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It is a Perspective

September 29, 2010
By PussnBoots GOLD, Tomahawk, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;When life hands you lemons, make apple juice. Then sit back and watch the world wonder how you did it.&quot; -Unknown<br /> &quot;The world is my pineapple. I just have to figure out a way past the prickly parts.&quot; -Me

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Some call it beauty
Some call it grace
Some call it ugly
Some call it malice

It is
but it isn't
It was
It will never be

It would
and it could
It should
And so it shall be

© Daniel M., Phoenix, AZ

The author's comments:
Note: The whole point is that there is no sense. "It" could stand for anything, or nothing at all.
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readaholic PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 24 2012 at 3:22 pm
readaholic PLATINUM, Tomahawk, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
I&#039;d rather fail because I fell on my own face than fall because someone tripped me up<br /> ~Jhonen Vasquez

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school bus blender clouds ignorance (your poem doesn't make sense, so my comments don't either! that was no-sense-eese for good job)
Momma Bear said...
on Dec. 14 2010 at 10:18 pm
Very intriguing!