the stream

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saw
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the stream

Post by saw » July 20th, 2015, 5:39 pm

I guess I could play it safe
keep a leash on the unruly mind
that always wants to write exactly
what it is thinking

I suppose I could rein in the profanity
put the kibosh on the flicking tongue
that has no governor, is all honesty
lost in reservations ?

editing is all fine and good
I do it often, under the pretense
of making it all a little more presentable
for public consumption, believe me I worry

that I've left something important behind
in the snippets on the killing floor, is truth
being sanitized by guilty methodology
I sure feel cleaner bathing in the determination of the stream

it's ripples and whitewater never quite the same
no matter how long I stand on the banks peering into the water
trying to match geometric patterns, they never reappear....
the stream has a mind of its own
If you do not change your direction
you may end up where you are heading

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Re: the stream

Post by saw » July 20th, 2015, 5:42 pm

oops, thought I was in the poetry section....hmm....some kind of Freudian slip ?

I'm just gonna leave it here for now
If you do not change your direction
you may end up where you are heading

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Re: the stream

Post by judih » July 21st, 2015, 4:31 am

yes the writer
plants seeds in fertile soil
what grows, grows

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