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Brad Majors

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since 2001-04-03

Posts 2647
Georgia

0 posted 2003-11-20 01:46 PM

My mind tells me
it must be a dream
but sad it appears
I know it reality

For in place of
flesh and bone
I have fondly come
to know
a square foot of drab carpeting
lies where
the body once was
between my head and toes
in grand final insult
embroidered upon my face
the letters
W-E-L-C-O-M-E
stand out
clear as day.

Like a stampede of deformed bovines
I see them come
rushing
rushing
in and out
leaving dirty footprints everyone

From large ugly women
in ten inch heels
to lanky loafer clad salesman
each feeling the need
to take their turn
"well lets not dirty the house
with mud and such
for what other purpose
does this mat here lie?"

"What Purpose indeed!"
I grumble
muffled beneath fabric mouth
as yet another muddy shoe
plants itself on my carpet brow

After many days and nights
of comings and goings
loafers, heels, boots and smelly
disgusting and filthy
my usefulness comes to an end

So off
to the store
the owner skips with glee
to find another poor mat
just like me.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

1 posted 2003-11-20 01:51 PM

ouch...somehow I knew before I clicked that this one would hurt

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

2 posted 2003-11-20 02:10 PM

Thanks.

"if you won't let me fall for you
then you won't see the best that I would love to do for you"
~Dido~

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

3 posted 2003-11-20 02:29 PM

Brad, you did a terrific job with this write. I have felt like a doormat as well ~ but thankfully that is all in the past.

Your wit and charm come shining through even in a poem such as this ~ that is actually rather sad! Good job!

Shake off that dirt and rise and shine!

Linda

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

4 posted 2003-11-20 02:32 PM

an excellent write

M

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

5 posted 2003-11-20 03:13 PM

Like a stampede of deformed bovines
I see them come
rushing
rushing
in and out
leaving dirty footprints everyone

Well kiddo, as long as they don't have the mad cow virus, your in good shape I'd say

A very brilliant and handsome read, one of which only you could articulate. Awesome Brad!

Hockeychick19
Member

since 2002-10-29

Posts 430
Massachusetts, USA

6 posted 2003-11-20 03:36 PM

I really felt like the doormat when I read this one.

Nice work.
~Kelly~

Life is a gift so live it to the fullest!

A Romantic Heart
Member Ascendant

since 1999-09-03

Posts 5496
Forever In Your Heart

7 posted 2003-11-20 08:28 PM

How could anyone use YOU as a doormat....shame on them...

We all have been doormats at one time or another...its time to be the shoes..or shall I say BOOTS.."THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING"....

Great way of comparing your pain of being used as a doormat....

Hey you can wipe your feet on my doormat anyday! Door is always open....
~ARH

True poets don't write with the ink of quill or pen, but with the ink of their heart~

Brad Majors

Member Elite

since 2001-04-03

Posts 2647
Georgia

8 posted 2003-11-21 07:46 AM

thank you for reading

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