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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-05-07 03:04 PM
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The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poem Thread, 9/5/07
"Plan"

My cousin Max is being married
on a quiz show.
He is getting a Westinghouse refridgerator
a Singer sewing machine
a set of furniture from Sears and Roebuck
an ant farm
a General Electric toaster
and a girl.

It is not enough.
He expects babies and happiness
good times and money
and a government that wars on war.

My cousin Max expects too much.

—Rod McKuen
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-05-07 03:27 PM
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1. Kick.
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Callalily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-05-07 04:41 PM
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2. Very strange, that's
all I'm saying. :)
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-05-07 05:09 PM
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5. Yeah, that's what I thought when I first found it. nt
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-05-07 04:43 PM
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3. rod mckuen!!
thanks :)

:hi:
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-05-07 05:10 PM
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6. I'll have some more Rod at various points in my poem-posting process.
He's fun.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-05-07 04:46 PM
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4. Nice commentary for the reality show generation
Too many Maxes out there, that's for sure. :hi:
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-05-07 05:11 PM
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7. Yeah, this poem (written in the '50s, I believe) has acquired new currency in this day and age.
I so hate the reality t.v. phenom.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-06-07 01:45 AM
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8. Tra la la.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-06-07 03:11 AM
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9. Kick.
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