SLOW DOWN

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  • Confusion

    SLOW DOWN

    I'VE SEEN SO MUCH IN MY LIFE TIME
    SOME OF IT REALLY BLOWS MY MIND
    WE'VE BEEN MESMERIZED & COMPUTERIZED
    SOME OF US HAVE EVEN BEEN SUPER SIZED
    FOR WHAT?
    NOW WE'RE BEING DOWN SIZED.
    IS MY OLD AGE KICKIN' IN
    AM I A RELIC THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN?
    HAVE I OUT LIVED MY EXPERATION DATE?
    CAUSE I STILL REMEMBER THE 8 TRACK TAPE
    SO WHATS THE RUSH, WHY THE HURRY?
    JUST CAUSES A FUSS & BIGGER WORRY
    CAN WE TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH OR TWO
    RELAX A WHILE, ENJOY THE VIEW
    THIS LIFE WE HAVE IT, JUST A LITTLE WHILE
    BUT BEFORE YA KNOW IT, IT'S OUT OF STYLE.

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    GentleT commented on SLOW DOWN

    06-03-2009

    It is common ground here. I also feel like a relic sometimes. I remember the eight track tape too.

    kenparme commented on SLOW DOWN

    04-24-2009

    Great poem - made me smile-some times i feel like I was born 200 years to late.

    Johnstradamus commented on SLOW DOWN

    01-31-2009

    it's so difficult for me to be where you are. not sure if it comes from frustration on this piece or just commenting on the trending you notice about life. i read a book called tuesdays with morrie and it's recurring theme was much like your thought

    Poetry is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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    STAY 1
    LEFT TO SURVIVE 0
    SLOW DOWN 3
    LITTLE SILENT PRAYERS 3
    A LETTER FROM MOMMA 3
    THANK YOU FOR EVERYDAY 1
    15 SECONDS 3
    THE PAIN OF LOVE 0
    RELECTION 1
    JUST A CAPER 0
    I REMEMBER WHEN 1
    WEEPING WILLOW TREE 3
    ODE TO A FRIEND 1
    THE DARKNESS 0
    RELEASE 3
    TAKIN DOWN THE HATE 2