I don't mean (by 'feel bad') unruly, criminal, or mean. I mean disgusted or disappointed, or somewhere in between.
It bothers me to see a person littering, but I still get through the day. If I think someone is wheeling a store's cart home, I really want to say:
'Did the manager give you permission? '.... It seems like stealing in a way.
I feel a little disappointed when the ice cream in carton is finished, and when old age causes a person's quality of life to be diminished. Of course I can buy more ice cream, though Aki may say 'no', and people really can limit how many years...they have left 'to go'.
I feel bad when I'm misquoted, when people try to 'put words in my mouth.' I actually manage to say enough 'bad things'...all by myself. I feel a little 'bad' if an [unnamed] woman complains.... when I raise my voice. I think it's a common trait of many men (Evolution?) : ...do we really have a choice? ?
So now I've told you some of the things that....can make me feel 'bad'. I tried to think of more things but couldn't, and that makes me feel very glad.
{Well, sure there are more things, ……but why dwell on what upsets?
Perhaps the more one dwells on positive things, ...the better one's life gets.}
(2-3-12)
when i submitted this poem a few minutes ago it looked more like a poem to me. now, as i am previewing it, after successfully submitting it, i SEE it looks more like prose to me, BUT i like the look. isn't it funny what computers can decide to do on their own? ? bri edwards
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
This is a prose/poem and Ogden Nash wrote a lot of these - the style is free and spontaneous with some rhyme perhaps (but not always) but the content is its best ingredient. I enjoyed reading it, it's natural and candid, matter-of-fact approach makes the reading easy and delightful. 10++++