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The Pale Wan Shadow of Emsworth Fri May 11 16:24:38 2001
The Vast Greyness of Existence: A Dirge

Life flows on in a seemingly endless stream,

A murky body of water contaminated by confusion And noise

And non-toxic dehydrated childproof packaged odor sprays which seem to be an indelible part of modern existance

News journalists and pundist and such predict depressions, recessions, disaster, and more

While one is infected with ringworm and sufferring from sinuses

And the immense heat bows down on one

And one eels as if existence stretches like an endless thoroughfare

While one sits engulfed in confusion and agaony and uncertainty

The insignificant become the focal points

Proprieties are fogged in the advancing mist

Every second feels eternal

A thousand clicks and clatters and yells and bangs and screeches echo in one's ear

And true silence seems to be merely illusory

One seeks momentary relief from temporal pleasures

Which ultimately do little more than distract

They cannot placate the pain

And the overwhelming greyness looms and grows

And blessed silence continues to escape one's grasp

And so it continues on

And on

And on??

nd Mon May 14 00:21:08 2001
Re: The Vast Greyness of Existence: A Dirge

Get a dirigible... it'll lift your spirits!

Seriously though, nice poem. We all go through mood-swings. Hope things are looking more towards the stars for you soon.

Brother Emsworth Mon May 14 08:43:53 2001
Re: The Vast Greyness of Existence: A Dirge

> Get a dirigible... it'll lift your spirits!

Let's all get in one! One jihad in dirigible!

> Seriously though, nice poem. We all go through mood-swings. Hope things
> are looking more towards the stars for you soon.

Thanks. I'd just had a less than soothing day, and really needed to vent. I think it came out a bit too reminiscent of the sort of thing Percy Shelley might have written on one of his bad nights, though.

Chris Mon May 14 23:21:27 2001
Re: The Vast Greyness of Existence: A Dirge

> Let's all get in one! One jihad in dirigible!

A Hindenburg of Toonbots for all. *boom*

Michael Mon May 14 23:27:36 2001
Re: The Vast Greyness of Existence: A Dirge

> A Hindenburg of Toonbots for all. *boom*

Chris *is* cool enough, even though I haven't gotten around to making him an award.






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