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Array ( [sid] => 4086 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => My Last Forward [time] => 2002-09-20 22:04:37 [hometext] => I wrote this after a week of being bombarded with forwards in my internet mail box. [bodytext] => A forward I received today,
the same one I got yesterday.
I'm cold-hearted the e-mail said,
cause a little girl that may soon be dead
has a final wish for people to know
that's she'll never have the chance to grow.
Well, that's a sad story my friends,
a story that all our grand illusions ends,
except of course for the grandest illusion of all,
the illusion that we can answer Love's call
by sitting in front of a computer screen
forwarding e-mails to people we haven't seen
for months at a time,
but never drop a dime,
to the bum at the corner,
as he asks for a quarter.
This idea that a forward will save our souls
is just an illusion that closes to God the doors
of our hearts
but keeps us warm near our hearths
while self-complacency throws on us its binds
as we sit in front of a screen and close to the world our blinds.
[comments] => 1 [counter] => 248 [topic] => 25 [informant] => Corruptor [notes] => [ihome] => 1 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 9 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => MiscPoems )

My Last Forward

Contributed by Corruptor on Friday, 20th September 2002 @ 10:04:37 PM in AEST
Topic: MiscPoems

A forward I received today,
the same one I got yesterday.
I'm cold-hearted the e-mail said,
cause a little girl that may soon be dead
has a final wish for people to know
that's she'll never have the chance to grow.
Well, that's a sad story my friends,
a story that all our grand illusions ends,
except of course for the grandest illusion of all,
the illusion that we can answer Love's call
by sitting in front of a computer screen
forwarding e-mails to people we haven't seen
for months at a time,
but never drop a dime,
to the bum at the corner,
as he asks for a quarter.
This idea that a forward will save our souls
is just an illusion that closes to God the doors
of our hearts
but keeps us warm near our hearths
while self-complacency throws on us its binds
as we sit in front of a screen and close to the world our blinds.

Copyright © Corruptor ... [ 2002-09-20 22:04:37]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: My Last Forward (User Rating: 1 )
by Jackee_line on Monday, 28th April 2003 @ 06:53:40 AM AEST
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I agree, good write.

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