I Walk Down The Street

[L O V E L I F E]

I walk down the street.
There is a large hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
It is pitch black.
I am hurt.
I am scared.
It takes forever to get out.
I walk down the street.
There is a large hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I know where I am.
I feel uncomfortable.
It takes a long time to get out.
I walk down the street.
There is a large hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
It feels familiar.
I feel numb.
I climb out immediately.
I walk down the street.
There is a large hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
I walk down another street.

 

[brownman]

Nice my friend! Great poem.

I once found a hole in my bed, I fell in and the next day we had to use the morning after pill

Love you bro!
Brownie

 

[cherub]

LL,,, awesome to see your work in here,, i knew somewhere under that humor was a poet

it actually pretty good hun

i like it

 

[fizzygirl]

i missed this the first time around (and i have to add that it was posted on my birthday!!!), and i'm rather enjoying it and what its saying today

 

[Sweetpea]

If at first you don't succeed try a different way?

 

[E-girl]

even though my brain was much today, you made me stop and think.
love your work.
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E-girl
IM: tiggersgurl2067
*Choice, not chance, determines destiny*
"November is all I know."

 

[Noodle]

...not too steep a learning curve.
Might I add that " (holes) that do not kill us, only make us stronger ( and wiser too ). "

 

[*SWeeT-e*]

Did you write this? I've heard this poem a couple times before, slightly different adaptation, but same work. Still, I like it.
~Kim.

 

[SpeedLimit55]

As perfect as Sweetpea's ass.

Great job brutha man.

 

[L O V E L I F E]

Not mine - Portia Nelson's.
Just realized that I didn't give credit above - my bad.

 

[MiNiMoWs]

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*gasp*
your punishment will be 1,000 lashes with a wet NOODLE!

xoxox.barbie
ps: i really liked the poem.
[This message has been edited by MiNiMoWs (edited 05 September 2001).]

 

[Moose onE]

ll - word

 

[Sweetpea]

Hey! Thanks Spedly!

 

[L O V E L I F E]

MiNi:
Upon further refelction, I have decided that your lashes are justified.
I remember posting that poem from memory last December, when the events of my life made me recall it.
Normally, the fact that I didn't take the time and effort to research and ascertain the author's name and include it could be characterized as laziness and simple carelessness.
After all, I'm not a poet, I don't hold myself out as one, and EVEN IF I did, AND EVEN IF I had the desire to do such a thing, it would have been rather preposterous for me to assume that I was the only one out of twenty-thousand people who had this poem assigned to him in High School.
The reason that I now feel bad about my omission, however, is because of the nature of the Words Forum, where the vast majority of the posts are of the posters' own work.
If I left out a citation for a comedy bit or for a song in a Social post (as I'm sure I have done at some point), it could be accurately termed simple laziness and carelessness.
In retrospect, however, I see how the same omission in the Words forum carries with it the appearance of impropriety.
For that I am sorry.
-- LL

 

[MiNiMoWs]

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hey love,
it's not about whose words they are, it's about what you get out of someone's work and the fact that you find it powerful enough to share. i'm thankful that you posted this as i went to a hillbilly high school where literature was almost an elective while machine shop was a graduation requirement, thus, i'd never read this before.
you know i've got mad respect for you. my previous response was all in good fun.
have a terrific day, my friend.

xoxox.barbie