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LOOKING THROUGH A BUNCH OF STUFF I CAME ACROSS A PIG WITH TINY WINGS...ONE OF THOSE THINGS FROM DOLLAR TREE YOU PUT IN THE SUN AND IT MOVES SO IT WOULDN'T ACTUALLY TAKE OFF BUT THE WINGS WOULD MOVE...JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT OLD EXPRESSION WHEN PIGS FLY...PRETTY SURE IT WAS SOMETHING YOU WOULD SAY IN RESPONSE TO SOMETHING YOU WOULD NEVER DO YOU WOULD SAY YA WHEN PIGS FLY...SO IF AND WHEN THEY DO I SUPPOSE YOU ARE OFF THE HOOK SAYING YOU WOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING...I HAVE ALSO HEARD THE PHRASE NEVER SAY NEVER...NEVER OR ALWAYS ARE NO NOS...HA HA ANYWAY THINKING ABOUT  SEEING THAT PIG WITH WINGS I WROTE THIS...

THIS IS KIND OF A PEP TALK TO MYSELF THAT MAY WORK FOR OTHERS TOO OFCOURSE...I HAVE WRITTEN THOUSANDS OF POEMS OVER THE YEARS JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I RARELY REWRITE ANYTHING UNLESS I FIND A TYPO OR SOMETIMES A LINE POPS INTO MY HEAD THAT MIGHT WORK BETTER WITH THE FLOW OF THE POEM BUT NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN IT IS WHAT IT IS AS IT COMES TO ME...IT OFTEN FEELS LIKE AUTOMATIC WRITING LIKE I HAVE TO WRITE IT FAST OR I LOSE IT...THEY COME AT ANY TIME AND I NEED TO BE READY FOR THEM OR THEY ARE LOST FOREVER...ANYWAY RECENTLY I WROTE A POEM CALLED THE ESSENCE OF INNOCENCE AND THAT POEM JUST FELT REALLY SPECIAL TO ME...I USUALLY SHOW NO FAVORITISM BUT THAT ONE WAS JUST SPECIAL TO ME AND AFTER I WROTE IT I TOOK AWHILE BEFORE I WROTE ANYTHING ELSE CUZ I FELT LIKE NOTHING ELSE COULD LIVE UP TO THAT ONE...SO TRYING TO GET OVER THAT NONSENSE...THEY ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY AND I NEED TO JUST LET THEM  DO IT...

HOW DO YOU LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES. IT'S EASY TO GET STUCK IN A RUT AFRAID TO TRY OTHER STUFF. I THINK OF THAT SAYING MANY ATTRIBUTE TO ALBERT EINSTEIN THAT I HAVE SEEN OTHERS CORRECT AND SAY NO THAT WASN'T HIM BUT IT IS AN INTERESTING OBSERVATION NONETHELESS.... INSANITY IS DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS...IF WE ARE HONEST WITH OURSELVES A LOT OF US CAN RELATE TO THAT...SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE FAMILIAR THAN CHANGE OF ANY KIND WHEN THE ONLY THING CONSTANT IN LIFE IS CHANGE...

I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS FOR INSOMNIA MIGHT BE YOU ARE AFRAID TO MISS SOMETHING BUT THINK OF ALL THE DREAMS YOU MISS IF YOU DON'T SLEEP...OFCOURSE THERE IS ALWAYS DAYDREAMING BUT IT'S JUST NOT THE SAME...

I WONDER IF A BOTTOMLESS PIT WOULD BE LIKE A DARK HOLE IN SPACE...POSSIBLY GOING ON INFINITELY...INTERESTING TO THINK ABOUT ANYWAY TO GET YOUR MIND OFF OTHER THINGS MAYBE...OR JUST WONDER WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE AND IF YOU WOULD HAVE ANY INTEREST IN EXPERIENCING IT...

LETTERS CAN SPELL OUT SO MANY WORDS...THE ONES THAT YOU SEE MAY BE THE KEY...

REPLACING DOUBTS AND FEARS WITH FAITH AND SAFETY FEELS PRETTY GOOD.

JUST CAME ACROSS SOME  WRITERS PROMPTS AND THE PIANO BENCH WAS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST...IT MADE ME REALIZE HOW MUCH I TOOK IT FOR GRANTED...MY FOCUS WAS ON THE PIANO AND PLAYING SONGS ON IT BUT NEVER ON THE BENCH I SAT ON...OURS WAS A WOODEN ONE WITH A HINGE SO YOU COULD STORE SHEET MUSIC INSIDE BUT OTHER THAN GETTING THAT OUT OF THERE AND SITTING ON IT I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT AT ALL...THE PROMPTS WERE MEANT FOR A STORY OF UP TO FIVE HUNDRED WORDS BUT I JUST WROTE A POEM ABOUT IT...

IT'S FUNNY WHEN THINKING WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THE POEM THE LAST THREE LINES CAME TO ME AS A COMMENT ON THE POEM AND I DECIDED TO ADD THEM TO IT INSTEAD...