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Recently…while waiting in the lobby of an airport to catch a flight connected with my work… This guy strolls through the vestibule…his entourage in tow…and half the crowd around me goes berserk. Unaware of who he was, I felt a little dumb…while dozens all around me stared in awe! They rushed him through a doorway labeled, “Only VIPs.” It was the oddest thing I ever saw. Maybe I’d have understood if I had known his face, but this was someone I had never seen. Then I heard a teenage girl confiding to her friend, “He’s been in almost every magazine!” The friend responded, “Yes, I know. Can you believe his eyes? He’s just the biggest “hunk” there ever was. No one else comes even close to being half as cool. I can’t believe the things he says…and does! “No one else has ever been as gorgeous. What a stud. It really drives me wild to hear him talk.” Her partner countered, “I agree. I love the way he moves. I can’t believe we got to see him walk!” That was when it hit me. I was very - “out of touch.” My idols…now…were very old - or dead. Still….I learned a lesson, after listening to their words, then taking time to ponder what they’d said. It is my assertion that…regardless of your status among your peers…or who the heck you are… “TIME” will douse the greatest flame, ‘cause no one in the world is more than just another - “shooting star.” BTW: I plan to post many of my AUDIO files on the soup over the next few months, most from my 4 new AUDIO-CDs, along with many more text files from my books of verse. (Only a few CDs and books left -- 1-11-21). Because, as with most academically undisciplined poets, depending entirely on the mood I’m in at writing time, my pieces vary greatly from meaninglessly comical to meaningfully poignant, and a few are, admittedly, irreverent. If you happen to enjoy “traditional verse” - and appreciate great variety, check out my website’s at: WWW,WRITEROFBOOKS.COM --- or Google me...after 58 years of penning verse and authoring childrens and suspense books, I’m easy to reach! I've also got a bunch of my verse posted on Youtube, and a few samples listed on Ebay, both findable by simply searching: "Mark Stellinga". Cheers, Mark
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