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My Life: I Am Difference (A Ramble)
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My Life: I Am Difference (A Ramble) |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration 
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my life: it is a parody of continuity, a sinuous slithering silent approach to an answer without question; 42, eureka! the answer is 42! Doug quoted someone when he said that, might even have been himself, though i don't remember what it was about, since i was only looking at the pictures, not reading the words. ------ there is no answer... at least no true answer. it all devolves to minutes and days, sighs and exultations; porn star or school marm, the sun still shines down on your freckled head and burns a tattoo of shattered halos into the tender skin of vain hopes. ------ i wonder, at moments like these, when i'm sitting in the dark, dreaming of depressions and diasporas, if i've resigned | consigned | myself to the mediocrity of reality - to the reality of mediocrity - day-to-day-to-day-to-day today is just that, to-day. there is light, there is air. need more? so do i, my friend, so do i. but i've nothing left to lose that doesn't come in a fortune-cookie, telling me things're gonna get better... one way or t'other. guess we'll see. ------ one can tell me i have no basis for complaint: job [for how long?] wife [poor thing, stuck with me] kid [concussion boy!] house [don't even get me started] food [overrated] car [truck] keep going, i can list them off for days. does that make it better, though, when some of the happiest times remembered are those of turmoil and tribulations? no, not better, though perhaps different. i am different. i am difference. i am rambling, but that's fine, since you're still reading and probably wrinkling your eyebrows into a questioning (cockeyed) shape, while wondering whatthehellishetalkingabout? if it's any consolation, i wonder that all the time. and if i ever find that answer, i'll be sure to remind you of the question as well. ------ i am sighted, hearing, breathing, walking, moving, and yet... life drags at times, buries my legs in the muddy slop of stressors and repressors. if i had a chance, i'd float. but my name's not Clark - which is fine, since the Kents were far too nice for my sense of sarcasm to ever feel comfortable. |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
exactly. *nodding* please don't forget me when you find the answers.  "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
If it's any consolation I think many walk the same rambling path as you do here and, yes, we all want more as well until we become "resigned to mediocrity". I read from beginning to end and enjoyed the read! Don't have any answers though. |
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Greeneyes  
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
day-to-day-to-day-to-day today is just that, to-day. there is light, there is air. need more? so do i, my friend, so do i. but i've nothing left to lose that doesn't come in a fortune-cookie, telling me things're gonna get better... one way or t'other. ----- a master-piece of words.....I could read you for hours and never get bored....  I am not looking for answers, not anymore....I, too, would just settle for the cookie explaining it all...  love how you say what you say....And so it those we live with |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
LOL, but you've outlived those Kents so whatareyouragginabout? I would have used a DIFFERENT word than raggin but don't want the censorshipthingamajig to abscond with your write.  An enjoyable read, Mister C. |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
hey y'all, thanks for letting me ramble! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
You almost lost me until that last verse...in fact, I found myself frowning at "parody of continuity" because continuity is both a precious gift and lead in yer shoes...and smile? I had this image of you loosening if not taking off a tie before you wrote this. But that's another poem. |
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playing.with.crayons Member
since 2006-01-02
Posts 362Neverland |
oh dear, even rambling you are brilliant. much much enjoyed. farewell the ash-tray girl |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
love the way your mind works...rambling? wull, sometimes the mind needs to air itself out, yanno? Ramble on in your most intellectual way, cuz we all enjoy |
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Christopher
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
just caught this - thank you all who've replied, but... k??? a TIE!?!?! as if! *snort* |
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SEA
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
ahhha Kissy...you make me want to crawl inside your head and just listen for a while...or at least have a beer with you and listen to you ramble |
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