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A toast to you
Contributed by
softerware
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Thursday, 19th May 2016 @ 10:31:48 PM in AEST
Topic:
Lifepoems
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Your generation doesnt save;
The things you own until your grave!
You dont repair, you just delete;
For all too soon, its obsolete!
By the time they graduate;
A four year tour at whizbang state;
The first 3 years of stuff they learned;
Will be disproved, or over-turned.
We used to call this game RAT-RACE;
But you run just to keep your place!
All you know is constant change;
Precious little stays the same.
Theres much more history to learn;
And far less time the oil to burn!
Penmanship is off the map;
Spelling, grammar, done by app.
I think perhaps you talk so much;
To be a part and feel in touch.
And selfies are a way to place;
Existence in a faceless space!
You need to know that someone knows;
Where you are and where you go;
What you see and do and eat;
With whom and when, so lifes complete!
OMG! IM HERE! ITS ME!
You may wish to disagree;
But why else do we text and tweet?
And photograph the meals we eat?
Promising an introduction;
Social medias seduction;
Buries in photography;
A million lone biographies.
Lacking boundaries or surrender;
In a raucous whirling blender;
Wondrous lonely generation;
Holding hands in isolation.
Copyright ©
softerware
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2016-05-19 22:31:48]
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Re: A toast to you
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by JamesStockdale on
Friday, 20th May 2016 @ 10:51:02 PM AEST
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Beautiful. My sentiments exactly. Except for this website I prefer to check out of social media. It/'/s a waste of time and for dreamers who find it easier to pretend than to achieve.
I was going to quote a few of your stanzas but they were all so good, what/'/s the point...? This was great Jaye...
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Re: A toast to you
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by Former_Member on
Friday, 20th May 2016 @ 10:56:43 PM AEST
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| I couldn/'/t read or understand this poem. ;-) Thank goodness there/'/s an app for that! Niiiice |
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Re: A toast to you
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by Former_Member on
Saturday, 21st May 2016 @ 02:13:29 PM AEST
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| So poetically wise, as always. The generation before always knows better: in this case we do, but we were responsible, or at least our scientific contemporaries, for the mess. Sometimes I think that science will be the death of mankind, even though it saved my son. There are so many whitethroat/'/s nests out there, just waiting for the eyes of blind children. |
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Re: A toast to you
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by Invierno on
Saturday, 21st May 2016 @ 04:10:12 PM AEST
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James expressed my thoughts to a tee (way to go, James!), so I will spare the redundancy and just add how glad I am to know you and read your contributions.
My very best,
Invierno |
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