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    (782.) It 4:01 AM - 5:11 AM
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    Let me define it for you

    this is not cut and dry
    there will be a dotted line
    that runs over itself
    that sort of becomes a solid line
    so don't trust that
    as a matter of fact,
    just put away the scissors

    it's a feeling of accomplishment
    when you haven't really accomplished anything
    anything worth calling accomplishment at least
    sort of
    but you have accomplished something
    keep that bit in mind!
    Perhaps you have accomplished something
    Just no one seems to reward you for it
    not even yourself

    it's like a simile
    in the way it's comparing two things
    using like
    but it's more than a simile
    because it's just more than like
    it's a little like a little bit more than like
    like, you know?

    it's a fleeting moment
    that seems to last forever
    a sentence with no period.
    Or any other punctuation for that matter
    Except it follows every grammatical law
    that the those stingy bureaucrats have instated

    And it's standing at the podium preaching to them
    and dying in it's own gas chambers for what it believes in
    not a self-made martyr
    nor another statistic in the papers
    a tally,
    a total,
    a number,
    and a letter
    That's what it is.
    But it's not a hypocrite.
    Or a contradiction.
    Perhaps a Paradox.
    But always a good one.

    It's it is.
    isn't it?

    I'm not sure,
    but I think I am it.
    And so are you.
    But I am not you.
    You are not I.

    It's nothing like a single hand clapping
    (Though it is possible)
    It's not it's original face before it was born
    (Which I believe is it's mother and fathers)
    Though I suppose it could be 3 pounds of Flax.
    (Aren't we all?)
    It's no koan.
    But it's equally perplexing

    It's reaching nirvana,
    through Christ,
    arriving at the table of the Gods,
    Zeus raising his cup to you,
    toasting to your dance with Venus,
    as you talk religion with Muhammad,
    and win a duel with Krishna,
    and being reborn and not remembering a thing
    Except the sneaking suspicion you should have a suspicion

    It's much the same as a racing snowmobile
    that flips over
    trapping you,
    but the ice weasels never come

    It's no Catch-22.

    It is black and white
    Mixed together
    Yin and Yang I suppose.
    Blurred lines.
    Dotted lines though,
    let us not forget.

    It's being good
    at mindless things
    and bad at being bad
    But failing nonetheless

    it's succeeding at failing,
    but not succeeding to fail.

    I swear it's not a contradiction.

    It's experiencing love
    everyday
    with everything
    but not everyone
    just so it doesn't lose it's luster

    It's like silver that shines brighter now
    Than it ever did.
    The white paint you put on this canvas
    turns out brighter than the canvas
    you put it on

    It's a humanitarian
    That's black.
    And white.
    Cold hard factual.
    (It's not racist)
    It'd rather be Mocha if it had a choice.

    It is free-will.
    Pre-determined
    And it breaks the barriers set for it.
    At all times.

    It reads,
    writes,
    types,
    and is generally
    blind.
    It's eyes read in brail.
    For the life of it,
    it can't figure out how

    It longs for well water,
    but settles for the bottles,
    the other bring it.

    It's love.
    (Not really,
    but it wishes it were)
    It's in love.
    With love.
    (But love doesn't seem to return it's phone calls)

    It's the only sane thing left,
    but commits itself,
    just to be safe.
    It's probably the most sane,
    thus making it horribley sane.
    It often ponders what sane is,
    and often at times reckons to find
    Alfred Korzybski in the afterlife,
    if only to shake his hand,
    and follow that up with an ass-kicking.

    It's not me.
    It's not my mother's child,
    my father's child,
    or any child for that matter.
    But wait, it is I!
    Damn grammar.
    It is I, but not me.
    It is you, but also you.

    It is confusing.
    But seems to fit into a mold.
    That breaks and recreates itself everyday.

    It's not the Alpha,
    Ω,
    Beta,
    but at times it is ω
    and also,
    φ
    The last for reasons this poet still doesn't know

    It has no nationality,
    but is oddly patriotic.
    It has seen many nations,
    many worlds,
    many existences,
    and still can't find the 100th piece of the $1 puzzle.
    It believes it to be hidden under the couch.
    But still doesn't look for it.
    It doesn't want to be a God.

    It's not bisexual.
    But it still thinks about the other sex from time to time.
    Whatever that may be.
    it doesn't tell me.

    It's not the lorax.
    Or the Grimace.
    And it can probably be killed.
    but thankfully,
    no one has tried.
    It will not live one minute over forever.
    (it doesn't want to be greedy after-all,
    there's plenty of eternity for everyone)

    I fear it sometimes,
    but it's hug, at times, leaves me comforted.
    Sometimes it just scares me more.
    Then only it's promises calm me.
    What promises?
    Well it promises to keep a secret,
    and I the same.
    So I can't tell you what.
    Besides what it is.
    Well, not what exactly.
    I'm going to tell you everything but what.
    And about what.
    But not what.
    For I would like for it to keep faith in me.
    It has faith in all of us.
    But at times we have none it it.

    I wonder, will anyone know our secret?
    We all meet it.
    We all are it.
    We all live it.
    Breath it.
    But no one worships it.
    And it is happy for that.

    It wonders,
    It wanders,
    It wenders,
    It winders,
    It wunders,
    and sometimes even wynders.
    but won't tell me how.

    And it prays.
    To no one but itself.
    Every night.
    But no one but itself ever answers.
    And it takes comfort in this.

    It is Agnostic.
    Because it is stupid.
    It is it.
    Because it is wise.

    I love it.
    And it loves me.

    And really,
    that is all I need to know about it.
    But I'm always open for questions.
    So what do you want to know about it?
    I'd be glad to tell you everything but our secret.

    It's over now.
    (The poem that is)
    Last edited by altoecko; 06-26-2007, 05:18 AM.
    Grow!

    #2
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    it's like rain
    on your wedding day
    a free ride
    that you've already paid
    it's the good advice that you just didn't take
    and who would of that
    that it figgers?

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      #3
      Re: It

      As always, you put my poems to shame.

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        #4
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        Originally posted by altoecko View Post
        And it's standing at the podium preaching to them
        and dying in it's own gas chambers for what it believes in
        Originally posted by altoecko View Post
        and being reborn and not remembering a thing
        Except the sneaking suspicion you should have a suspicion
        i like what came out here best.

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          #5
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          But seriously, this is wonderful.

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            #6
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            Besides the carp about the line, I like it.

            "Couch co-op is the only true co-op." Richard of the Cooks.

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              #7
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              I've never (besides school projects) written any poetry. I've been really interested in it though, and I've picked up some poetry compilations from the thrift store. I figure I should understand what's going on before I even write myself.

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