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just because
Contributed by
poeticjestix
on
Sunday, 24th April 2011 @ 10:51:28 AM in AEST
Topic:
didactic
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Green clouds of plumage twinkle in the last embers of sunlight
on this breezy clear blue day.
As if from nowhere all is alive and well, as far as I can tell.
Money, status, grievances of all kind are blown away.
all emotion is born, and dies, in the head.
But life.....
Life goes on, in it's glorious detail.
I take a walk to the off-license,
my cheap version of a vice. Drinking without the social discourse
I never think twice.
The exploits of the modern day traveller criss-cross the sky;
like the winner of a lethargic drawing competition.
They jet on by, without any knowledge of my journey.
They won't be poorer for it, I suspect.
No.
I know.
I never went further than I could comfortably reach
the marvels of modern life,
all they teach
is to be comfortable.
Something, someone of my temperament falls for over time,
but only for so long.
I walk onward, towards 2 teenage boys and a girl, talking.
Eventually I notice it's the girl that's talking,
on the phone.
They look uncomfortable, but anxious to fit in with her ways.
She describes in full volume and detail
what she can and can't be arsed with, from whoever.
Class!
From such a pretty thing.
How things have changed
and we're to blame
the comfortable generation.
no need to chastise
just keep things hassle free
and watch t.v.
Lazily
whilst the pots and clothes wash themselves.
We made our own hell
and yet we remember fondly,
another time
when we punished crime
and children behaved themselves
seen and not heard
they never sweared!
But now..
if we fall out with whoever, because we can't be arsed
we split.
The arrangements are easy
over 36 months of manageable, easy payments.
You can have, and be had, and it's all paid for...
tomorrow.
We reap what we sow,
I know.
Back I go
to drink my cans
in comfort, whilst watching t.v.
And I wonder why?
the answer is....
just because.
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Re: just because
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by Majidlawal on
Monday, 25th April 2011 @ 11:38:52 PM AEST
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| Beautiful composition of words..welldone |
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Re: just because
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by wapalu55 on
Tuesday, 26th April 2011 @ 02:00:34 AM AEST
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| I like it you hit the nail dead on. Life today is way to easy and yet hard to understand.It's not like is was when I was growing up. When things where simple |
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