Thursday, 10 June 2010

Aerosmith singing with Frank Sinatra.

I'm a busy busy busy body, time is lacking, so I'll just leave you with this poem today ...

Responsibility is like driving in the city.
Driving in the city is a road map of mayhem.
A flight schedule delayed from bad weather.
A special occasion with a burnt roast chicken.
A forgotten open tap in the bathtub
A burst sewage pipe in your lounge room.
Salt in your coffee.
Oil on your new dress.
Aerosmith singing with Frank Sinatra.
Planes on the ground, cars in the sky, must I go on?

But if life were like driving on a country road,
Then everything would be all right.
No more never-ending labyrinths of dead ends.
No more journeys through absent-mindedness.
I want
Simplicity
I need
Simplicity
What is life without simplicity?

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20 comments:

  1. Ted Cross10 June 2010 at 13:58

    I like simplicity, too...and that photo.

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  2. Avo10 June 2010 at 14:03

    A continuous case of crazy complexity, carefully created to consume creativity.

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  3. Alex J. Cavanaugh10 June 2010 at 14:04

    I want a car like that! No more traffic jams or slow drivers.

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  4. Matthew MacNish10 June 2010 at 14:08

    You're a busybody? Funny, I hadn't noticed. Just kidding.

    Great photo, better poem, thanks Jessica!

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  5. Will Burke10 June 2010 at 14:12

    After Sinatra sang with U2, it got harder to surprise with oddball duets. Still, that one would be hard to pull-off.

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  6. JE10 June 2010 at 14:24

    I'm getting to the point where I really like poetry! I remember hating it at one point...well, writing it in English class in high school. Maybe I should give it another shot? Maybe ;-)

    ~JD

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  7. Elisabeth10 June 2010 at 14:30

    Your wonderful words match the zany photograph - a car piggybacks a plane. Or is it the other way around, a plane whose claws collect the car?

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  8. Anne Gallagher10 June 2010 at 14:58

    Be very very very careful what you wish for. It might just come true and you might not like it all that much.

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  9. Candyland10 June 2010 at 15:08

    You had me at Aerosmith:)

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  10. L. Diane Wolfe10 June 2010 at 15:19

    Yeah, life is so complicated now, isn't it?

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  11. Unknown10 June 2010 at 15:28

    Simplicity is the key to happiness!!! Thanks for the wonderful poem! Hope your Thursday is fantastic!

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  12. RHYTHM AND RHYME10 June 2010 at 15:38

    Life is not that simple to me what with all the new tech gadgets around, Loved your words.

    Enjoy your day.
    Yvonne.

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  13. Jaydee Morgan10 June 2010 at 16:53

    Great poem - I'm all about the simple things in life :)

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  14. Lindsay10 June 2010 at 18:29

    Sometimes it's great to enjoy the simple things. :)
    Great poem.

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  15. Elana Johnson10 June 2010 at 18:34

    Love the poem! Hope life calms down enough to find the simplicity. :)

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  16. Jill Kemerer10 June 2010 at 19:07

    Give me some of that! Simplicity--just the word soothes me.

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  17. Hart Johnson10 June 2010 at 21:52

    Oh, I don't know... I might be able to go for Sinatra and Aerosmith... then again, I will take Steven Tyler however he comes... a man that in touch with his twisted playful side can pull off just about anything in the Tart's book...

    And I like a little chaos in life too... Not that I don't want some solitary simplicity... I just really enjoy mixing it up now and again...

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  18. Unknown10 June 2010 at 21:59

    That's a great poem and a great picture. I like simplicity but sometimes I would like to see Aerosmith sing with Frank Sinatra.

    CD

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  19. Lenny Lee10 June 2010 at 22:24

    simple is real hard cause every one is mostly soooo busy. at my house every one is coming and going all the time. you gotta take out time for more simple stuff or you could get lost in the busy stuff for ever.

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  20. Jemi Fraser11 June 2010 at 03:30

    Awesome poem - & I definitely need a little simplicity right about now!

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