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Just a Something'D - Nothing'D...

The...the the indescribable kicking of one's plausible pulse is usually described as swallowed infant-swallowed - a swallowed collectible a practicled'd particle of something. Yes or no...! Know - I know a nothing is it's...it is... something'd allowed and advertised. Stut...stutt...stuttering move my emotions forward and - yes. No! When... i feel my hands shake. I shake. I - I can't write. No! I know... Yes, the indescribable - it kicks in sometimes. Once again, I turn my head from a nothing'd, anything'd; a something'd something... when I've exhaled. I exhale. No - levilor slats never silhouette a moonbeam. Never! I feel the pulse again. I feel. I know - NO! I can't swallow. I... Miss Alice softly steps upon my chest - Mr. Carroll forgives her fancied foot work. Mona Lisa and her queenly mad hatters choreograph the finale. It segues past the nothing'd nothing of no ones nothingness... the melody merely dances - it dances - it enhances - possibly, beyond the something'd something... SOMETHING! - when I..when I... inhale. GOD! - Only when, I inhale. Maybe... Gershwin's rhapsody paints a color-blinded scalawag's eyes blue and then - everyone. No... rather everyone's... understands. Turning their heads from a nothing'd something'd - a silent song sings true. Always... always. I've exhaled - inhaled. At times... and...and... Only when... only when. No...no...no... I think of nothing - just nothing'd... maybe... I realize I'm something'd short of a no one'd - collecting crumbs from a beggar's pocket. Never never ever... dining at the simpleton's something'd round table.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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Date: 6/16/2013 5:45:00 PM
John, How are you this lovely evening? :-) Congratulations with having your awesome poem featured on the soups home page.... sending hugs. Hope you are enjoying this day with your family. always & forever *LINDA
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Date: 12/1/2008 3:15:00 AM
I enjoyed this a lot. The way that it flows in and out of the objective and subjective worlds is done with ease. The jerkiness of the narrative gives the poem that stream-of-consciousness feel that never becomes overly pretentious.
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Date: 9/24/2008 2:21:00 PM
John- John God will get you through this ailment. I have prayed for your well being. Again your writing is on a level that I think few can appreciate I struggle to keep up with your wisdom I am not one of the prividged few. We all inspire to do what you do so well. God bless Michael
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Date: 9/24/2008 7:02:00 AM
Congrats on your success iJohn n Charles contest.Rgds Brian
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Date: 9/20/2008 5:55:00 AM
John simply amazing to read - So much said in such a beautiful way - sometimes things we inhale are difficult to digest - Wonderful Poetry - God Bless
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Date: 9/20/2008 3:38:00 AM
As I read this great poem my tempo of thought speeded up...and my tone became excited..Excellent write, Always, Christy
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Date: 9/20/2008 12:02:00 AM
Thoughtful title John that echoes as a kyrielle through these words.Rgds Brian & thanks for your kind words
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