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Happily I discard poem after poem "You my friend, are not good enough to be shared!" I mean I was fair - there's a poem about cleaning the fridge in there Totally full of metaphor but... Who gets it? Who wants to get it - rhetorically speaking... (I'm pretty sure there are whole TikToks about cleaning fridges... But I don't want that as my niche) Once into nothing, something becomes intangible Even finding a place to go on Saturday I just suggested a salt museum - pretty sure I'm thinking of a mine... But still (!) Forget the superficial boredom Imagine instead placing your hand on solid salt Bizarrely never eroded but kept Someone a century ago did the same but dirty faced It floated past a dinosaur (I'm not their PR person, give me a break) But salt changes a room Cleanses or makes you sick It's just there, acknowledged as of the Earth I think today I'll go underground

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Date: 1/20/2024 12:58:00 PM
Lol. I hope there is humor here. This hits home with me. Poems unfinished are all over my house.
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Date: 1/21/2024 7:02:00 AM
I'd had a day of poems fit for the bin and thought I should perhaps jack it all in, but I'm no longer writing about the fridge. In fact my daughter spontaneous sang about ten pin bowling earlier and I co created a rap that I'm sure the marketing people would be interested in haha - best not give up now :D
Date: 1/20/2024 11:55:00 AM
Salt of the earth writing Dilly, reminds me of a Nirvana lyric (come as you are, doused in mud, soaked in bleach, as I want you to be) it’s just there, like your poem says, acknowledged! Where to go from here? Anywhere, nowhere, and everywhere! Brilliant Cheers David
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Date: 1/20/2024 12:09:00 PM
I went sofa browsing - I mean talk about unexpected next moves :D
Date: 1/20/2024 3:42:00 AM
another saturday morning meander through the maze of your mind :) yes, poetry can be gleaned from the most mundane things, like..cleaning a fridge..
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