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Grex Poetry Item 2: Right This Second by bookworm [linked]
Entered by bookworm on Fri Jan 15 06:55:45 UTC 1999:

I wish everything would stop
Just for a second.

If I had God's remote control,
I'd hit *pause* so fast
It would make everybody--
Quiet
Just for a second.

It's not that I don't want to move forward.
I want that more that anybody.

I just want to be able to taste the now,
Before being hustled to the next dish
And the next after that.

I want to be able to appreciate the dish I taste
Right this second.

So, stop the world for me, God.
I don't want to get off.
I want to enjoy everything
I have no time to enjoy
Right this second.

9 responses total.

#1 of 9 by bookworm on Fri Jan 15 06:57:53 1999:

BTW, people.  In the sentence, "I want that more that anybody"?  The second
"that" is supposed to be "than".  Just a little editorial sidenote.

#2 of 9 by lumen on Fri Jan 15 07:21:13 1999:

Brilliant.  Simply brillant.  The topic isn't new-- it's been covered a few
times, but this is fresh.

I especially love "If I had God's remote control/I'd hit *pause* so fast" and
"..stop the world for me, God/I don't want get off/I want to enjoy
everything/I have no time to enjoy."

You have talent, my dear :)

#3 of 9 by toking on Fri Jan 15 11:08:13 1999:

nice.

#4 of 9 by bookworm on Fri Jan 15 22:59:11 1999:

Thanks guys.

#5 of 9 by toking on Wed Feb 17 16:14:09 1999:

(linked to new poetry conf)

#6 of 9 by bookworm on Thu Feb 18 22:37:58 1999:

<blush> I'm honored.

#7 of 9 by dea on Wed Jul 14 07:47:21 1999:

man do i wish i could have God's remote:) would do me some good too:) a lil
pause might just help a little

#8 of 9 by henke on Mon Oct 11 12:48:05 1999:

hmm.. i am kinda newbie here, so i don't now i this works... but well. i like
that poem. yes i did.

#9 of 9 by orinoco on Mon Oct 11 20:19:01 1999:

Welcome to poetry, Henrik.  You seem to be getting the hang of things okay.

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