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Distraction

I need, I want, I crave a distraction. A distraction from the mundane, the Constant struggle & the pain. I know it is the same daily problems we all must deal with...But, I need a Distraction! Even for a day or a hour. An hour would give me a reason to ignore the idiot in front of me with, the blinker on for 7 miles. A Hour would help me forget that although the lane I choose at the grocery store says, "Express Lane 10 items or less" the man in front of me in this line has choose to have exactly 23 items plus, a pack of gum he picked up near the cashiers register. That hour gives me the patience to almost notice that he didn't have to shuffle through his stupid little purse full of coupons to figure out he didn't have the matching items for them. A distraction from the mundane, the Constant struggle & the pain. I know it is the same daily problems we all must deal with...But, I need a Distraction! If I had a distraction maybe I could try to forget the fact that I just paid nearly extremely too much at the gas pump because of a war that majority of my country isn't sure who & why we are fighting. I need a distraction from seeing homeless chased away by police from begging for change, yet the homeless shelters are so, over-filled and under-funded that, the homeless are charged to take shelter within them. A distraction from the mundane, the Constant struggle & the pain. I know it is the same daily problems we all must deal with...But, I need a Distraction!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2005




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