, its the only way to fly, oh great now i sound like an airplane advertisement  |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
They say a woman's work is never done but it takes a poet to make one remember it with the right words......Nice |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Gemma...excellent! |
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Goldenrose Member Elite
since 2003-05-30
Posts 3665 |
You seem to be trying to look in the future and you have already seen yourself doing the same thing. great writing. but you must live for today and control your own destinty, things may not work out like that if you dont want them to, who knows how things will work? keep up the good work...rose. |
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