The Difference
The difference is simple, humble. It is found in the gap between pellucid water, and water that smells, off color, in a glass, on a table. Without parched throats there would be no difference; but...
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Your poem speaks me of the taste of desperation. In a way, of having no choice, taking what you're given/what you've got. I can't help but feeling the water is like love, the quality of affection...
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Jaz has summed up this excellent poem perfectly Mark. It could refer to a number of things like physical thirst, love, ambition. I read so far and said 'it's wisdom' and then read the next line 'Do...
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I read this and it spoke to me of our eternal thirst for knowledge, (our parched throats), and how we should instintively know the difference between right and wrong and the pure and impure in this...
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"Do not ask and tell me it's wisdom - Even as you drink deep, and depart. " Ok : ) Mark, "Without parched throats there would be no difference; but there are parched throats. " I drank deeply and the...
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Jaz, Thanks for giving my poem the gift of your reading. Gracias. Jean, No denial of "wisdom" here. Rather rejection of the question, "what's the difference?" I though of putting "what" in the...
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A thought provoking poem that I enjoyed very much, Mark. The reader drinks, deep, indeed. my best, kerri
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Yep swallowing is not always easy, I enjoyed this, it kind of made me tread a little wiser.
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Thanks Mark. I have read it again and understand it better:) I must have been having one of those 'senior' moments:)
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I really enjoyed reading this, very thought provoking which is a good thing : )
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Kerri,Sugarmuser, Rosebud, Thank you for your comments. Jean, I don't know why they call them senior moments . . . I've been having them since the dawn of consciousness. MSS
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Mark, Amazing what a small adjustment can do... deliciously crisp and clear. I taste The Difference!! Sarah
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many animals, including dogs I believe, can drink the filthiest water and not suffer for it, their stomachs are capable of processing it not so we humans - we like our pabula, be it physical or psycho...
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Willow, Yeah, but I bet they can tell the difference, even if they drink both. I mean, I eat and process both pickles and filet mignon . . . but can tell the difference. And I'm a dog!!!! But that's...
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Sarah, "I taste The Difference!!" Maybe you're a dog too. Before you react, see my response to Willow. MSS
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