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December 10, 2012

Monday Poem

who gets the thing that makes you tick

The world goes round. One day
you find someone who knows—
who gets the thing that makes you tick
gets it right and gets it quick

No words can tell the joy in this
You might as well be mute before a fire,
rapt in its flame—

Enjoy its heat
Listen to its embers hiss

by Jim Culleny
from Blink
11/28/12

Posted by Jim Culleny at 12:35 AM | Permalink

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Posted by: Sumiran | Dec 10, 2012 1:48:29 PM

"gets it right and and gets it quick" Is the discordancy deliberate?

Posted by: Erich | Dec 10, 2012 10:27:22 PM

No discord deliberate or otherwise.

You tell me.

Posted by: Jim | Dec 10, 2012 10:47:22 PM

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