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The Beauty of Nonsense
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Few other things in life offer the tranquility and sanctuary that nonsense provides.

You can be the President of the United States addressing the world and your constituents, positing your solutions to the nation’s ills in double speak and inference, attempting to slay the congressional dragon with a rubber sword using words that are in effect nonsense. 

 

You can be a bipolar homeless man living on a street corner addressing the world and your curb mates, positing your solutions to the nation’s ill’s in double speak and inference, slaying the social dragons with a crack pipe ranting words that are in effect nonsense.

 

You can be a television news anchor sitting in your broadcast studio providing special insight to the solutions to the nation’s ills, parroting the interchangeable words of interviews with the President and the crack addict from the cue card that commingles the nonsense of each.

 

Nonsense abounds. It infiltrates all facets of life. All walks of life.

 

Embrace it. Revel in its very existence.

 

How else do we cope with the flip side of the very same mirror.

 

Which is tragedy.

 

 

 

 

Copyright 2011 Patrick Granfors

 
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 Reviews of "The Beauty of Nonsense"
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on September 25, 2011
Reads like a rant. For all the naysayers out there who have all the answers. All I say is, fill those shoes for just one day and see how you would come out. Gov. Perry, the hotshot from my state with all the answers, as already shot himself in the foot with his quick draw several times. There is no single man, crack addict or otherwise, who can get us out of this mess with a single speech (Lincoln's Gettysburg address did not get him away from most of the hatred directed toward him that eventually led to his death). It will take all of us with some resolve and not flip answers to get us back on track. World War III?

Ron
Reviewed by Tom poesyco.th@gmail.com
Reviewed on September 22, 2011
PAT ... WELL STATED !
Reviewed by Kate Burnside
Reviewed on September 20, 2011
ABSOLUMENT... in the past seven years, I have found my emotions; I have never laughed so much or cried so often but a smile is more or less permanently fixed to my lips for the HUMOUR AND NONSENSE OF LIFE! God bless it! And you, richly. Laughter gives such health to the mind and bones, as well. Can't beat it! :)) xx
Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on September 20, 2011
Thank you for sharing this apt and timely bit of wisdom, Patrick. Love and peace to you,

Regis
Reviewed by Richard King
Reviewed on September 20, 2011
Patrick, this nonsense makes too much sense. I must be looking at it from the flip side of that mirror. Well done sir, thanks Dick
Reviewed by Mark Lichterman
Reviewed on September 20, 2011
As writers of fiction we, also, can revel in the nonsense we write so long as it can be pulled together to make some semblance of sense. Then again, the fiction we write may not truly be fiction and, so often, that that mirrors real life and be the most nonsense.
Mark
Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on September 20, 2011
Man do I KNOW what it feels like to be on the edge...especially of late...this only amplifies my problems & makes me think of them, thanks alot, cuz...Jurseeeeeeeeeey
Reviewed by Annabel Sheila
Reviewed on September 20, 2011
You're absolutely right on the money in this one, Patrick! No matter our station in life......we're all teetering on the edge......

Anna
Reviewed by pat medlin
Reviewed on September 20, 2011
some deep clear truthful thinking going on here patrick...and you KNOW i revel in nonsense...of course it all makes 'sense' to meeee which is a little scary at times. really liked this one...pat
Reviewed by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Reviewed on September 20, 2011
Deeply profound writing, Patrick; well done!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend din Texas, Karen Lynn.
Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on September 20, 2011
Profound, Patrick. Screaming truths here. Unfortunately.
Reviewed by Paul Berube
Reviewed on September 20, 2011
Well done and well said, Patrick.
Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on September 20, 2011
If those be our two choices, I'll take nonsense. And have fun on your sojourn.
Reviewed by Lonnie Hicks
Reviewed on September 19, 2011
Very wise sir. Very wise indeed.
Reviewed by JASMIN HORST SEILER
Reviewed on September 19, 2011
A bittersweet conclusion I draw from all this, just a bit too bitter, you almost leaning to tragedy as comedy, the dire consequenses that follow... Blessings!
Reviewed by Christine Tsen
Reviewed on September 19, 2011
Wonderful way of summing this up! I like the festive feel to this very much :)
Christine
Reviewed by Sage Sweetwater
Reviewed on September 19, 2011
So true, Patrick. You've put a fresh, good spin on tired topic. It's good to see you're still in fine form poetry mate. Be well you and Eileen.

Love,
Sage
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