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Open Poetry #27

Stop!

Kaoru

Member Elite

since 2003-06-07

Posts 3892
where the wild flowers grow

0 posted 2003-06-13 10:03 PM

Stop.
If you didn't think to speak, you
haven't yet conjured up another
conversationalist.
It's always clever to use words
that are long and yet easy to pronounce.

I carry around a pocket thesaurus,
why isn't there a shorter word for it?
I want to say a thousand things
in a hundred differant ways.
Like I need to
stop watching re-runs of Melrose
on friday nights.
Quit my job and get a better life, I say!
Today I'll

Stop.

Think about what you're saying,
it's not really that complicated to be
ridiculed and teased.
Into conversations, it's like
a wicket web we weave.
I don't want to talk
about chewing the fat
in a million differant ways.
I just want to

Stop.
And be amazed.

devinechild22
Senior Member

since 2002-08-28

Posts 571