Title: after the ice after the wind

To shape

Or to not shape

Or flatten

With a light protestation

Without a wave

To die without a wake

And all the moments negotiated

In our lightest sleep

One cannot say

For sure

Upon waking

Where the meeting was

And who owns the contract

Going this far

In the dark

One cannot find a reason


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To be honest, most people would find breaking wind is more interesting than this bilge. Van Smith.
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Yes, but it IS admissible for me to have a few failed experiments, as I am a more Interesting person, and better philanthropist than most of the literate populace. It gives me the right.
Being rich enough to purchase your family for the slave trade also entitles me to post an ASCII armpit, and force you to lick the screen. But, no...I use my wealth to subsidize AIDS drugs in Africa (which amuses me because the natives think that the pills give them the right to be even more promiscuous...but i digress).
So, in that spirit of giving; An effort to explain, Um, VAN, and everyone else:
what I often do on this site: I spontaneously come up with something short, dealing usually with my raw emotional state after I click the POST button, while also using some semblance of self-restraint (so I don't just stick 20 nouns together).
I don't do that process often (good for you, I'm sure), and it doesn't always work out/meet my own standards. However, I find it instructive to post it anyway and live with the consequences (such as impolite, vague critiques) because it may help me improve as a writer.
-But...In an effort to help YOU, chap, I should point out that I practically gave you the whole "wind" thing on a platter, therefore it was too easy, and I knew that someone would write something like that well in advance of you. As a result, one cannot trust that your remark (and attempt at humour?) came from a quality mind, so why should I care? Who knows, you may be a genius...but you failed to convey that. maybe next time. I'll be providing many opportunities for you to live up to your potential as a critic or mean-wit right here on IPP.
In sincerest love,
Symon
(ps: if you're not even an IQ-genius (the lower of the species)...I'm not interested. it doesn't help me.)
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Symon - why do you believe that you are intellectually superior to every other contributor to this site? What makes you believe this? BR.
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I certainly don't presume that. There are at least 2 people here I admire more than myself.
-Symon
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alol