Open Poetry #35 |
Jumpin a Jeep (also for E A |
Jaime Fradera Senior Member
since 2000-11-25
Posts 843Where no tyranny is tolerable |
Jumpin a Jeep My friend takes to the "hospital," the "cancer ward" to meet a "patient" named "bill." His diseased voicebox had been taken out, but they gave him an electric one. "bill" talks to us in robot monotone but speaks coherently and well. Then the "patient," "Bill," has an "attack" though it isn't clear of what ... by whom ... The nurses come and say they have to "blow him up." (They have to WHAT? ...) Medical jargon. It means they need to help him breath. The doctors confer, decide he is too weak for the procedure; so they just "blow him up" halfway. I hear an auto dealership commercial. It is for selling jeeps. You are supposed to be seized, When you hear this commercial, by an uncontrollable urge to buy a jeep, then kill yourself by crashing it. To drive the message home there is a jingle that says something like: I wanna jump in a jeep and I die ... I wanna jump in a jeep and I die ... Then I awake, laughing so hard I can not stop. And for a while I go wandering round the house singing, humming to myself the jingle of the dream. The sound of the words ... How irresistibly silly ... I just can't help myself ... I wanna jump in a jeep I wanna jump in a jeep ... I wanna ... ... Well, I live alone so I am sure no one else heard me ... (did they?) And sometimes I'm afraid I will run out of things to write about; and perhaps this is scrapping the bottom of the barrel. But perhaps as long as I keep dreaming there will always be something more to say, something more to laugh about, something else to wonder at, something new to share. and maybe, just maybe, one more reason to live and to be happy. SC |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Jaime, you truly are adorable. You even have a sense of humour in your dreams. No matter what road you take me down, I am fascinated by what you write ~ be it curious, outrageous, bizarre, humorous, sad or scary ~ it is all so vivid! Your mind sees more than most eyes do! Loves and hugs, EA P.S. I swear, I have never blown up any of my patients! ~ at least not intentionally! lol |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Buenos dios, amigo. Keep dreaming and writing, and I will keep reading. Radio and TV sales jingles annoy me when I can't get them out of my head! But since they keep you deep dancing around the house, guess they can't be all bad after all. As for 'blowing up' patients? EEK what an expression! |
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Decaflame Senior Member
since 2001-05-11
Posts 1635 |
And sometimes I'm afraid I will run out of things to write about; and perhaps this is scraping the bottom of the barrel. ~*~ Jaime, you keep dreaming. We'll keep reading. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
LOL, I guess I need some tutoring in my Spanish, as I inadvertently wrote Good God, instead of Good Day. (Buenos Dias) LOL, guess another laugh for the day won't hurt my headache. |
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