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If I Was!!!!!

If I were a car
I'd be a sturdy 4WD ute
so I would be able to cover rugged terrain

If I were a home
I'd be a homestead
away from the hassle and blister of city folk

If I were a book
I'd be a long intensely historical biography
something you didn't have the guts to put down

If I were a drink
I'd be a margarita
with my glass dipped in salt to wash away the tears of joy

If I were a boat
I'd be a yacht
built in 1962 and lovingly cared for by my racing owner

If I were a song
I'd be a ballad
of wanting and taking and losing and wanting and taking and losing

If I were a suit
I'd be a classic
designed by an Italian great and cut from the most expensive thread

If I were a jewel
I'd be a ruby
uncut and stolen by a high class thief

If I were a painting
I'd be a Scottish landscape
painted by a french woman and owned by a famous Italian family

If I were
But I'm not!
I am something with a soul that will outlive everything on this page

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pint_a_stoli

16 years 11 months ago

THE RAW TRUTH IS THIS:

THE RAW TRUTH IS THIS: FABULOUS! ABSOLUTELY STUNNING POEM. THERE ARE SO MANY LINES IN THIS POEM THAT I LOVE AND IT HAS AN INHERENT NATURE OF BUILDING ON ITSELF. YOUR DESCRIPTIONS WERE NOT CARELESS...IN FACT, CAREFULLY WEAVED. I PARTICULARLY ENJOY THE LAST LINE IN EACH STANZA..THE CAR, THE HOME, THE BOOK ETC.. ARE SO BASIC, AND YET YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM SUCH APPEAL ONLY TO DESTROY THEIR WORTH AT THE END. WELL DONE! OF A SOUR NOTE, YOUR VERY LAST LINE SOUNDS VENGEFUL...AS IF TO SAY 'SREW THIS WORLD AND EVERYTHING IN IT' WAS THAT PERHAPS THE MEANING YOU WERE SHOOTING FOR? WELL DONE PINT PS. (THE DINGO ATE MY BABY IS THE FUNNIEST LINE IN ALL OF SEINFELD SERIES...LOL)
Fleur MacDonald

Fleur MacDonald

16 years 11 months ago

You have

made my day, from being the crappest day to the best day, thankyou!!! So glad you enjoyed it. The last line, not an angry statement more of a wanting, most of things will outlive me. I got that dingo line from the horses mouth, Lindy Chamberlain!!! I never saw it on Seinfeld. Thankyou again. This has been the best loving comment I have received in all the time I have been on neopoet. Those are the ones we tresure. :)fleur