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So what!

Outline: The things that people think are worth complaining about!
It’s a crying shame
When you break your nails
Or you lose that game
Or you hate those scales.

It’s hard to bear
When your hair goes wrong
And you lose the air
Of your favourite song.

Oh, life’s a bitch
When your top’s not right,
And you’ve got an itch
‘Cause your jeans are tight.

But I’ve a hunch
That you’ll survive.
When it comes to the crunch
You’ll still be alive!
MummyPenguin
[Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:12 am]
Hi Anonymouse
I see that you have take the serious stuff and given it a light-hearted twist! Very Happy I love it.

Yours off to fix that broken nail, check the scales, and buy a pair of jeans to give me an itch! Catch you later if I'm still alive...

Best wishes and thanks for the early morning smile!
MP
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Ian Gould
[Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:16 am]
A poem to irritation and strop.So many things bring the end of the world.
Excellent.
Ian Holly
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Robb Hinge
[Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:47 am]
Hello Anony! Loved the poem - in true tradition of all that's humbug especially at this time of year. So nice to see poems are still of such high standard, both in rhyme and humour. Hope all is well with you and yours.
Thanks for sharing.

Robb Laughing
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deepthoughts
[Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:23 am]
Great poem Smile So true ! Really well written and made me laugh.

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Roy
[Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:28 am]
The daftest things upset us, but how hard it can be to really stand back and see them in proper perspective.

A neat poem and a pleasant departure, Anony.
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PenJen
[Tue Dec 13, 2005 6:39 pm]
Ach, Roy stole my lines!

That said, this sure does put things into perspective. Why we worry so unneccessarily about he little foibles of life when, in reality, we seem to ignore what really counts - that we are alive and well. I read this poem last night and strange, it has stayed with me most of the day. So when I did actually break nail (and walk into the corner of the counter which bloody well hurt) I just laughed it off.

Thanks for bringing us back to earth with a smile, a sigh of relief and a real thought of the day.

Jen Cheers
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Kitkat
[Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:17 pm] Mighty fine
A mighty fine poem and a mighty find topic for one. Breathlessly trips along.

Wasn't sure about something in the last verse (had to check it wasn't because I was upset it was ending too soon - which is always a good sign). Maybe the double syllable rhyme on survive and alive, when all the rest are singular?

But hey, reorganise ‘picking’ and ‘nit’ into a well known sentence. Your poem has wisely pointed out that such stressing is not particularily important - a neat defence which I must remember Smile

You got the grooves,

KK
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mad lemur
[Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:44 pm]
Hi anonymouse!

Just get everything into persepective and those little niggles are never as bad as they appear.

Take care.

Hazel
xx
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WickedGilly
[Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:40 am]
I loved the great rhythm and drive of this poem. Well written and has a brilliant message.
WG Very Happy
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Jenny Darling
[Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:23 pm]
How true! We spend oodles of time worrying about inconsequential things when there are so many deeper and more traumatic problems.
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Anonymouse
[Sat Dec 17, 2005 11:28 pm]
Thank you everyone for reading and commenting! It was a light-hearted piece, a reaction to the petty complaining one hears all around.
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"We are such stuff as dreams are made on
And our little life is rounded with a sleep!"
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