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Poetry- It's All About The Money
Contributed by
invierno
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Saturday, 9th August 2014 @ 07:37:59 PM in AEST
Topic:
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I was young, as youth are wont to be-
It wasn't wasted, though, on me.
I was Wilde- I get it.
If only those three hundred and twelve others got it too.
“You got a gawl-durned golden arm, Boy!”,
that highly influential Coach So-n-So told me so-
“Choir! That's your ticket, Son!”,
my Robed Glory folded, faded 'ere begun.
“No...pro ball...no money there...
I need ka-ching...but where?”
I was pacin'...makin' rhymes...beatin' cymbals....keepin' times
when a voice called me from a dark alley.
“Pssst! I hear you lookin' for the Big Green....”
“Did Sammy from Miami who likes Pork tell you that?!”, I screamed.
“Pork? In Miami? Are you an Alien? A Grey? A White? Tell me! Tell ME!!!”
“Well....I AM looking for the Big Green...”, replied I demurely.
“Poetry- that's where it's at”, a bum's eyes gazing past me,
pork cast aside in revelatory glory.
“What?”, I gasped..”I wrote a poem once!
Can I sell it? How much, how much?!!”
That was thirty years ago- (Ouch! Damn misquotes!)-
No break from them this time of year-
My poetry's gone south, I-
“What??!! They want to publish it!!,
Twenty bucks!!??? I'm RIIIICCCCHHHH!!!!”
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invierno
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2014-08-09 19:37:59]
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Re: Poetry- It's All About The Money
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by JohnRhinem on
Saturday, 9th August 2014 @ 09:11:09 PM AEST
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| Yeap, this could be my own story in some light yet my dreams never held green but, better reminded somehow of Mr. Poe trying to make a living on a buck or two way back when..I guess actually many well renowned artist as seen today weren't much consider thus during their own days ? Cool painting quite well constructed and served in courses both humurous as perhpas a tad biting at truth's dish.... |
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Re: Poetry- It's All About The Money
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by softerware on
Saturday, 9th August 2014 @ 09:32:07 PM AEST
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I like the balance of this! Your humor takes the sting out of the bitterness you offer up. What is left is quick, tangy, and smugly correct!
Thank you for reminding us that poetry is for itself. For some a living; for most only a loving.
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Re: Poetry- It's All About The Money
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by RussellReinhardt on
Wednesday, 13th August 2014 @ 03:46:44 PM AEST
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Hello my dear friend
Well all the clever stuff about your poem has been said and I agree with it all. So I'm going to say thank you for a good write and the gigantic smile on my face I just love the last two lines.
“What??!! They want to publish it!!,
Twenty bucks!!??? I'm RIIIICCCCHHHH!!!!”
Great write my friend just loved it read it about ten times LoL. Blessings
Greetings
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Re: Poetry- It's All About The Money
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by ladyfawn on
Saturday, 30th August 2014 @ 01:03:05 AM AEST
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lol@ 20 bucks hehe, your 20 up on me, lol,
hugs n' love nessa |
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