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Delta40
08-05-2009, 03:53 PM
I cried so hard when you died
I got haemorrhoids
everyone told me to sit down
take it easy
but my body wouldn't let me

I stood broken in mourning
and lay awake at night

a smile touches my lips
I laugh so hard now
my haemorrhoids get worse
everyone tells me to sit down
take it easy
but my body won't let me

I stand tall in the morning
I sleep at night
firefangled
08-06-2009, 11:16 PM
This plays on such contrary feelings. It is humorous, but in the end it is a profound statement of the human spirit.
Delta40
08-07-2009, 12:54 AM
Yes. You're right.

What I'm saying is you can come out the other end of grief, smiling - albeit you may have to grit your teeth alittle in the process!:angel:
PrinceMyshkin
08-07-2009, 09:46 AM
If nothing else, you deserve acknowledgement for being the first on this site to speak of


haemorrhoids

but of course as Firefangled observed, there's a lot more to this poem than that, and I for one admire the unaffected spontaneity of it and the wisdom of the conclusion. Reminded me of the parable of the two Zen disciples, each the follower of a different teachers:

"My teacher," says the first, "is so evolved that I can stand across a river from him holding a scroll, and before I've unrolled it he can tell me what it says!"

"You think that's evolved," says the other: "My teacher is so evolved that he eats only when he is hungry and sleeps when he's tired..."
Delta40
08-07-2009, 01:34 PM
lol.

Observation: I can't just lol on Litnet. Apparently to post I have to at the bare minimum...

lmfao
PrinceMyshkin
08-07-2009, 01:50 PM
lol.

Observation: I can't just lol on Litnet. Apparently to post I have to at the bare minimum...

lmfao

Your "bare" minimum? "lyfAo"? Is there to be no end to this?
Delta40
08-07-2009, 02:10 PM
I'm going through the motions of grief. Haven't you noticed?
firefangled
08-07-2009, 05:01 PM
Your "bare" minimum? "lyfAo"? Is there to be no end to this?

I suppose not until we hit rock bottom :lol:
PrinceMyshkin
08-08-2009, 11:12 AM
I am not at all surprised that another response has reared up.
Delta40
08-08-2009, 07:25 PM
you are both so witty that I feel behind the times...
PrinceMyshkin
08-08-2009, 08:28 PM
you are both so witty that I feel behind the times...

Bearing in mind Louis XV's famous saying, "Apres moi, le deluge," I might paraphrase: "Derriere vous, votre derriere."
firefangled
08-09-2009, 02:30 PM
you are both so witty that I feel behind the times...

Delta, I'm not sure I understood Prince's french quip. So, I feel I am the one coming up the tail on this one.
PrinceMyshkin
08-09-2009, 02:55 PM
Delta, I'm not sure I understood Prince's french quip. So, I feel I am the one coming up the tail on this one.

"Apres moi, le deluge"=After me, the flood. "Derriere moi, ma derriere"=Behind me, my behind." You came close to making a donkey of yourself on that one!
firefangled
08-10-2009, 08:54 AM
"Apres moi, le deluge"=After me, the flood. "Derriere moi, ma derriere"=Behind me, my behind." You came close to making a donkey of yourself on that one!

Perhaps I felt pinned down to continue. :blush:
PrinceMyshkin
08-10-2009, 09:21 AM
"But at my backside I always hear
Time's winged chariot hurrying near..."
firefangled
08-10-2009, 09:34 AM
"But at my backside I always hear
Time's winged chariot hurrying near..."

and I marvel how a chariot following hinder with wings had no more stealth.
PrinceMyshkin
08-10-2009, 03:48 PM
and I marvel how a chariot following hinder with wings had no more stealth.

And I marvel at how well you seated this rresponse.
Delta40
08-10-2009, 09:03 PM
I'm beginning to understand why some discussions become anal....
firefangled
08-12-2009, 11:04 PM
I'm beginning to understand why some discussions become anal....

You are absolutly correct, Delta. Things seem to settle down and the something else said will crack the whole thing open again
Delta40
08-13-2009, 12:21 AM
lol. Did I mention that you're rather cheeky Firefangled? Let this thread be the place to 'plop' your creative haunches....
PrinceMyshkin
08-13-2009, 10:56 AM
With apologies to Byron:



SHE walks in beauty, like a stack
Of cloudless climes and a heavenly hum;
And all that 's best of front and back
Meet in her aspect and her bum:

And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!
symphony
08-14-2009, 01:09 PM
With apologies to Byron:



SHE walks in beauty, like a stack
Of cloudless climes and a heavenly hum;
And all that 's best of front and back
Meet in her aspect and her bum:

And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!


:lol: