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Free verse № 107802

Distance

by wilco

Member since 2004 · Posted 8 Jul 2004 · 15 comments

The world is only a picture of ordinary people searching for the extraordinary. Love is only a fixture in romance novels and poems with trains. Distance is only a measure of how badly you want to see her.

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15 comments

[n/a] Don-Quixote 8-Jul-04/9:12 AM Reply
And wilco, you've succumbed to cliche. Is this the normal generic prescription for the average joe or what man? BOO!

Rude and happily profane,
Your ranker jester.
[n/a] wilco › Don-Quixote 8-Jul-04/2:33 PM Reply
Everything is cliche, my friend. It's pompous to think that any thought is original.
[8] richa › wilco 8-Jul-04/2:47 PM Reply
Nope, a lecturer once told me everyone utters half a dozen sentences that have never been said before every day. The ideas may not be new but there are certainly different ways of saying things.
[n/a] wilco › richa 8-Jul-04/2:50 PM Reply
I'm sure thats true, but as you repeated, I said that there are no new ideas. Of course there are infinite new ways to say anything.
[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. › wilco 8-Jul-04/3:08 PM Reply
Today I have uttered the following sentences which, I believe, have never been uttered before. But the ideas aren't new, are they? I'm sure they've been expressed countless times before, but in different ways!

"If they invented a stealth-cow, that could climb trees and dig burrows, would you consider eating it?"

"If you could afford to employ a butler to wipe your bum, would you?"

"What if he was really intelligent, but the only thing he couldn't understand was bums and the wiping of bums?"

"So you'd let an intelligent wiper, who didn't understand bums or the wiping of bums, wipe your bum?"

"Given the isolation boothe scenario, would you prefer a retard wiper or an intelligent wiper who couldn't comprehend bums or the wiping of bums?"

"With an intelligent wiper who did not understand bums or the wiping of bums, you could discuss Important Matters Of The Towne whilst he wiped, provided those matters did not concern bums or the wiping of bums."
[8] Shuushin › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 8-Jul-04/5:47 PM Reply
I've heard those before - old hat.
[n/a] Stephen Robins › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 9-Jul-04/12:40 AM Reply
Would you let a guttersnipe, wipe, the tripe, out of your poo pipe? or are you the type, that would swipe, the ripe tripe, like Michael Stipe?
[9] Dovina 8-Jul-04/10:08 AM Reply
Verse 1 is a summation of the comments on Recyclet Stardust.

Verse 2 is anti-love

Verse 3 is is a measure of love, and hard to associate with verse 2

Maybe love is the cliche, and this is the answer.

Not bad.
[n/a] deleted user 8-Jul-04/10:32 AM Reply
INSIPID A delicate balancing act.
[10] Dan garcia-Black 8-Jul-04/10:52 AM Reply
Almost. That first line troubles me. Sooooooooo, I'll will only vote a -10-
[8] richa 8-Jul-04/12:01 PM Reply
If you get really good people will slag this type of thing off as trite. Ignoring that criticism, I like the sounds. Especially picture and measure.
[n/a] Y2kSlamPoet › richa 8-Jul-04/12:19 PM Reply
I don't think he's really in need of an uplifting statement like "If you get really good people will slag this type of thing off as trite." to reinforce his confidence.

What do you think?
[8] richa › Y2kSlamPoet 8-Jul-04/12:24 PM Reply
probably not, is wilco a special case?
[n/a] Y2kSlamPoet › richa 8-Jul-04/12:30 PM Reply
Not sure, you had me confused with your explainative take on my opinion. I had originally thought that he'd take it with a grain of salt really.

[8] Shuushin 10-Jul-04/5:29 AM Reply
2 out of three aint bad - good stuff wilco.

Either of the last two stanza could be full blown poems with all the trimmings if you wanted.