Enough Already – “Divided by Too”
Divided By Too
If you say it once,
you say it six times, half-
a-dozen, twelve divided
by two, your
words soon bricks in
my wall. You call it
explaining; I call it
self-defense.
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This is posted for “Real Toads“, for a poetry challenge by the wonderful Mama Zen to write something in 35 words or less. Her idea (with which I agree heartily) is that most bloggers go on just too darn long. (I include myself in this indictment; I should also add that the voice of the “I” in the poem above is probably not mine, as I’m guessing I tend to fall into the wordier category.) Enough said.
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ManicDDaily 
July 25, 2012 at 8:02 pm
Nice playing on differing perspectives ~ I believe this is my first time to read a short post from you 🙂
July 25, 2012 at 8:17 pm
Ha! Well, not completely true as I post a lot of plain drawings and photos and flash 55 but don’t link them many places, especially pix. That said, I am really a prose writer, not poet! Not sure how I got in to all this. K.
July 25, 2012 at 9:32 pm
some nice word play in this k…words often either divide or bring us together…a lot of it depends on who is listening if anyone…should it be bricks or brick?
July 25, 2012 at 10:10 pm
bricks – as noun
July 25, 2012 at 9:39 pm
I love this! This is incredibly clever.
July 25, 2012 at 11:02 pm
Great artwork! Too Too Too much! Silence! “Enough already” And here are the words creating 3-D effects! This is a great explanation of a too too common reality.
July 26, 2012 at 6:02 am
I do think sometimes that the more a person says the harder it is for someone to listen. Whether in conversation or in poetry. So often less is more.
July 26, 2012 at 9:52 am
Well said, very clever….less is more for sure~
I like the art you used….a powerful message 😀
July 26, 2012 at 10:05 am
Thanks =- it’s my own drawing, then converted on iPad to something a bit different from my original drawing. k.
July 26, 2012 at 11:36 am
Oh! Ours are bookends. Yours a poem of words and mine a poem of silence. Clever, thought-provoking. 🙂
July 26, 2012 at 12:28 pm
I am sorry, but I don’t get it. (｡◕‿◕｡)
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July 26, 2012 at 2:24 pm
That’s okay – it’s a bit obtuse! k.
July 26, 2012 at 2:25 pm
Its’ basically about the concept of less is more – in that people tune out if talked to/at too much. k.
July 26, 2012 at 2:36 pm
i agree w/ mama zen…..inredibly clever.
hard to do, too.
Lady Nyo
July 26, 2012 at 3:06 pm
smiles…your footnote is longer than the poem..that says much..haha..loved it k. and a clever poem as well
July 28, 2012 at 2:13 am
Liked this muchly! Thanks for the comments, reminding us why Mama Z put this prompt up in the first place. Bricks in your wall, indeed. I’m known for diarrhea of the pencil myself, so this was hard for me, truly. Great stuff. Peace, Amy
July 29, 2012 at 3:59 pm
Your words soon bricks in my wall. That tells it.