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“Careful what you tell yourself, especially if you’re stubborn.” Nitya Prakesh
Jack was a handful
at eighty,
goes sideways a lot
his feet don’t lift the same,
Rosie called appointment time
but old Jack’s mind
played a fifties reel,
he always pushed it late,
Rosie knew that like concrete
Jack was set in his ways.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
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Easiest GF DF recipes that ANYONE can prepare. No BS.
Gonna fill this page with breathings of my heart 💞
Welcome to my personal blog site. I see myself as a free thinker, life explorer, and wisdom collector. Some of my favorite subjects are psychology, philosophy, relationships, society, reading, writing, technology, and lifestyle.
Climate Change
this love fairy fell in love with her ghost
A Love Affair With The Past
Writing, blogging, journaling
Tales from the Life of a Lost Soul
parallax 
too many like that even at 18 … tolerance and flexibility make life so much easier 🙂
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Yes, though it’s so much worse when the years roll on without change, so sad.
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true 😦
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I’ll bet there’s a story behind this poem!
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Yes, a bit of a composite of real people, men of a particular mindset/generation. Thank you Liz.
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🙂 I suspected as much.
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Ah, you’re on the ball 🙂
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I have my moments. 🙂
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🙂
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I don’t even know you and you were talking about me. Just keep in mind I am only 70!. Wanted to personally thank you for reading Shinbone Star in general and my last story in particular. Keep reading please. I will visit you as well. My entire experience was in grad school when the university poet in residence was my advisor. His name is Mike Castro. A mystery to me how you conjure it up.
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It’s sometimes a surprise when things resonate, out of the blue too. Enjoy your posting, so will indeed keep reading. Is that the same Castro who is the poet laureate of St. Louis?
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Reblogged this on natshouseblog and commented:
Talking about me
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Ma ny thanks for sharing this.
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A new project? Set in my ways? Me? Never!😂
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Lol 🙂
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Good for Jack!
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🙂
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I like the thought of him being set in his ways even if he goes sideways a lot.
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Yes, I thought the paradox worked as wry humour, I really appreciate your picking up on that Frank. Many thanks.
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Somethings change and somethings do not – love it.
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Yes, not always as we’d like either, many thanks VJ
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Welcome, Paul!
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I am SO sorry for this late response. My life has been crazy hectic–but now I’m caught up a bit.
I’m pretty sure I’ve met Jack–and yes, he was a handful. 🙂 But not my grandfather Jack.
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Not to stress, life happens and needs to be attended to where energy must go, but thank you for catching up, Jack is someone I have met, and mostly a composite – so not mine either 🙂
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🙂
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Nice work Paul! Some of us are really set in concrete and then there are those of us who think we belong on Mt. Rushmore… set in stone!
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Sadly yes, I wish we could change that!
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Love it
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Thank you
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