Quarter century

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offelias
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Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:33 am

Quarter century arrives,
Train fails to stop at request.
didn't they see me?

Quarter century gone
It's too much to digest
so I slept until three

Quarter century on
no ones even dressed!
yet another cup of tea.

Quarter century. Fine.
Not really that depressed -
Time to live and let it be.
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words. Where words fail - music speaks - Anne Rice
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Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:00 pm

Many happy returns offelias!

B.

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Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:06 pm

This is well-cool, offelias.

I love the structure and rhyme. The thoughts/quotes in italics are very well written. A nice wry look at life. Simple language used to superb effect.

I'm trying hard to find constructive nits, but failing (perhaps punctuation, but that would be very rich coming from me).

A wee corker - loving it.

- Neil.
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Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:48 pm

Lol thanks Brian - I was wondering if anyone would pick up on where this came from :)

Thanks Nar - I noticed on this forum that italics are used quite a lot so I thought I'd give it a go. It seems a great way to differentiate or emphasise. Noted about the punctuation :)
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Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:21 pm

Belated birthday greetings for reaching quarter of a centuary Offelias.
My God,
I wish I could remember that far back, lol.
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