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PARLAY...I HAVE ONLY HEARD THAT WORD USED WITH PIRATES BEFORE BUT TODAY I AM HEARING IT A FEW TIMES AND PIRATES AREN'T INVOLVED...DECIDED TO PLAY WITH IT ... JUST CUZ THAT WORD KEEPS  COMING UP AND SURPRISING ME THAT NO PIRATES ARE INVOLVED...HA HA

BEEN THINKING..I'VE NEVER BEEN THE BETTING TYPE BUT I DO REMEMBER AS A CHILD USING THE PHRASE WANNA MAKE A BET...BUT NO MONEY WAS INVOLVED...  PARLAY WAS NOT PART OF MY VOCABULARY...

PICTURING CONCEPTS YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH CAN FEEL SURREAL. IF YOU ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE THEM THEN SURREAL BECOMES REAL AND SURREALITY BECOMES REALITY...FASCINATING STUFF...MIND EXPANSION...BEEN LISTENING TO AN INTERESTING ENERGY MEDICINE SUMMIT THIS WEEK LEARNING ABOUT LOTS OF UNFAMILIAR TINGS THEN STUMBLED ACROSS A FREE KINDLE BOOK THAT SHOWED ITS AUDIBLE COPY WAS ALSO FREE TO LISTEN TO WITH AN INTERESTING TITLE...I RAN INTO SOME TROUBLE...SO SURREALITY POPPED INTO MY HEAD...I FIGURED  IF REAL HAS REALITY THEN SURREAL SURELY HAS SURREALITY BUT I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND IT ACTUALLY WAS A WORD...I THOUGHT I MAYBE MADE IT UP...ANYWAY THAT COMBO INSPIRED THIS POEM...

SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND...

TRUTH...ALWAYS BE TRUE TO YOU

BABBLING BROOKS, OCEAN WAVES, WATERFALLS...ALL HAVE SOOTHING SOUNDS THAT SPEAK TO US IN SOME SOOTHING WAY...IT'S BEST TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY...

KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU GO IN A CROWDED ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE TALKING...SO MANY CONVERSATIONS GOING ON AT ONCE...HARD TO FOLLOW ANY OF THEM...INSTEAD I  KINDA SPACE OUT ANXIOUSLY NOT KNOWING WHAT ANYONE IS SAYING AND FINDING IT HARD TO FOCUS ON ONE CONVERSATION WHEN SO MUCH IS GOING ON ALL AROUND ME...THAT IS WHAT THE NATURE SOUNDS FELT LIKE THIS MORNING I WAS TRYING TO LISTEN TO  IN ORDER TO RELAX...FUNNY HOW THESE THINGS CAN BACKFIRE ON YOU SOMETIMES...

THAT LAST LINE THAT BECAME THE TITLE MUCH TO MY CHAGRIN SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO ME...I KNOW I USED THAT LINE IN ANOTHER POEM  YEARS AGO I THINK I HAVE ON SOUNDCLOUD BUT MAYBE YOUTUBE... I MAY HAVE USED THAT TITLE BEFORE...THAT IS NOT A WORD I EVER USE NATURALLY BUT IT HAS POPPED UP IN MY POETRY BEFORE....NOT SURE WHERE IT COMES FROM BUT THEN AGAIN MY POETRY ALWAYS HAS ME GUESSING OR WONDERING WHERE THOSE LINES COME FROM...THEY COME QUICKLY AND DISAPPEAR EASILY SO I JUST  TRY TO WRITE THEM DOWN AS FAST AS I CAN SO I DON'T LOSE THEM....IF I FIND THAT TITLE WAS USED FOR THAT OTHER POEM I WILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER ONE FOR ONE OF THEM OR THE OTHER....I GUESS I WILL CHANGE IT TO DESTINY IS TESTING ME  SINCE I AM PRETTY SURE I HAVE USED THAT CHAGRIN LINE AS A TITLE BEFORE ....I FOUND THE OLD POEM I WAS THINKING OF ON SOUNDCLOUD IT IS CALLED MUCH TO OUR CHAGRIN BUT A LITTLE TOO CLOSE OF A TITLE FOR ME AND IT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT....   https://soundcloud.com/pamschwetz/much-to-our-chagrin-by-pam-schwetz?in=pamschwetz/sets/my-poetry-recited-by-me   IT IS PART OF MY POETRY PLAYLIST ON SOUNDCLOUD....THE PLAYLIST SAYS NINE YEARS AGO SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT I REMEMBERED THAT TITLE BEING TAKEN OR TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT ANYWAY OFF BY ONE WORD... HERE IS THE LINK TO THE POETRY PLAYLIST ON SOUNDCLOUD FROM NINE YEARS AGO... https://soundcloud.com/pamschwetz/sets/my-poetry-recited-by-me

I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THE SPELLING AS I WOULD HAVE GUESSED SASSPARILLA SAME AS IT SOUNDS...THAT WORD JUST POPPED INTO MY HEAD WITH SOME EASY RHYMNES...DON'T THINK I EVER ACTUALLY HAD ANY OF THAT BEFORE BUT WAS TOLD IT TASTED LIKE ROOTBEER AND I HAVE HAD THAT IN THE PAST....NO MORE SODA OR POP OR SOFT DRINKS WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO CALL THEM FOR A LONG TIME NOW ONCE I FOUND OUT JUST HOW BAD THEY ARE FOR YOUR HEALTH...STAY AWAY FROM HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP...FRIENDLY ADVICE...FUN WORD ANYWAY...WEIRD SPELLING...

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU WONDERED IF YOU CHOSE THE RIGHT PATH OR IF THERE IS SUCH A THING...