Life Lessons: thought

Thursday, November 3, 2011

A Thought ~ early 1970s

Here's another thing I went looking for ... in the last week. It's a poem I wrote when I was in the 9th or 10th grade ... can't remember now what reminded me of this poem ... but I discovered a whole box of "early writings" ... that I knew was lurking around in a closet ... untouched for who knows how long ... can't wait to spend a little time in that box ... it's gonna be full of memories ...

A Thought

by MaryJane Rogers

i have a thought

running through my mind ...

i just can't remember what it is.

that's strange ... 'cause

elephants aren't supposed to forget.

i tried tying a string around my finger but ...

a little bird flew by and stole it

for its nest.

then i tried writing a note on my hand but ...

but when you don't have a pen

it's hard to make any kind of impression.

so now i guess i'll take my butterfly net

and go searching through my brain

for my wisp of a thought.

it's playing hide-n-seek with me

OH! NO!

tag you're it!

look ... over there ... i spy

amid the cobwebs.

HEY! YOU!

take 2 giant steps ... 1 baby step ... 2 more giant steps

ITHinkiLoveEyOU!

~ I should note here that the poem was typed on what would now be an ancient IBM Selectric typewriter .... non-correcting ... the model that had interchangeable type font balls. It's on yellow "draft" paper that was flimsier than regular paper ... it's what your put your ideas on BEFORE you actually typed an original.