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Date Posted: 14:43:50 03/09/03 Sun
Author: Raphaela
Author Host/IP: webcacheB03a.cache.pol.co.uk / 195.92.168.165
Subject: Re: Philosophy
In reply to: Gray Squirrel 's message, "Philosophy" on 23:39:18 03/04/03 Tue

An appropriate poem for the time - tension is so thick in the air you could slice it.

R

>Philosophy
>
>Something in the air,
>Ready to cough...
>I don't mean it as simple as that,
>I'm tired, but waiting.
>
>Softness...
>You know, I learned
>That temper should be bland.
>Learned by beating the
>Edge of my blade against
>Statuesque figures of martyrs...
>(Turning to sand.)
>
>Staring at the ocean again...
>(Not a real ocean, just a
>Recollection of one.)
>I realize I could've really
>Utilized, now and then,
>Some of those curious things
>I'd left at the beach.
>
>Teachers...
>Too bad it's all about language.
>(Oh that, and safety...)
>
>***
>
>Something in the air.
>Ghosts of possibilities
>Beating down doors
>On high tide.
>
>I could ride that wave,
>Like rage, be a
>Surfer, staging a
>Comeback for a grand
>Revolution...
>
>Solutions kept wet,
>To give them more vigor,
>Reflecting the sun in
>Such shimmering clarity.
>
>Or just
>Portions meted out for
>Control freaks like me,
>Digging for rarity.
>
>(Oh that, and philosophy.)
>
>-Gray Squirrel

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