The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Thu 6/18/2009)

[RetroLounge]

It's not so much the heat as the stupidity

Excuse me but I'd like to say something that should
in no way be taken as representing other things
I might say or words I could put down
on paper but haven't. And if you extrapolate
from my remarks to other remarks you've heard
or made yourself about the proper use of
or protection of resources from certain uses
then you'll think I speak for a cause or against
that cause with the kind of vehemence
that has spittle flying through the air
and onto your nose and there you are, wanting
to be polite but needing desperately
to wipe it way. It's just that I don't mind
really or take it as a danger to my dog
or children or car or the crackers I have
which are admittedly stale but still a comfort
in the pantry that I paid for with hard work
because and I apologize for this in advance
and mean no slight to the plitical affiliation
of your god or the fondness you have
for a clear green space at night you can imagine
never walking through but of course trees
need their alone time too and here I'll apologize
once more if it's untoward to say that on a night
such as this when the axis of the earth
has tilted away from the sun and the great
comfort of a quilt lies at your feet
or over your feet and the dragon in your basement
snorts hot breath onto your house that I don't
mind if people sleep on the grates in the park
over steam that's going to heaven anyway because
otherwise and I know it's rude to mention this
they'll die.

Bob Hicok

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[blueraven95]

1. morning!

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[RetroLounge]

2. Morning!

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[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. think I could fit this into my sigline?

:donut: :hi:

[RetroLounge]

4. Worth a try...

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear Retro!

I LOVE it!

That just knocked my damn socks off!

Thank you...


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[RetroLounge]

7. ...

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[FloridaJudy]

6. How apropos!

Were you thinking of The Lounge when you picked this?

Excuse me while I go wipe the spittle off my nose.

[RetroLounge]

8. ...

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[Chorophyll]

Here's me, a day late and a buck short. :hi: