Wednesday, March 04, 2009

CXXX - A bit of rambling

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Many moons ago, circa 1966, at the Chadstone Shopping Centre,
there was a shop called the Downyflake Donut Shop.
On the wall was an image of a jester with a donut and the following rhyme:

As you ramble on through life, brother,
Whatever be your goal,
Keep your eye upon the donut
And not upon the hole.

Armed with a cup of coffee, but no donut, I offer a few alternatives:


As you ramble on through life, brother,
Whatever be your tack,
Keep your eye upon the steam train
And not upon the track.

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As you ramble on through life, brother,
Whatever be your plan,
Keep your eye upon the dancer
And not upon the fan.

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As you ramble on through life, brother,
Whatever be your wish,
Keep your eye upon the fish-hook
And not upon the fish.

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As you ramble on through life, brother,
Whatever be your aim,
Keep your eye upon enjoyment
And not upon the fame.

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© J Cosmo Newbery
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17 comments:

  1. too good for my silliness, that's for sure.
    It's the sort of poetry that helps us all endure.

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  2. I remember Downyflake; they had great waffles.

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  3. Excellent! Words of wisdom again!

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  4. Some words for you as well:

    As you ramble on through life, brother
    As you pen your verse,
    Keep your eye upon the needle
    And not upon the nurse.

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  5. as you ramble through life Brother
    dont worry about the pain
    keep your eye on reincarnation
    your chance to do it all again.....


    Lisa xx
    lol xx

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  6. As you ramble on through life, brother,
    Whatever be your aim,
    Keep your eye upon the future,
    And not upon the past.

    http://eyesinkaleidoscope.blogspot.com/
    http://fymtyh.blogspot.com/

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  7. I brought the sick dog, left home the black square.
    As she had started complaining I never took her anywhere.

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  8. m-m-m donuts.

    Oh yeah, the poem was great too.

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  9. sigh. i must disagree ...

    keeping one's eye on the fan and NOT the dancer is the way to ramble: the fan is where all the action is ....

    any words of wisdom for us lovely sisters, brother Cosmo?

    wickedly laughing,
    AGAIN !

    lola
    x

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  10. good words of wisdom ..

    but i'm looking at the fan unless it's a male dancer ..

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  11. I don't intend to have anything to do with fish hooks thankyou very much.

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  12. As you ramble through life, sister,
    Happy as a lark,
    Keep your eye on the oak tree,
    And not upon the bark.

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  13. My mum says she's with Foam on this one too.

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  14. My parents own a reproduction of a painting from the same artist; it depicts a group of musicians playing. I love that painting, mostly due to the vivid, strong colours.;)

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  15. Keep your eye upon enjoyment
    And not upon the fame....Truer words were never spoken...living life not for the pride of the destination but for the glory of the journey.

    Dan

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  16. Loved these! Now you just need to market them and you'll be a millionaire!

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