HE WAS...

Tuesday, 29. April 2008, 08:23:50

This is a poem I wrote many years ago. It may or may not hold meaning for you. Somehow, I hope it does.

He Was...

He looked like a dream revived
and a hope forgotten
and a need fulfilled
and a heap of trouble.

He smelled like hard work
and soft promises
and strong soap
and an uncertain future.

He sounded like a mellow sax
and the turn of a phrase
and a hard day’s work
and the wisdom of the ages.

He felt like supple leather
and fine tuned machinery
and the work of a master
and the answer to a prayer.

He tasted like new mown grass
and chlorine from a swimming pool
and the effort it takes to win
and the grace it takes to lose

He was everything I ever wanted
and nothing I’d ever had
and I reached out to touch him...

and he slipped right through my fingers

©~Caj~ 12/02/02

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Comments

Anonymous writes:

"It may or may nor hold meaning for you. "
to him it is just a poem

"and he slipped right through my fingers"
he was smart .............

By anonymous user, # 30. April 2008, 11:56:37

He was an idiot.

By noah counte, # 30. April 2008, 17:50:51

Lovely poem, Caj!

I agree with Matthew...he was an idiot - much like the "Anonymous" poster.

I'm very happy to see you posting! I've missed your presence here on My Opera!

By Nerak, # 30. April 2008, 18:22:54

"Anonymous writes:

"It may or may nor hold meaning for you. "
to him it is just a poem

"and he slipped right through my fingers"
he was smart .........."

4/30 12:57:07 PM
Flushing, New York, US
IP: 71.255.65.108

Anonymous is not quite so anonymous, is it?

By cajunlayde, # 30. April 2008, 18:23:17

Thank you Karen!

By cajunlayde, # 30. April 2008, 18:26:53

Hmmm...no, not anonymous AT ALL.

I suddenly feel the urge to break my foot off in a certain someone's ass!

You're very welcome, Caj!

By Nerak, # 30. April 2008, 18:31:02

"I suddenly feel the urge to break my foot off in a certain someone's ass!"

A terrible waste of a perfectly good foot!

I have missed the laughs you always provide, Karen! And I see your nanner has a new monkey too!

I've been under the weather, as they say but I hope to be around more now.

By cajunlayde, # 30. April 2008, 19:12:11

I'm very sorry to hear that.

I'll muster up each and every healing vibe I can generate and send them your way!

By Nerak, # 30. April 2008, 19:28:40

Cool...thanks! I heard you were not feeling so well recently yourself. I hope you've recuperated nicely by now?!

By cajunlayde, # 30. April 2008, 19:55:00

I feel so much better now, thanks!

By Nerak, # 1. May 2008, 03:53:35

YEA for feeling better! Makes you appreciate the little things, doesn't it?

Like naners. And maybe monkeys too!

By cajunlayde, # 1. May 2008, 04:56:22

I totally agree. I am really appreciating the fact that I can speak without having to cough up a lung!

Monkeys eat nanners!

By Nerak, # 1. May 2008, 16:54:46

Some monkeys get their uglies bumped, instead.

By noah counte, # 1. May 2008, 18:21:10

Only the submissive monkeys...with extensive dildo collections.

By Nerak, # 1. May 2008, 20:25:50

I'm going to wander through the mall asking people if they want to be my submissive monkey. Sounds fun!

By noah counte, # 1. May 2008, 20:32:35

Too bad the mall is packed full of prepubescent little punks!

By Nerak, # 1. May 2008, 20:34:27

Just had to ruin a good plan by punching a big assed-hole in it, didn't you?

By noah counte, # 1. May 2008, 20:57:44

You can always count on me!

By Nerak, # 1. May 2008, 21:06:26

Soooo, did you find any submissive monkeys, Matthew?

By cajunlayde, # 2. May 2008, 03:27:07

Karen rained on my parade. I've been sitting home crying, instead.

By noah counte, # 2. May 2008, 03:53:36

I'll be right back. I am going to go call the whambulance.

