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Nobodies make the world go round
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Nobodies make the world go round |
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jellybeans Member Elite
since 2000-10-13
Posts 2298
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Nobodies make the world go round Grandpa fixes flat tires and dripping sinks; drives a tractor, cuts hair and plays the drums; feeds dogs, cleans the yard and plays ‘bus’ driver when they need him, grandpa’s stretched so thin he thinks they must see right through him. Grandma drives too fast; too many requests to fill and too little time to get there. No time to read it slow she speed reads it twice, there’s always somebody waiting for something and grandma drives too fast. Sister of a brother who died when she needed him most, daytime secretary, nightime cashier, best friend, ‘stand in dad’ and Mommy- sporting a Lexis and legs stepping out into the cold wearing slippers ‘cause six:thirty’s in too much of a hurry to be four inches higher And just turned seven is everybody’s love, charming without even trying, women and girls already vying for a smile and he readily gives them. To busy, too tired, or justifiably [insert opinion/emotion], its nobody’s business but your own. Dirt poor, lower middle, or self sufficient, nobody’s got to work for a living. Time for playing-nobody tells nobody knows- but then we always have tomorrow don’t we? (inspiration from poem by Emily Dickinson “I'm nobody, who are you?”) |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I am just another nobody, enjoying your words~~ M |
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Susan Member Ascendant
since 2004-03-27
Posts 5104walking the surreal |
Much enjoyed this-  SusanHappiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
And just turned seven is everybody’s love, charming without even trying, women and girls already vying for a smile and he readily gives them. ~*~ I even see long, curly eyelashes on this little dreamboat of a charmer... As we are studying Emily Dickinson's works in our writer's group, I would like to take this poem to the next class. You game on sharing it with me that far?  Like you're going to say "no", right?   |
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jellybeans Member Elite
since 2000-10-13
Posts 2298 |
....no...lol......no really I'd be honored. This was a challenge to find an author and write a poem of social commentary on one of their famous works.....and this was the best I could come up with....I am not good at challenges, but when they pick you by name its hard to duck out gracefully lol thank you all |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Nobodies make the world go around....so true....funny thing is..the ones that think they're "somebody" are usually fake and temporary... |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Oh, lady... I love this... You paint each portrait vividly... and convince us that nobodies are most important somebodies. *S* Excellent write! |
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jellybeans Member Elite
since 2000-10-13
Posts 2298 |
toe and suthern, thank you both, and yep that's what I was trying to say...we are somebody, if only to the ones who love us, but what would this world be without us? thank you both |
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