like Silverstein, but different

I'm on an anagram binge as part of an exercise to get me thinking differently.

I Won't Hatch!

by Shel Silverstein

Oh I am a chickie who lives in an egg,
But I will not hatch, I will not hatch.
The hens they all cackle, the roosters all beg,
But I will not hatch, I will not hatch.
For I hear all the talk of pollution and war
As the people all shout and the airplanes roar,
So I'm staying in here where it's safe and it's warm,
And I Will Not Hatch!

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Oh, a Twitch

(by me)

I tell her as I watch a streetcar go by,
I watch at smoke dripping by,
I tell a small troll holla
until the troll can't see the walk
or the phallic innuendo
or the hollowing out.
He clinches her shawl and pieces a
vanilla whatnot on the habitat;
wait for the ash thing which is normal,
of low finite kind: a nail, a hue, a hiss.

arrgh!

never a bad time for a good pirate reference.

question:

are new versions meant to replace the old ones, or is it possible for all varieties to exist peacefully together?  do "rough drafts" somehow weaken the point of the finished product?  or is it some sort of humble/helpful reminder for anyone to see where anyone else has come from?

when we replace things, is it ever possible for us to not be hiding something?

re~place \ri-'plas\ transitive verb substitute a person or thing for another that is broken, inefficient, lost, no longer working, or no longer yielding what is expected; switch seemingly equivalent items.

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i am learning to end things sooner, as in now.

words at their best

definition of the day: poignant \'poi-nyent\ adjective
sharp-pointed, keen, incisive, penetrating, neat, eloquent, applicable, relevant; evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress.

renaissance cats

my cats are the epitome of cool.  while boots stays up to date on all the technological advances...

...he also knows how to appreciate a good old-fashioned book.

and maika, well, he's got his own agenda...

 

xmas break reading list - in case you were wondering...

and the final count is

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
2. John Steinbeck - The Chrysanthemums and Cannery Row
3. Aldous Huxley - Brave New World
4. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
5. The Dream Songs - John Berryman
6. Roald Dahl's Skin and other Stories
7. something magical = L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

not bad, eh?  #6 is on my bookshelf as we speak, waiting anxiously to be read, while i admit a slight amount of defeat in that i never even looked for #'s 4 or 5.  perhaps my spring break reading list will reign in completed triumph...

mindtrip of the day

"Think long thoughts in short sentences."