"Memories of West Street and Lepke" by Robert Lowell (poetry reading)

[DominusLuna]

A strange thing. Kind of creative.No need to glorify human garbage.

[TheShirEl]

To an asthmatic the act of breathing freely is a gift! To a prisoner a glimpse of the sky is a treasure invaluable!

Go watch the "Shawshank Redemption" and you may get a clue. I personally knew a women, a loving mother and brilliant embezzler, who went to prison to finally become free.

As my late father would say: WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE!

Stop wasting time with bullshit. Life is too short as it it.

Love,

ShirEl Too

[TheShirEl]

I disagree. In my view life is a free gift we've been given, yet we fail to appreciate it. We distract ourselves with false expectations fostered by the fantasies of our families, our societies and ourselves.

"Buy X brand cereal to be healthy and lose weight," when said cereal contains a cocktail of chemicals that make us eat more and gain weight. "Buy Y fashions to look sexy and attract a mate;" yet the poor victims modeling these fashions are anorectic adolescent scarecrows.

(continued...)

[rebeccaskye]

lost in words that had only been seen from the out of life state of my past.

too long ago I thought to myself but why should past from today be seen from other eyes

to be the only true meaning of their little life, to me it was only the end. but what do I care. only I knew what was to be of the past today......

David Runions

[TheInfadelKing]

curlicues of marijuana? LAWL!

[bearbagley]

Wow, great work!!

[drivenfool]

I agree that happiness is best experienced as a side effect of life, but would like to point out that while drugs and drink can wear off, lobotomy is permanent. Most of us (me) have had our foolish moments (years); the good luck comes into play if we are able to learn from them and move on. And don't get me started about Jack Nicholson and lobotomy.

[SpokenVerse]

That's a wise and thoughtful observation and I don't disagree with any of it. I too have come to better strategies by trying bad ones. Drink and drugs only wear off if you stop using them.