another cheap ballpoint

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saw
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another cheap ballpoint

Post by saw » February 5th, 2015, 11:16 am

music floats from the archives
debbie harry says she's gonna git me
I turn the volume way down low
pick up my writing weapon
click the point into position
dig deeply into the yellow pad

I'm not writing.....I'm carving

my initials into the paper tree of my sanity,
I plunge into the lined sheet
not suited for men with sharp things
and heavy hands,
thick black ink outlines the slashes
through the tablet

yet
I haven't said a damn thing.....
only announced my desire

it looks rather violent

something is eating me
if I was cutter it would be my skin
but luckily I am just a frustrated writer
with a story itching for freedom
as it claws through my flesh unimpeded

i slice the paper again
symbiosis
yin.....yang
Watch Out !
jack the ripper
has another cheap ballpoint pen
If you do not change your direction
you may end up where you are heading

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Re: another cheap ballpoint

Post by the mingo » February 5th, 2015, 11:46 am

the Yellow Legal Pad Romper has left another one for Scotland Yard :!: 8)
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.

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Re: another cheap ballpoint

Post by revolutionR » February 5th, 2015, 2:52 pm

Craved words are good.

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Re: another cheap ballpoint

Post by justwalt » February 5th, 2015, 4:56 pm

sounds like a manufacturers defect,

check for a recall on that pen...

or put the pen in a vise and write with the paper
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Re: another cheap ballpoint

Post by judih » February 6th, 2015, 12:28 am

sculpt that word
till it sings

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Re: another cheap ballpoint

Post by sweetwater » February 6th, 2015, 10:40 am

great thoughts
of love and redemption
that hiding
in the irony
of style

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Re: another cheap ballpoint

Post by saw » February 6th, 2015, 10:47 am

great comments..thanx one and all........a nice smorgasbord for breakfast...now coffee !
If you do not change your direction
you may end up where you are heading

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Re: another cheap ballpoint

Post by whoaisme » February 6th, 2015, 2:43 pm

the moments of peace
that flee
when i try
to hold 'em close

you better weaponize!
"From the sudden invasion of a mind not my own in the world. This I will record. For whom? For m y s e l f, beyond denial and beyond indifference." - Philip Lamantia

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Re: another cheap ballpoint

Post by creativesoul » February 6th, 2015, 3:02 pm

the impact of the ball point on the yellow pad was so physical- it was like- lay down and feel this- 50 shades of ball point-
what is the point? does anyone know how to spell ?point?
im sure like the cloak of invisability [harry potter] that the point where the ink meets the paper is somewhat next to spiritual- sometimes my hands and heart will be aching and i have said nothing= at all- yet im sure as if by symbols and certain sounds that we unlock each other from some odd bondage only a real writer can feel-
but feel full of myself for escaping even my own convictions
finding a back door to my own ridgid rules

of which i made up as i went along anyway


applying for the job of getting real
with you on the inside
and so if i slide out the back door
i know you will forgive me
i need air
invited to be social
and running from contact
my nerves are on the outside of my skin
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Re: another cheap ballpoint

Post by saw » February 6th, 2015, 6:30 pm

thanx for feedback whoaisme...and jana enjoyed your detailed response...and the painting ....be well my friend
If you do not change your direction
you may end up where you are heading

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Re: another cheap ballpoint

Post by creativesoul » February 6th, 2015, 10:09 pm

I heard my son say on a boat
On a river in Australia
Several things that got stuck in my throat
All the love you can muster
Wherever you can
I guess
But really gimmie some ball
Piont
reason is over rated, as is logic and common sense-i much prefer the passions of a crazy old woman, cats and dogs and jungle foliage- tropic rain-and a defined sense of who brings the stars up at night and the sun up in the morning---

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