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Clay didn’t call. I didn't win the poetry contest. Life is bleak.
I have gotta get another hobby. Anybody heard any more about the scandal contest? I’m countin on winnin that! I know my scandal. I’m a scandal junkie (along with the rest of America, obviously). There’s not a detail of jessica/nick, jen/brad/angie, or now anna nicole - that I’m not up on.
Couldn’t resist copying this…….
I am talking to myself now. And am talking to the dog all the time. I’m down to my last neuron….and it’s too tired to synapse even if I had another one available.
Here’s my actual conversation this morning with my Cocker Spaniel.
“Tommy, you have got to quit getting into the wastebaskets. This is beneath you. You are a purebred member of this household. You have your own food ….and beg half of mine….you do not need to search the wastebaskets for scraps. This is a very annoying habit of yours and I am getting just a little tired of cleaning up after you. Now what do you have to say for yourself?”
This was said in a most sincere voice while staring intently into his serious big browns and scratching him behind his long curly blonde ears. I half expected him to answer in complete sentences. Instead, he belched. I think he had found a chicken bone in there.
Have also been thinking about past lives and time-machines. ( Oh, it’s really lonely here in bleak-snowsville. ) Would you go to one of those “past-life regression” mystics? I would. How fascinating! And the only way I’ll ever see CA in person, I’m sure. Oh yeah…you people can post all you want to recapping your trips to Kimmel and Martha and Tyra. I can only dream.
Naturally, if I did come up with the money to pay for a “reading” I’m sure I wasn’t Cleopatra. Undoubtedly, I was one of those poor slobs pushing granite blocks up the ramp to the top of the pyramid. It probably got loose and slid right down and squished me. Well, at least I was thin for once.
People are always talking about going back in time and meeting famous people or changing history. Personally, I would want to go forward in time. I wanna know what’s gonna happen. Will Clay ever call? Will we every get out of this war? Will we ever colonize space? I want to walk on Mars or better yet a far solar system with an eden-like third planet. I want to see Earth from space. I want to meet creatures of another species. I want to cure cancer and Alzheimer’s.
Of course, this brings up the interesting question of - has the future already happened? And are we just in some parallel universe?
And the even more disturbing question. Has geni finally completely lost that last neuron….and her mind?
It’s just me, what’s left anyway, geni
P.S.but then again...where could i find a finer hobby
PPS here's the poem that didn't win.
I HOLD FAST
I hold fast to the promise
That hearts will not lie
That faith won’t let go
That love fights for a soul
I hold fast to the dream
That loving means reaching
Believing means winning
It’s enough for beginning
I hold fast to the vision
Of life full of purpose
Of love in all ways
Of stars set ablaze
The voice that soothes my soul
The smile that heals my heart
The eyes where moonglow shines
I hold fast to what is mine
geni 2007
5 comments:
Wow, what an interesting blog....food for thought. Firstly, gorgeous pic and the music....shut my eyes and could feel myself slowdancing....her voice is so pure. I would want to go forward in time to see what heights Clay achieves after I'm gone and, of course, what my grandchildren do with their lives.
I think a lot of people with pets talk to them. I know my cats get an earful and they all respond with their own personal language. Good for us healthwise too.
Your poem is beautiful and I want to wish you the best of luck for the story contest.
Jean.
Okay...I commented once and it didn't take so let's have another go at it.
I like the blog. Gorgeous drop dead pic of Clay...the man can take my breathe away. Enjoyed the music and I know it but I don't know who is singing it. You already know I love the poem. Very good scandal for Clay...he might just as well join the mix..it is getting really crowded and he might as well get a piece of the action too.
Keep up the good work...let's see now if this will be accepted.
N. aka Mobamalady
The scandal that facinates me is the PhD, Annapolis grad. and validtorian, aeronatical engineer, astromaut who drove 900 some miles to get at the woman who was messin' with her man. Whoa! Yet, which one of us hasn't been brought to the edge by a really rotten situation.
I love your poetry and other writing. You're so much more than my good ole buddy. Ann
Oh, my gosh, I misspelled valedictorian, aeronautical, and I was afraid to read on fearing I'd find more. A more humble, Ann
Nice Mom - love the pic of Clay and anna - that is a classic!!! As for Tommy - don't all our Animals talk to us - the problem is that they don't listen to us!!! Can't wait to see you in March
Lara
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