(Posted earlier in the forums, I elected to also post this as a blog... For reasons that I'm somewhat confused about.)
Lost and Loving it...
(An Ignorant Person's Ode to the Recent "Goings on.")
Consider now,
That bitter tale
About the proverbial missing
Horseshoe nail
Which brought about
A kingdom's fall
And matters to me
Not at all!
Because I no longer
Ride a horse
(This means that
I walk, of course!)
And I'm reminded
When I walk
That there's a big damn hole
In my left sock!
I used to be amazed,
(Now, I'm just amused!)
I used to be confounded,
(Now, I'm just confused!)
So many good folks up in arms -
Loud, their voices shout!
And here I am, lost on my front porch -
(Once again, I've been left out!)
I've no idea what's going on
(Not sure I want to know.)
I've been more or less content
To sit back and watch the show.
But it seems I've missed some episodes
Of "Days of Our CS Lives"
(It used to be all about
People finding husbands and/or wives!)
SINGLES, CONNECTING! What a concept!
(That's why I joined the site!)
(And I connected with the single ONE
Who keeps me warm at night!)
But then it became "He said/She said"
And "You're stupid, but too damn dumb to know!"
And for a while, I lost interest
In "The Connecting Singles Show."
I didn't take part in the "hate threads"
I kept to myself my political opines
(In truth, my dyslexia was going wild
From trying to read between the lines!)
I knew there were members who'd come and gone -
Some were "good" - Others, maybe not so much
Some were friends with whom I'll always
Do my best to keep in touch!
I've always been a "minor character"
The limelight suits me not!
(I'm content to just occasionally be "comic relief"
In the Connecting Singles plot!)
But now disgruntled former members
Have started another site (Or two or three or maybe ten?)
And they're saying the same things that they said here?
Oh God! (Tell me - Where and When?!!)
I want to see what's being said!
(Do I need to run and hide?)
Or mayhap go and defend the honor
Of myself and brand new bride?
I'm lost! I don't know what's going on -
(Is it something in the air?)
Wait! It just occurred to me -
That, I REALLY JUST DON'T CARE!
Words are only what they say
And (I've found this to be true!)
They can only do the damage
That we allow them to.
It's what we know about ourselves
That really matters most.
('Course all I know is that I become confused
When all the posing posters post.)
I'm lost on my own front porch!
(It's where I type, you see.)
Though my driveway still leads down the ridge
(That much is real to me.)
But the "Days of Our CS Lives" episodes I've missed
Leave me scratching my head in doubt
Of the virtual world that so many folks
Can't seem to live without...
Life, like breakfast, is what you make it
(Mine is "Scrambled - with bacon on the side.")
And the internet world is more condiment for me
Than the place where I reside;
I use it simply to spice things up a bit -
(I don't "live" here as a rule.)
It's true that I enjoy it!
But still, it's just another tool.
And now, the wind is stirring the trees a bit
And, SUDDENLY, things are clear -
I may be lost on my own front porch
But, by God, I love it here
Where I can hold my brand new bride
(She just gave me a kiss!)
And know beyond a certainty
That, truly, ignorance is bliss!
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