Taking the Top Off the Bottom

Taking the Top Off the Bottom 
Have a goal of taking your piece of the world apart, 
Taking on, as many as you can, life’s kluges and quirks, 
Buy a ticket to the reach the matter’s heart, 
Aim to see how the inside works. 
It takes imagination, the trajectory of a dart, 
To see what is obscured, what lurks, 
Shedding  light on life’s gremlins’ starts, 
Ending demons that drive us berserk. 
But though it takes aerodynamic parts, 
Be straight as an arrow or your effort won’t work, 
Anything has a cause-effect mart, 
Paying the asking price certainly irks. 
Not paying is like swallowing a quart, 
Of 100 proof liquid moonshine murk. 
Getting beneath the muddy bottom is an art, 
That teaches how to use a scalpel and dirk, 
  
And to be alert, and Heaven knows we need more lerts
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014


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Date: 11/29/2014 10:22:00 PM
Chaim, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile, others passed, when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your compositions. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT"
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Chaim Wilson
Date: 11/30/2014 6:53:00 AM
Thanks for the welcome! "Poem" comes from the Greek "to make", for making poetry, PoetrySoup is great!
Date: 11/28/2014 11:55:00 AM
I am not sure which I have enjoyed more, the poem or your comments. Both have entertained, welcome to the soup.
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Chaim Wilson
Date: 11/28/2014 1:24:00 PM
Thank you for the read and what you wrote! Have a good weekend!
Date: 11/17/2014 2:08:00 AM
- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup, Chaim - I choose your first well written poem - I like it - Nice to meet you! - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- Be kind and keep PoetrySoup as a haven -(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you for posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Chaim Wilson
Date: 11/23/2014 9:38:00 AM
Thank you! I'm in the wrong for responding a week late, but I'm new and learning how things are done!
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