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Existential Togetherness
by +Steven Curtis Lance → (All Poetry by +Steven Curtis Lance)
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"Which is still pretty good if understood"


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Existential Togetherness

I have a few on whom I can depend
Other people come and go and hurt me
But I have three great kids and one great friend

As fickle and flighty ones desert me
I count my faithful few and find these four
Quite enough really and I ask no more

Of course one can never have too many
Should you like to become my friend come on
Years I wandered without having any
None anyone could ever depend on

But I am blessed now and not complaining
I wish those who have come and gone the best
That these four know me without explaining
Means everything and never mind the rest

Now that I think of him I should add Fred
Without my fat old cat I might be dead
By now but all of us made it somehow
This far because of what great friends we are

As sure a thing as one can find in life
A surer thing than wealth or health or wife
And yet I am ultimately alone

But let me pretend now as I descend
Now as I slip into the great unknown
I have a few on whom I can depend

I realize that maybe tomorrow
My friend might leave me and cause me sorrow
So this is it then irreducibly:

My kids and my cat are just stuck with me
Three kids a cat and possibly a friend
Which is still pretty good if understood

+Steven Curtis Lance



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 Reviews of "Existential Togetherness"
Reviewed by Kay P Devenish
Reviewed on December 11, 2005
I know the feeling perfectly.Good on you mate.A great poem indeed and true too.
Best wishes
from
kay.

Reviewed by Phyllis Jean Green
Reviewed on December 11, 2005
Wise beyond words. The love of a close and loyal family is a treasure
beyond compare, y e s, y e s, y e s. A beloved pet is family, too. . .whether it is a "fat old cat" or a couple of ratty-haired and cat-curious mutts who can hear a cookie jar open a mile away.
Thank you, Steven Curtis Lance! Happy Holidays to you and your
wonderful family. 'Pea' and Ray and Nick and Shoog <3 <3 <3 <3

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on December 11, 2005
Great write Steve and I think you may have a lot more cyber friends then you realize and sometimes those are the best kind.

Felix

Reviewed by June Thompson (Reader)
Reviewed on December 11, 2005
oh yes, it's understood!!

much enjoyed

this write, great picture as well... seeing you from another angle

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on December 11, 2005
Yes there are NOT many we can call our own through friendship... friendship has to earn its place in our hearts...and sometime hard to believe when it does show face!!

Warm Hugs & Love Tinka


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