POETRY

GIVING AND TAKING ADVICE

Author's Notes/Comments: 

EASIER SAID THAN DONE I SUPPOSE

A KANGAROO COURT

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I WAS WATCHING PUBLIC ENEMIES AND SOMEBODY MENTIONED A KANGAROO COURT...THEN I THOUGHT OF WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING...WHY SO MANY NEGATIVE TERMS REFERRING TO ANIMALS...IT GIVES THEM A BAD RAP...I LOVE ANIMALS AND THINK THEY SHOULD BE SHOWN MORE RESPECT... 

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PRETTY RANDOM

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A RANDOM THOUGHT...I REMEMBER ONCE SOMEONE MADE A COMMENT ABOUT SOMETHING BEING PEDESTRIAN AND A SOMETIMES SMART ALECK ME SAID...HOW DID YOU KNOW I AM A PEDESTRIAN...I WALK EVERYWHERE...ARE YOU PSYCHIC OR WHAT...THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS FUNNY BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS HILARIOUS...WHAT MADE ME RANDOMLY THINK OF THAT I HAVE NO IDEA...THAT IS JUST HOW RANDOM I CAN BE...

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SO SERENE

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WATCHING THE LEAVES OF THE BUSHES BLOWING... FEELING A GENTLE WIND THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOWS...INSPIRATION...

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IMPROVISE

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JUST THINKING OF THAT SHAKESPEARE SAYING ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE...I ALWAYS PREFERRED IMPROV TO SCRIPTED STUFF...IT FEELS MORE REAL...I HAVE A RECURRING ACTORS NIGHTMARE WHERE I AM IN A PLAY AND HAVE NO IDEA WHO I AM OR WHAT MY LINES ARE AND THERE IS NO SCRIPT IN SIGHT...TOTALLY BLANK...NO IDEA WHAT IS IS ABOUT OR ANYTHING AT ALL...SO LIKE IF THERE IS NO SCRIPT NO STRESS YOU KNOW...I SUPPOSE ALL THE WORLD MAYBE A STAGE AND WE ALL IMPROVISE...MAKE IT UP AS WE GO ALONG...

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IT'S ALL UP TO YOU

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I WAS WATCHING RISE OF THE GUARDIANS WHERE BELIEVING IN MAGICAL THINGS IS ALL IT TAKES TO MAKE THEM REAL...

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MURPHY'S LAW

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I WAS WATCHING FORCES OF NATURE ON AMAZON PRIME CUZ IT IS LEAVING SOON AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT MURPHY'S LAW...LUCKILY IT HASN'T HAPPENED IN AWHILE BUT I HAVE EXPERIENCED IT AND I NOTICED ANYTIME I WOULD SAY WHAT ELSE COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG SOMETHING ELSE DID SO THE ONLY WAY TO BREAK THE CHAIN SEEMED TO BE TO STOP SAYING THAT...LIVE AND LEARN...ANYWAY LOTS OF TRUTH IN THIS ONE...YOU MAY FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE IF YOU HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED IT YOURSELF BUT IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED IT YOU KNOW FOR SURE IT IS VERY REAL BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DENY WHAT IS HAPPENING WHILE IT IS HAPPENING...IT BOGGLES THE MIND...

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DON'T ASK WHY

Author's Notes/Comments: 

GET THIS IN YOUR HEAD

ASK WHY NOT INSTEAD

WAS KIND OF A P.S. OR AFTERTHOUGHT BUT DECIDED TO LEAVE IT AS A SURPRISE ENDING...SURPRISE!

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DISPERSE OR DISBURSE

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I WAS WATCHING CAST AWAY AND HAD TO PAUSE IT TO WRITE THIS...I WAS THINKING ABOUT LOSING YOUR MIND AND THEN DISBURSE POPPED INTO MY HEAD AND I LOOKED UP THE DEFINITION TO SEE IF IT MADE ANY SENSE AND IT SAID PEOPLE OFTEN GET DISBURSE MIXED UP WITH DISPERSE SO I LOOKED THAT UP TOO... DISPERSE OR DISBURSE ...WONDERING WHY THEY SHOWED UP...NEVER KNOW WHERE AUTO PILOT WILL TAKE YOU...JUST GO WITH THE FLOW...YOU KNOW... MAYBE A HIDDEN MESSAGE IN THERE...I DUNNO...HA HA...SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT...IT'S A MYSTERY TO ME... I GUESS IT KINDA SORTA DOES MAKE SENSE BUT HOW THE LAST LINE BECAME THE TITLE...GO FIGURE.. DID YOU LOOK UP DISBURSE AND DISPERSE OR DID YOU ALREADY KNOW THOSE DEFINITIONS AND THE DIFFERENCE...FOOD FOR THOUGHT MAYBE... MAYBE NOT...ENJOY THIS POSSIBLY THOUGHT PROVOKING PIECE...

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