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A Natural Number Following Forty-One...

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A Natural Number Following Forty-One and Directly Preceding Forty-Three


Dear Diary,
     One day, when deep in thought
     and googling,
     it came to me – like a bolt out of the blue
     links of Wikipedia,
     the ones waiting to be explored.
     It was a question that crossed my mind:
     the weather seemed apt,
     so, to ego surf or not to ego surf?
     It seems a simple thing,
     to type ones name into a box
     and click on that enticing button.
     But as expected,
     those links have evil intentions.
     You know, they have a nasty habit
     of leading you down rabbit holes
     and into unknown territory
     as the breadcrumb trails accumulate
     and in the confusion you forget
     where it was you started from
     and what it was you were doing in the first place.
     That’s not to say I wasted a day though;
     I discovered many things –
     seems the internet has a lot to say about me.
     I’m well worth searching, it turns out.
     But not all of what they say is positive
     and that can put a damper on your day;
     I mean, I’ve never claimed to be perfect
     and saying I’m self-centred is just plain rude.
     I guess some people are like that, just jealous.
     It can’t be helped.
     Don’t be fooled in thinking you can do what I do.
     Because I make rainbows shine – you can’t.
     I am what they call a natural after all.
     And whoever says that I bring bad luck,
     well, I can only presume their eyes are at them
     and that that’s why they can’t see me for what I am.
     They must have slipped through the cracks
     and missed my tale being sung,
     because how else could you miss me? After all,

     I am the answer to the ultimate question
     of life, the universe and everything.
So, nothing new to post so here's a poem I wrote back in January for my creative writing module.
I was trying to write something funny. It got some good comments by whoever was marking my poetry selection,  but I was never fully happy with the result.
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love-to-draw's avatar
I don´know what to say except that I really liked it. Nice :)