Time is on vacation,
curled up on my sofa,
sipping masala chai
from a brown clay cup,
flipping through albums
I never had,
shaking his head.
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Time is on vacation,
curled up on my sofa,
sipping masala chai
from a brown clay cup,
flipping through albums
I never had,
shaking his head.
Poetweet: Exactly 140 characters long including spaces and punctuation.
THOUGHT PURGE 
We must all invite time to tea and befriend the fellow, really. Not as inscrutable and frightful as he is made out to be 🙂 Nice write!
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Thank you Jammy7000 … no, not frightful.. just inquisitive with an awesome memory 🙂
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Oh wow! This is so tremendously beautiful. Time sipping masala chai…
Lovely 🙂
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Thank you Purba 🙂
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‘Stop the world, I want to get off’ is something I often cry! Sounds like ‘Time’ has found a way to do this in your lines. Great work!
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Thank you Claire 🙂
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I like this. Made me think. I guess time disaproves of our not having albums that record our “lived” moments. This is such a good poem!
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Thank you Myrna…also of burying our memories so deep that we no longer believe they really happened 🙂
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Beautifully captured 🙂
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Thank you Sanaa 🙂
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Sometimes it is good to suspend time..perhaps it gives a chance to create some albums of our own – i found that a poignant line..
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Thank you… create new albums or bring down the ones we hid up in the loft 🙂
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Shaking his head – this captures the inevitability of life, great line.
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Thank you Alan, appreciate your comment.
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Looking and leafing through the album can be leisurely,certainly! Nice Thots!
Hank
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love it…as fresh as ever even for a second read…how i wish Time to curl up on my sofa too and have a cuppa 🙂
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Thanks Sumana .. never a bad time for a cup of cha 🙂
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I enjoyed this just as much the second time! I wouldn’t mind time taking a vacation for a while. Perhaps this would mean time would not pass quite so quickly!
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Thank you Mary… a vacation sounds lovely doesn’t it.. but my vacations always seem to end too soon 😀
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HaHa! Makes me wonder what time would do at my house!
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Hope it has a pleasant and happy visit Susan 🙂
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I LOVE the idea of Time taking a break, flipping through albums. Maybe he wont see me and I’ll get a few more years, LOL.
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Cheers to that Sherry! Here’s to many more years!
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Oh, he’s a tricky one all right! I love this!
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Ha! Do it, do it, do it!!!
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Yes will do.. someday soon:) Not on blogspot so will try and connect thru twitter. Am @tp_poetry
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I’m feeling like I’d like to take time and strangle it… that’s my sofa and my tea…and I want to read the magazines! Can’t I sit down with time?
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Donna LOL… your comment make me want to write a brand new poem about strangling time 🙂
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I shake my head too. Too many times…….
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Yes, I know 🙂 Couch, Chai and Conversation await….
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So unique and simple. Just like a cup of tea. Glad you’re here on Poetry Jam!
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Thanks so much. Am glad you liked my post!
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A sense of relaxation and having time to enjoy both the tea and the albums, of photos, or even music!!
Eileen
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Thank you Eileen 🙂
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I like time shaking his head, this works really well
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Thanks so much Alan.
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Welcome to Poetry Jam! Very evocative poem.
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Thank you Gabriella.
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I like the idea of flipping through albums never had. It has a mysterious feel to it really that I like. I usually do not suggest…but what do you think about changing the “his” to “my” so that the ‘my’ agrees the other ‘my’ and the “I.” It would be more grammatically consistent. What do you think?
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Thank you Mary. That’s a very useful observation. The ‘his’ refers to ‘Time’… not the I or my.. not sure if that came across that way! Appreciate your comment very much.
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OK, I get that now. Smiles.
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It cane across to me as you intended. Just so you know.:)
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Thank you Rosemary … glad it did 🙂 🙂
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“sipping masala chai / from a brown clay cup,” always reminds me of a busy railway station….
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Sadly in the southern rail stations, the thick striped glassware downgraded to ugly environment destroying paper cups..
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Really, really, really like this one.
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Thank you Steve 🙂
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