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Rather than pick a language, this is a poem in two, French and English, both different , both saying the same thing!

I sit on a chair The chair is by the table The table is against the wall On the wall is a clock The clock goes tic toc As surely as time passes I, do not move The chair does not move The table does not move The wall just stands there holding up the clock A bookcase on the other side of life, there full of knowledge Useless in the antiquity of stagnation As we are all one, object and man Not one of us moving Except for the clock Tic toc Passage du temps L'horloge Le bruit du silence Noyade dans la tranquillité En solo Parmi tous mes livres Mort chante à mon oreille

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Date: 11/18/2015 9:50:00 PM
As time passes the more we change . . . but the more we change the more we are the same . . . instead of rock and clubs, we now have bullets and bombs. I am not sure that time heals all wounds but I hear the Tic Toc . . .
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 11/29/2015 11:18:00 PM
You said that better than my poem! Cheers!
Date: 11/18/2015 5:51:00 PM
shame we can't move forward to create peace in the world Arthur:-) hugs jan xx
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 11/29/2015 11:17:00 PM
Or at the very least Happy Hour!!!
Date: 11/18/2015 1:00:00 PM
French is a beautiful language. a simple poem that says so much. very wise Arthur!
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 11/29/2015 11:16:00 PM
Thank you Njeri! However calling me wise might not be so wise!!!! LOL
Date: 11/17/2015 9:39:00 AM
Very interesting!! I like the contrast between man and object, especially the reversal of the object/clock moving while you are still. And that very dark last line in French! Chills down my spine. (By the way, it is always nice to see a fellow Canadian on here!)
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 11/29/2015 11:15:00 PM
Thank you Heather, and very nice to meet you! I am from Montreal! I look forward to taking a peek at your page! Thank you kindly!
Date: 11/16/2015 5:58:00 PM
Oh, I LIKES this kind of poetry!! Do more!
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 11/16/2015 9:03:00 PM
Thank you so much Andrea!
Date: 11/16/2015 4:23:00 PM
Ironic that with all the knowledge man prides on having gained, it is nil in the eternal perspective of Time. What is man's existence but just a hairbreadth compared to eternity...
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 11/16/2015 9:02:00 PM
Good point, I think we must start looking towards women's knowledge instead!!!! :)
Date: 11/16/2015 3:07:00 PM
Time pass us by..no matter what..If we remain still or try to move on. Love to read you again.
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 11/16/2015 8:59:00 PM
Thanks Charmaine, you made me think, with all the conflict in the world, time is the real enemy! :) Hugs
Date: 11/16/2015 2:47:00 PM
Beautiful. In the end, time endures. not one of us moving except for the clock tick toc...there is so much more to your poem than just the words. Deeper into the meaning, duality language, this is art at it's finest. what seems as a simple chair gleams the golden trim of knowledge that we are all one.
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 11/16/2015 8:57:00 PM
Thanks Cas Hugs!!!
Date: 11/15/2015 11:18:00 PM
Arthur Great to read you again...I really appreciate your recognition to another "side of life"..thanks for the peek!...:), jill
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Arthur Vaso
Date: 11/16/2015 8:51:00 PM
Thank you Jill, much appreciated!!!!! Hope all is well with you!

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