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Geremia
Geremia
May 10, 2010 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

I'd rather be a plant--updated. The complete version. OOPS

 

I’d rather be a plantI’d rather be a plantSitting peacefullyIn soft sunlightUnder sapphire starsOf a summer nightNo caresNo woesAnd who knowsAs a plant I could live healthy and strongerLonger still than some humans doWater and feed me when I needDon’t overdo the caringPleaseI fear an overflow in the dishBelowUneasy existenceYou seeSitting in all that shit and peeExcuse my FrenchOui, Oui ?YetI understand some humansWhen they grow oldHave that tendency

 

 YetA good flushing from time to timeMay be just the thing sublimeWe both are looking forTo clearA clogged root system 

Stave the bugs at bay
With a sweet and gentle
Non-toxic
Spray
I want to keep my plant lungs
Pure and clear
A spritz of cool water
May also do the trick
Stick it to those
Narly, needy  little bastards
I'm glad I'm not a bug
I don't give a rat’s behind
What Kafka said
I want those goddamned 
Käfer dead 

SadlyIf my limbs grow stiff and dryMy leaves yellow brownAnd I begin To languish in a sort of melancholyIt may be my plant timeNo more waterNo more feedingNo more gentle spritzingAnd if you see my sap bleeding Put me in a corner nearA window to the  westWhere I can rest my leaves and limbsI want to feel the breathBlazing redOf a falling sunTake the dish from the floorLet me beAlone in my potGive me the dignity I ask for Open the windows, blinds and doorLet me drown in  the cool night airWhen the sun goes downClose my leavesAnd let go No regretsNo fearThat’s what plants doYou knowAndFrom what I hearSome humans too

 

    

 

  

 

 


 

 

— Geremia, May 10, 2010

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Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 1 month ago

Longo, remember Micky Mouse

Longo, remember Micky Mouse day ~ Thursday? "Anything can happen day." ? You're like that. I never know how your poem is going to go. In this case the oui oui was plant pee pee and sometimes it's all birdshit, (or is that birshat? eh? You da man! ~A "If you think you're free, there's no escape possible." ~ Ram Dass
Geremia

Geremia

16 years 1 month ago

J.B. Longo-GeremiaWell,

J.B. Longo-Geremia Well, Ephi, my friend, I will probably go to hell for t his. Miserere, Domine :) joe
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dearest Joe

Where the hell did that come from ?lol I near wet myself lol put the lid down ephy I need to go next lmao hahaha funny i needed cheering up tonight lol thanks Joe Biggest smiles love and big hugs your Jayne-Chloe x x x ("Quote:-For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.-Ivan Panin")
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 1 month ago

Damned, sublime!

Ann of Norway I think a drop of Ephriam Crud has turned many of us beserk, or nonsensical, but you were always one with such a sense of humour that you will persuade even St Peter to laugh WITH you. Oh my ... what have we here, and what got into you, or flowed out of you at such an 'inoportune moment and 'graced' my page to-wit-too-woe me in despair at the audacity of you, you wag yet again, gone balmy and definitely a little tipsy on your own tipple- boy oh! What can I say to this, phew I haven't digested it enough yet to give any kind of verdict. I'm stunned to silence...... What I first said. Then:- This is , oh what the.... do I say? I am not quite sure what to use as an expression, but I like it so very much and my whole being is affected by the words, the humour making me laugh, the beauty of natural decay touching my heart, the sensitivity to air earth and water touching too I do like this Longobardolino, I do. Bein fait monsieur bien fait. Oui oui bein fait mon vieux! Mon ami, Annuccia. Perhaps I shouldn't mention such things but a friend of mine's second of three husbands, drank his own urine when he was drunk, he obviously thought the mug needed filling up !! OUCH! SH!!
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 1 month ago

Entirely super

Ann of Norway I prefer plants in my garden, where nature intended them to be!! Although indoor pants are like pets, at least I felt so. Annuccia