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mopinko

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31. a friend and i wrote a poem.
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 10:23 PM
Apr 2020

she is a writer and asks for prompts sometimes on fb, so i gave her my mantra- fear is a thief. she didnt really get it at first, so i elaborated.
she told me i wrote my own poem. she made a few changes, but most took my own words. so-
I despise keys and locks.
I just wasnt raised with that
It’s only stuff,
And no one was coming to take it
Anyway
So every time i tried to walk in a door,
If it was locked
fear had stolen that moment
Of locking in
Locking out
“they” weren’t coming
It’s only stuff,
And no one was coming to take it
but fear robbed me daily
of a minute
of my composure,
of my purpose
for walking through that door

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Welcome back! mr_lebowski Apr 2020 #1
improbable tho not impossible. mopinko Apr 2020 #2
I like yer style, Dude ... (nt) mr_lebowski Apr 2020 #3
same mopinko Apr 2020 #6
So THAT'S where you've been! 2naSalit Apr 2020 #4
i was screaming at bernie on my teevee so gdp would shut down, and mopinko Apr 2020 #5
Welcome back, mopinko! littlemissmartypants Apr 2020 #7
thx honey. mopinko Apr 2020 #14
Just back from a little time out myself Wawannabe Apr 2020 #8
i've been too busy to be online thaaaat much, which mopinko Apr 2020 #15
Welcome home UpInArms Apr 2020 #9
thank you. mopinko Apr 2020 #16
Welcome back, my dear mopinko! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2020 #10
good to be seen!! i've never been invisible. mopinko Apr 2020 #17
Well, hi there! GreenPartyVoter Apr 2020 #11
hey you. mopinko Apr 2020 #18
Wow! Lucky you! How did you find out? NurseJackie Apr 2020 #12
got a pm. mopinko Apr 2020 #13
Good on you, Mo.. Cha Apr 2020 #23
Welcome back vercetti2021 Apr 2020 #19
anything in particular, or pandemic dread, or the usual, or mopinko Apr 2020 #20
No meds vercetti2021 Apr 2020 #21
welp, there is pretty new science out there med wise. mopinko Apr 2020 #22
Hmm vercetti2021 Apr 2020 #24
well mopinko Apr 2020 #25
Fear plays a bad time vercetti2021 Apr 2020 #28
a friend and i wrote a poem. mopinko Apr 2020 #31
That's amazing vercetti2021 Apr 2020 #32
If you haven't been thrown in DU jail, AT LEAST ONCE ... Laelth Apr 2020 #26
yeah, no. not a saint, or cool. mopinko Apr 2020 #29
It's all good. Welcome back. n/t Laelth Apr 2020 #33
So THAT'S why DU hasn't had enough cowbell lately! Welcome back. nt Atticus Apr 2020 #27
bwahahhaaa i didnt know cowbell was my part. i'll try to keep up. mopinko Apr 2020 #30
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