The Rhetoric Language of What Life Seems

And you all thought
that after reaching home,
I would jump in the shower so fast
and off to bed...I'd snooze to end my boredom?

On my lunch hour I take a light nap,
it's beneficial to your health the doctor confidently says;
and should I ever see a scary, black cat
running across my windshield...a nightmare surely begins.


Working hard in a warehouse
with people and forklifts in full swing,
I must be more alert than a mouse
being chased by a bunch of hungry cats drooling.


To sit at my desk and write a poem for a new contest:
is a challenging and rewarding experience for an obscure poet;
and while others sleep and their spirits float in mysterious dreams,
I reflect over the rhetoric language of what life seems.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010



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Date: 6/29/2010 1:14:00 AM
Hi again Andrew :) I got Soupmail from you--however I wasn't able to view it, it mentions an error of some sort? Maybe the colon has something to do with it? Hoping to be able to read your soupmail--thank you :) --nikko :)
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Date: 6/24/2010 3:02:00 PM
Hi, Andrew. how are you doing these days? And congratulations on your sitting to write this poem and getting in the winner's circle. LUv, Andrea
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Date: 6/24/2010 5:38:00 AM
Congratulations Andrew on your win in Nikko Palmario's contest "Your Snooze, You Choose". Love, Carol
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Date: 6/24/2010 3:17:00 AM
Hi Andrew! This sure is a very thought provoking take on the challenge--congrats on being in my winners' list with this eloquently written piece-- nikko :)
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Date: 6/21/2010 2:54:00 AM
There are others who cannot sleep because "the rhetoric language of what life seems" occupies their thoughts, Andrew. Poetry is a great outlet for us! Very nicely written! Love, Carolyn
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