By Nerak, # 2. May 2008, 04:48:26

ROFLMAO @ Karen!

By cajunlayde, # 2. May 2008, 05:05:02

By Nerak, # 2. May 2008, 05:08:49

Word to the wise: Never trust those monkeys. Especially the randy ones!

Have your way with them and then...let them loose! You can always toss them a banana for good measure.

By cajunlayde, # 2. May 2008, 09:58:01

The Whambulance? "wake me up before you go-go!"

By noah counte, # 2. May 2008, 13:17:08

Not that kind of Whambulance! Hahahahaha! Oh man...I can just see good ol'George Michael all gussied up as an EMT!

By Nerak, # 2. May 2008, 16:01:57

He does love a man in uniform.

I've heard.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

By noah counte, # 2. May 2008, 16:06:31

I wouldn't know!

By Nerak, # 2. May 2008, 16:07:14

Me neither. I'm just saying...

By noah counte, # 2. May 2008, 16:12:33

MmmmHmmm...Sure you wouldn't.

By Nerak, # 2. May 2008, 16:24:27

Dang. You really think? It's the loafers, isn't it?

By noah counte, # 2. May 2008, 16:29:48

Take the pennies out and see if you start floating!

By Nerak, # 2. May 2008, 16:37:04

Nope. Just a little light is all...

By noah counte, # 2. May 2008, 16:41:01

Oh, okay then.

By Nerak, # 2. May 2008, 16:44:15

By cajunlayde, # 2. May 2008, 20:34:28

By Nerak, # 2. May 2008, 22:42:30

Better now. My back teeth were floating - nearly lifted me out of my shoes.

By noah counte, # 3. May 2008, 02:34:07

What? Did you replace the pennies?

Maybe you should try quarters...just to be on the safe side. You did say you had lost weight lately.

By cajunlayde, # 3. May 2008, 03:21:12

Hahahah.

"My back teeth are floating" is a euphemism for "I need to take a leak."

By noah counte, # 3. May 2008, 03:24:33

Ummmm...DUH, Dude! But I was hesitant to bring up your toilet habits in public. Especially after one of your gargantuan jugs of tea!

Remember all of those *all nighters*?

If you remember, you were the one going on about your loafers...when we all know you wear clogs!

Those puppies could hold you down in a thunderstorm!

By cajunlayde, # 3. May 2008, 05:08:31

Wood floats, and I travel with my own boats.

By noah counte, # 3. May 2008, 13:08:18

Matthew in clogs.

That is a site to behold!

By Nerak, # 3. May 2008, 18:42:14

Now ask him about his hats and his (dreaded and much whispered about) orange shirt!

By cajunlayde, # 4. May 2008, 05:34:27

Wow. I dress much more poorly than I thought. It's no wonder I stay home!

By noah counte, # 4. May 2008, 14:46:03

ORANGE shirt? Matthew?!

Forget the whambulance! I'm callin' the fashion police!

By Nerak, # 4. May 2008, 23:57:20

I plead insanity! I'm just crazy about that shirt!

Actually, I'm trying to remember which shirt was the orange one.

By noah counte, # 5. May 2008, 01:03:15

Was it your spiffy bowling shirt? You know how chicks swoon over a dude in a badass bowling shirt!

By Nerak, # 5. May 2008, 04:36:23

"Forget the whambulance! I'm callin' the fashion police!"

And well you should, Karen! This man is either color blind or just plain dedicated to comfort versus fashion! And all of those jokes about him hating pants? Couldn't be MORE true! He would run buck naked every day of the week if his job allowed it!

He is a true child of nature!

By cajunlayde, # 5. May 2008, 06:00:41

Comfort is my only fashion. I stand unabashed in my defense of nudity!

That orange shirt, I have more difficulty defending.

By noah counte, # 5. May 2008, 11:39:10

I can't argue with being comfy. I've been known to slack off in the fashion department just so I could be comfortable. Hence the Birkenstocks.

By Nerak, # 5. May 2008, 15:52:15

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