by Atticus *.
Member since:
September 16, 2006

Form Follows Function (A Decuain for Mindful Poetry)

April 24, 2012 10:35 PM UTC
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The time to exercise is never now.
I've got so many other things to do,
like watch TV while grazing like a cow.
(And if perchance I choke, I’ll have to sue-
sometimes, you know, I can’t slow down to chew)
To lift a beer is much to suffer with;
My doctors say I haven’t got a clue.
So I retort it’s nothing but a myth:
I don’t believe there are such things as shoes
... and where's the proof that feet are found in twos?

















Comments: 14

Atticus *. Apr 24, 2012, 10:39pm UTC
Ok, I'm sorry. It's just where my mind went.
Mustafa Demiri Apr 24, 2012, 10:51pm UTC
Me too! I get far too much exercise in the course of a day; and, by the time my day is done, I often find myself depleted and mentally drained... This year has been, by far, the most demanding.
Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 24, 2012, 11:15pm UTC
I've noticed this with deep regret. My Poet Laureate of 2011 has barely time to play here in 2012's contest!

I'm glad you're gainfully employed with robust business, but it's hard on the rest of us to be denied your poetic word.
Mustafa Demiri Apr 24, 2012, 11:53pm UTC
I could not be more sorry about my inability to act on these wonderful prompts... I've started on so very many and then left them half done... sometimes due to interruption, sometimes due to exhaustion, but either way they are there waiting, in draft form... perhaps I'll find some time in the future. I hope you'll forgive me.
Debbie W. Apr 24, 2012, 11:03pm UTC
I like it!
Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 24, 2012, 11:16pm UTC
Atticus, you've writ a dandy with this. Great fun.

And you're still thinking about cows, too.

Ten lines of poetry written precisely have found a space at Mindful Poetry.
Richard Lynn Livesay Apr 24, 2012, 11:27pm UTC
ha...here's to computer couch potatoes...fun poem and good rhyme...enjoyed
JOHN BECK Apr 25, 2012, 12:38am UTC
Playfully fun, Atticus.
Granny Janny Apr 25, 2012, 2:44am UTC
Of all the poems submitted for this form...yours resonates with me the most. Life is too full to not be fully in the here and now...but the problem with that is in finding the time to take care of oneself...as in exercise.
Irina Dimitric Apr 25, 2012, 3:21am UTC
LOL! You really made me laugh, Atticus. I'm so pleased to know I'm not the only one who never finds time for exercise.
KittyKutabare aka Candy Pole Apr 25, 2012, 5:38am UTC
Thanks for sharing in the Triple Name Club.
Bernard C. Apr 25, 2012, 5:53am UTC
Getting enough exercise in is paramount :-) makes me think along the lines of..when my body catches up with the rest of me, let me know...LOL It is supposed to be good for you..

Thanks for sharing and submitting to
The Surreal Circus.
A. F. Stewart Apr 25, 2012, 12:44pm UTC
Delightfully amusing.
Angela A. Apr 25, 2012, 12:51pm UTC
Yep, no exercise for me!
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