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Title: TIT the poet!
Post by: Toastedturningtidelegs on November 04, 2008, 08:48:35 AM
 There once was a man from Nantucket! :-)quote]TomInTib  (1000+ posts)      Fri Oct-31-08 02:27 PM
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Drinking gin, in a hot tub, in the rain. 4AM
 Advertisements [?]Couldn't sleep.

At my cottage in the redwoods, right outside of Larkspur, California.

Up on the hill, no sound but the rain and a snoring dog.

Went outside with a bottle of Bombay Sapphire Gin, right out of the freezer.

Walked around on the deck, smoking and drinking and thinking.

Rain dripping out of huge trees, just like it has always done.

Just like it has always done.

But something's different, this time.

Really different.

Sitting in 100 degree swirling water, cold raindrops in my hair.

Thinking...

All of those old trees...

My old house...

Will all be new, next week.

Gonna be a New World, America.

Gonna be a New World.

Anyway, that's what I was thinking...

Drinking, in a hot tub at 4AM, in the rain.

Tom


 
 
[/quote]Now he owns a cottage? :whatever:http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7683746&mesg_id=7683746
Title: Re: TIT the poet!
Post by: jinxmchue on November 04, 2008, 08:54:35 AM
30 years ago, I owned an X-wing fighter.  Got in it and flew it around the neighborhood a lot.
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Post by: bijou on November 04, 2008, 09:01:39 AM

That poem is very ...er... different.  I love how he both walks round the deck and sits in a hot tub.
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Post by: Miss Mia on November 04, 2008, 09:07:37 AM
That poem is very ...er... different.  I love how he both walks round the deck and sits in a hot tub.


I wonder who he ripped it off from. 
Title: Re: TIT the poet!
Post by: MarshallLaw on November 04, 2008, 09:08:36 AM
You know, I'm not one to name drop....

But I once knew a poet who was well before his time. He had a dog named Spooner who would sit and listen while he rhymed.

His words would make you happy, they'd make you cry.

But one day my friend the poet suddenly died. He left behind a closet that was filled with his work. Somehow a poem got printed in the paper and everybody started searching for him, and found out he was buried in Florida.

He became popular, seemed like everyone knew a line from his books. Sometimes I wondered if he knew how well he was doing. I mean his books were all best sellers, some turned his poems into songs.

They even had his brother on some talk show, forget which one, even though they never got along.

Shoot, some called him immortal and he was even taught in school. They talked about how he used his talents.

The irony is he left all of his royalties to that dog Spooner.





Title: Re: TIT the poet!
Post by: Toastedturningtidelegs on November 04, 2008, 09:13:33 AM

I wonder who he ripped it off from. 
Actually Mia a portion of this is probably true...the drinking gin at 4am in the rain?...We here call people who do this....homeless! :-)
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Post by: Bondai on November 04, 2008, 10:49:45 AM
The man has what? 15 active brain cells? maybe 20..... :bs:
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Post by: Traveshamockery on November 04, 2008, 11:22:30 AM
TIT is so deep. 
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Post by: Airwolf on November 04, 2008, 02:13:56 PM
Someday Karma is going to catch up with him.
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Post by: JohnnyReb on November 04, 2008, 04:42:10 PM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
TiTs fulla shit
don't rhyme but it's true
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Post by: Chris_ on November 04, 2008, 05:38:20 PM
I met a man, Bo Jangles and he danced a bit
in worn out shoes...

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Post by: BlueStateSaint on November 04, 2008, 06:46:35 PM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
TiTs fulla shit
don't rhyme but it's true

H5!  :rotf: :lmao: :cheersmate:
Title: Re: TIT the poet!
Post by: JohnnyReb on November 05, 2008, 06:40:50 AM
My poem, entitled "The Morning After"

Dems are red
Repubs are blue
Obama is seated
He'll screw you
Title: Re: TIT the poet!
Post by: MarshallLaw on November 05, 2008, 07:46:01 AM
Aw, c'mon.

Aren't there any Parrotheads here?

I thought someone would recognize my poet story.