Con-fusion

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  • Marilyn Armstrong challenged me to write a poem based on this quotation:


    “We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
    –General Douglas MacArthur

    General Con-fusion

    If he advances while retreating,
    is throwing up just reverse eating?
    Can he freeze ice cubes by unheating?
    Is standing up simply unseating?
    I didn’t litter. I’m un-neating.
    When we press clothes, are we  de-pleating?
    He left , so are we now un-meeting?

5 thoughts on “Con-fusion”

  1. Marilyn Armstrong

    I think you have invented the missing words for which I have long searched!

    Un-neating … that’s what the dogs and kids do. “I’m not making a mess mom. I’m just un-neating the house. It’s art!”

    Un-meeting is what I want to do with a lot of things. Medical, social, etc. “Excuse me, how does Thursday look for you? We can un-meet at three? I won’t bring the donuts.”

    I totally love it 🙂

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    1. lifelessons Post author

      Must admit it was the hardest poem to write to date. That quote was a corker. For every line I used, I threw at least three away. But, who doesn’t like a challenge? Thanks for playing.

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