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the grey blur
beneath my tires
sends a thrill down
my spine
as i tread down
this road of
familiar sights
to the land
of new
experiences

i put a
million
yellow dashes
behind me

so long
farewell
good
riddance
finally, it's spring break.  this could not have come at a better time.
it was a very dreary grey day
(much like today)
it was a very wrinkled old man
with a blue bowtie
with yellow
polka
dots
who stared out his window
into the fog
and said
"today will be
a perfectly lovely
day to die"

he took his cane
and
slowly
slowly
slowly got his
coat
(it was tattered and wrinkled and worn)

he considered
calling his daughter
to say
goodbye
but she was always
too busy
with that desk job
of hers
(she had not come home for christmas that year)

he did
however
say goodbye to
his wife
"goodbye" he said
"i love you horribly
see you soon"
he left a dozen
tulips
(she had always hated roses)
on the grass
in front of the
marker which
he had chosen
so
carefully

then slowly
slowly
slowly
walked home
bones (and soul)
creaking as
he went

he straightened
his little
blue bowtie
with the yellow
polka
dots
and laid down
on his side
of
their
bed
(he didn't want to wrinkle her side - he had enough wrinkles for the both of them)
he smiled
and said
"goodbye house
thanks for the
memories
be good to
whoever gets
you next"
and closed his eyes

then slowly
slowly
slowly

went to sleep

(he & his wife now live in a lovely gated community on the upper east side of elsewhere)
gah, emotions
 Apr 2013 Michael Mitchell
st64
1.

Wish I could
Think up
Stacks of the best stuff
And a snippet of summat ....brilliant

To.....cheer you up.



2.

...oh...
Wait!
Tell you what :)

For now, I send you
A double-dark choc.

Essemessically, of course!

Enjoy.
Please?



3.

I am silly, I know.
But I want you to smile.

Smiling....
Proves your heart works!

And to chill.

Am I a fool?
Maybe.
Yet, do ye see the worry in my eye?
No.....I don't  TINK so!





S T, 18 April 2013
Just sent a grilled steak sandwich to my son now...via email...lol



Here's some ....er...essemessic food for thought:   

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."  
   (Albert Einstein)

"If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done."
(Ludwig Wittgenstein)


Chillax, poets!

:)
 Apr 2013 Michael Mitchell
st64
1.
Do you know, I'm coming undone
And did you notice, I'm coming round less?
Did you ever see, me hardly at your door
Then, I'm already waiting to leave?


Chorus:
We used to fit so well together
But now, we're drifting far away
We were too busy to see...us
Come undone.


2.
You didn't see my threads come undone
Too busy tallying your brownie points!
You used to be a shining star
Then again, that was so long ago.


3.
Trying to learn what the ox cannot do
And that is to unshackle its heavy load.
Drummed in the guilt, weary and sad
Could never manage it all, had come undone.


4.
Have you any idea of the many times
I've tried to call you, with my courage undone
So, how can one tell when the time is right
To take a chance in life and make that change?


Sometimes, we learn only too well!


S T, 19 April 2013
Problem with conditioning, is ...we sometimes learn too well!

Unlearning a thing is .... a heck of a bit tougher than....learning.
Would it matter if the solid was ethereal?
Would it be real if eyes couldn't see?
Would it make sense if systems of knowledge didn't exist?
Would words have meaning if there was no language?
Would there be telepathy if silence was all there was?
Would there be colour if there was no light?
Would there be waves if there was no sound?
Would there be electricity if there wasn't magnetism?
Would the sky fall if you walked on your head?
Would you scale the underground bases if your feet could think?
Would worlds be dreamed by higher powers if thought wasn't?
Would reason breed perception if the beam of knowledge was narrow?
Would you understand if there was no essence?
Would you be if you weren't passed from a tether?
As you learn about the degrees of light, the frequencies, and leagues of the seas, the moment you sieze, time is lost and you are at a point of entirety


As you concoct the architecture and manipulation of all that is; you learn about the ladder, the prism of cycles, you learn about the source of all creation. You learn that you are connected to the essence of creation, you embody the tether, you connect as you climb up and down on the wisdom ladder.
 Apr 2013 Michael Mitchell
M
The fact that I can't
Make a decision is a
Decision right there.

I am in limbo
Between two lovely, loving
Beautiful men.

I am completely
Unsure of what my next step
Will guide my heart to.

I am completely
Afraid of taking any
Unsteady steps now,

I am completely
In love with two different people for
Different reasons;

I cannot decide,
I cannot make up my mind too.
I can't continue.

I can't have them both.
I'm in a pit of quicksand
And it's drowning me.

I can't do this to
Two men who deserve better,
Someone decisive.

Neither realize where
I am currently, only
I know where I stand.

I am in between,
Looking left to one, right to
The other and I know

That I have made a
Decision just by looking
At them, here and there.

I am shaking my
Head. I am saying no to
Two astounding men.

I am only a
Young, indecisive, confused
Girl that rips hearts up.

I am losing two
Men that will, in time, come to
Understand this all.

I pick neither for
I love both too much, too much
To be with one man.

I'll break three hearts in
A matter of 3 seconds,
We three have all lost.

I lost the most here
Because I lost sight of how
To love a man well.

I loved the most here
Because I loved two, enough
To let them be free

From me and my issue;
I don't deserve them and
That's easy to see.
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