This & That

THE JOKE

Donna L Martin

I wait to breathe

            I breathe to live

                        I live for love

                                    I love to laugh

                                                I laugh at life

                                                            Life’s a joke

                                                                        The joke is on me

                                                                        I am a joke

                                                            The joke is my life

                                                My life is a laugh

                                    I laugh with love

                        I love to live

            I live to breathe

I breathe while I wait.

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All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary -- it's just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences. -Somerset Maugham

When you take stuff from one writer, it's plagiarism; but when you take it from many writers, it's research. - William Mizner

Don't sell yourself short; dare to dream. You might sell to a top market before you ever sell to a non-paying market - you won't know unless you try. - Rheal Nadeau

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas. - Linus Pauling

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write. If all feels hopeless, if that famous 'inspiration' will not come, write. If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and the odds are against it - go to your desk no matter what your mood, face the icy challenge of the paper - write. -J. B. Priestly