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Monday, December 7, 2015

THE BAG



I

Here's the deal
either everything is aware
or nothing is 

Besides me that is


Oh, that's solipsistic...

but not totally
cuz I'll acknowledge you
and only you
as I know you are reading these words
AT THIS VERY MOMENT
(and that makes me psychic)
and it makes us intimately connected

So I just wanna know...

how come you never call??? 

II


I noticed an author advertising her book

as being a "clean romance"
I guess that's one where
nobody gets into anybody's pants
a kind of never ending dance
where everybody goes back home
and takes a cold shower

But real life is dirty

so very down and dirty
and I don't mind you dirty little girls
and boys
as long as you quit
making so damn much noise

III


It's really quite simple

though the philosophers have tried
to make it mysterious

Either you go on

(the part of you that is aware)
or you don't
and therefore no one should be afraid
of non-existence
if it really existed that is
the complete cessation of all

joy

pain
angst
bullshit

would really be quite good

but sorry to inform you
that for that to ever be
then the opposite (you and me)
would have to never have been
don't you see
and it's a bit late for that

The cat

is out of the bag
for ever 
and ever 
and ever
and he's shitting
all over the carpet
as we speak
the sound of the universe
misinterpreted for lo these many eons

It isn't OMMMMM

my friend...
just a cosmic
echoing
MEEEOOOW!







17 comments:

  1. Interesting thoughts and you've strung them together so well..,

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  2. I was tied up in knots of seriousness until I came to the last verse. You made me smile. meoooow, luv this poem

    And, thanks for dropping by my blog today

    Much love...

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  3. You made me smile, kiddo. Thanks for the Cosmic Meow!

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  4. Yup.. the real word is not a dance but just the kind of dirt we love... and that cat will smile when we have to clean the carpet.

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    1. The cat will never go back into the bag, so just use it to collect the cat shit.

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  5. Absolutely loved every line here, Timo, especially the part marked II, and of course, the ruefully hilarious end. I am in total agreement about how nice it would be if all the bullshit would stop--losing the rest seems a small price to pay, but yeah--as long as humans are around, that ain't gonna happen. I will now go off and ponder the meaning of the Cosmic Cat.

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    1. Thanks so much mah dear...now, can't you see everybody sitting around meditating going MEEEEEEOOOOOOW...instead of OOMMMMM?

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  6. What, you want me to be QUIET?! I hate being shushed! ;)

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    1. Helen, that's the nicest thing anyone has ever said. LOL

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  8. ... the guuud thing 'bout bull sh.t is, u step into it and walk away from dat squishy mess, never to make dat mistake again ... the guuud thing 'bout cat sh.t is, u smell it 4 ever in ur house, but also have found an owner 4 ever ... meouw ... smiles ... the rest is irrelevant, no matter, how late in life ... cat :)

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    1. I can relate to bullshit and cat shit too. I'm fluent in one, in close proximity with the other!!!

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