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SAW A WRITERS DIGEST POETRY PROMPT TO WRITE AN ESCAPE POEM. THIS IS WHAT CAME TO MIND. SEEMS WE ALL ESCAPE IN DIFFERENT WAYS  BUT ALL OF US FEEL THE NEED TO DO IT. I KNOW SOME USE DRUGS OR ALCOHOL BUT CHOSE TO LEAVE THAT OUT OF MY POEM...THE UNDERLYING QUESTION IS WHY WE ALL SEEM TO HAVE THE NEED TO ESCAPE IN SOME WAY EVERYDAY...WEIRD PHENOMENON...WORTH EXPLORING.

EASIER SAID THAN DONE I SUPPOSE

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... 

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...

SOMETIMES WALK INTO THINGS ASSUMING I WILL JUST PASS THROUGH THEM FOR SOME ODD REASON...I CAN BE A SPACE CADET AT TIMES. I REMEMBER I USED TO HAVE A PIN THAT SAID JUST VISITING THIS PLANET. IT IS PROBABLY STILL AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE...I LOVED MORK N MINDY AND USED TO SAY I WAS FROM A NEIGHBORING PLANET OF ORK...I REMEMBER ON MY MOVIE THEATER NAME TAG I PUT PAM ANN LIKE PAN AM AIRWAYS FOR BEING A SPACE CADET...YOU DON'T HEAR THAT TERM THESE DAYS...ANYWAYS...TREAD SLOWLY AND FOCUS MY FELLOW SPACE CADETS OUT THERE...

PEOPLE ARE SO PROGRAMMED THAT EVERYTHING IS IN BLACK AND WHITE WHEN THERE ARE ALWAYS SHADES OF GRAY THEY JUST DON'T NOTICE. ONE SHOULD NOT FEEL OBLIGATED TO EXPLAIN. I WONDER IF THEIR EARS ARE CONNECTED TO THEIR EYES AND THEY ACTUALLY HEAR YELLING...HA HA...I DO WHAT WORKS FOR ME AND IF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM NOT GONNA MAKE IT MINE. JUST SO TIRED OF FEELING SOMEHOW OBLIGATED TO EXPLAIN WHEN IT IS REALLY NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS. IF IT BOTHERS THEM THEY CAN SCROLL ON BY. PROBLEM SOLVED....MORE THAN ENOUGH SAID.

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

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...