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Sunday Just Give Me Some Direction

I was gonna do this, then gonna do that But I lay with the dog instead It's Sunday, still only 10am I really should get out of bed I have ordered a food processor To give purpose to my day I've moved to be near a charger It's an achievement, come what may I want to achieve more Let's get a list on the go Silent meditation at the monastery Art interaction at the gallery Shred red cabbage and carrot and attempt to invent the best coleslaw in the world... Hmm somewhere I can touch stones... I like that kind of thing Charity shopping to restock my reserves of hint of the goth clothing Something family outing style (oh but the moaning when no one agrees...) In fact can I be transported in my pyjamas with the dog just to somewhere prettier with waves and a breeze - I'll write a poem about it The burden of 'the shower' looms The absence of 'the breakfast' mocks The list of things I 'should do' shames I shall clean the bathrooms whilst listening to music... Any time now I'll leap out of bed in a minute (Just so you know) I'm derailing my dreams By remaining half asleep I must not just make a list But some promises I keep I do everything in stop/starts Great merit followed by being still Fretting the in-between "My life won't start until..." I'll choose to just be Somewhere quite soon It'll definitely be Not much before or after noon For poetry helps Me unburden my mind But sometimes I use it to waste lots of time I'll immerse myself into Sunday Take myself and others (if willing) Experience something Something fulfilling

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Date: 7/30/2023 10:50:00 AM
Your name precedes you here Dilly Dally, I think we all know that feeling of derailing our dreams whilst half asleep, but would probably never find the words to express the process like you do here, quite unique poetry, I hope you found Sunday direction, or did someone shout in, get out of that fu@*ing bed! lol, cheers David
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Di11y Da11y
Date: 7/30/2023 3:25:00 PM
Haha I'm no teenager David - though I keep some of the traits :D
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David Kavanagh
Date: 7/30/2023 11:47:00 AM
Well you certainly did more than me today Dilly I watched the all Ireland final on Tv, after a bit of chauffeuring around this morning, oh and I made dinner, No definitely not in your psyche to be shouted out of bed, I was probably thinking more about my own teenage years sorry!
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Di11y Da11y
Date: 7/30/2023 11:33:00 AM
I've not done too badly in the end. Did some cleaning to earn my respectable adult badge, went to charity shops, detoured into an old graveyard, picked up my food processor (just grated things in double quick time), bought some new boots and had tea at in laws and a glass of cherry mead. I'm not sure anyone would ever shout me up - just gentle persuasion!

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