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Re: MsJ, you're very kind! Thanks.
posted by
2902
on August 11, 2013 at 3:38 AM
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Re: Thanks, Jay. Those sleepless nights in the hospital were
murder.
posted by
2902
on August 11, 2013 at 3:37 AM
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Great poem, thank you for sharing it with us!
posted by
MsJudy
on August 10, 2013 at 10:08 PM
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A watch watchers master piece Bob, and being one myself, I just loved it.
posted by
UtahJay
on August 10, 2013 at 12:05 PM
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Great poem... I've been there and done that :-) Still do, more often than I would care to admit..... Loved the train image... for that is how it feels to me some times... as if I were on a train and pictures of my life were rushing through the windows of my mind... what I have done... what I havent and must do... Its as if my body were sleeping but my mind kept on going and there is no rest. Waking up tired and anxious. Excellent work! xoxoxo
posted by
Sinome
on August 10, 2013 at 11:23 AM
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We could form a very large support group!
posted by
2902
on August 10, 2013 at 9:54 AM
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I have felt that way a time or two...
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on August 10, 2013 at 9:52 AM
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Re: Jimmy, the clicking is for me a lullaby.
posted by
2902
on August 10, 2013 at 9:01 AM
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Re: Bob...a good analogy...
Thanks - an analogy is what I intended it to be. The literal ride that made me think it was endless was an 18-hour Greyhound from Miami to Baltimore. The way I described that ride was to say that, between rest stops, I just sat still until I fainted.
posted by
2902
on August 10, 2013 at 9:00 AM
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Re: I have trouble believing that you jumped in by mistake.
posted by
2902
on August 10, 2013 at 8:56 AM
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Re: In my effort to make it vivid, I didn't notice that the poem
probably HAS to be understood as a literal train ride! I wrote it while in the hospital and was referring to the impossibility of sleeping there. I dreaded nightfall because I knew the sleeplessness that was coming each night.
posted by
2902
on August 10, 2013 at 8:54 AM
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It may be the miles "clicking" by that's actually keeping you awake . . . ! 
posted by
JimmyA
on August 10, 2013 at 8:35 AM
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Bob...a good analogy...
Sometimes a train ride can seem never ending, juts like some nights and our attempts at sleeping.
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posted by
Rumor
on August 10, 2013 at 8:23 AM
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I like the clock bit having experienced that situation. I have not been on a train for ages.
I do remember being late and jumping into a ladies only carriage, I suppose I was young they did not remark.
posted by
C_C_T
on August 10, 2013 at 7:53 AM
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I have only had two rides on a train.
posted by
Dr_JPT
on August 10, 2013 at 6:47 AM
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