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Blind Poet

. *poof* that wuzn't cannabis 'twuz mine into the visible *foop* now you thought you seen me nope you don't mine slips back unto the indistinct Yards Jameson Thuh bone Mine lisp 'fore the midnight gongz

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/10/2023 12:43:00 PM

So what did the title say before. I still am not sure I get this completely!

James Peranteau
Date: 10/10/2023 2:27:00 PM

Andrea, If i tell you what the title wuz; i'll have to to to, take ya to dinner and an off broadway show...that's any where off Broadway St. in Nashville Tenn. ;) I wuz thinking uv Edgar Allen Poe, him being intoxicated (i've been there(younger dayz)..1st stanza; poe pops into hiz favorite watering hole, he enters through a puff(poof) uv his cigarette's smoke 2nd stanza; poe iz now blitzed and fadez into the indistinct(incapable of being clearly distinguished, as by the eyes(blind poet) ears, or mind lol)ya ever watch a drunk, az they're falling to their face, they blurt out some "wise" saying just 'fore the crack..that's the "foop", "poof" backwards, in and out uv consciousness 3rd stanza iz poet's to do list 1st 3 lines, poet's intoxicants, 3rd line poet's writes, last 2 linez, poet's ceiling...Yards>bear here, Jameson>Irish whiskey, thuh bone>dubber, joint, funny tooth pic, poet's lisp> poet's writes...just a muse vooman ;)

Jeff Connelly

Date: 10/9/2023 4:54:00 AM

I wondered about the title change James. Thanks, and hugs

James Peranteau
Date: 10/10/2023 2:41:00 PM

vide supra^ to Andrea ;)