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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

NAPOWRIMO 2013 #23

 

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I've grown accustomed to those telly sessions
of very professional declutterers
not just mutterers of minimalist dogma
but trog practitioners of home-improvement makeovers
who want to take over our thought process
in order to possess our body and mind
so they can blind us with art not science

Giants they are definitely not...

They've just got a lot of big ideas
to match their big-wig careers
and their not so grand designs
 
Instrumental contributions from Changnoi: Go on click them!
http://says-sir-ten.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/electric-changnoi_1729.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IYLAiYrzI2A
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29 comments:

  1. Andy SewinaApril 23, 2013 at 6:16 AM

    You know what they say Stan, they say: Gutter or de-clutter!

    bot, bog, or but?

    My Day Twenty-Two

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  2. Stan SkiApril 23, 2013 at 1:57 PM

    Thanks Andy :)

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  3. mizquicklyApril 23, 2013 at 2:12 PM

    I repeat the Guy's question: what's bot trog?

    I'm addicted to those shows. House makeovers, people makeovers (not so much the restaurant ones) If there were a poetry makeover show, I'd be in hog heaven.

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  4. Stan SkiApril 23, 2013 at 6:01 PM

    Now that I'm fully conscious, I've put it right... thanks Miz Q :)

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  5. MarianneApril 23, 2013 at 6:51 PM

    I'd take a makeover myself this morning.

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    1. Stan SkiApril 23, 2013 at 7:17 PM

      Thanks Marianne :)

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    2. MarianneApril 23, 2013 at 10:44 PM

      Find me here today, Stan.

      http://herwordsbloomed.blogspot.com/2013/04/2013-napowrimo-23-her-message-said.html

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  6. MarianvApril 23, 2013 at 10:20 PM

    I always enjoy the "before" & "after" pictures.

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  7. HannahApril 23, 2013 at 10:33 PM

    Your last stanza packs a punch! :)

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  8. AnonymousApril 24, 2013 at 1:12 AM

    You have become my model [hero?], as I totally abandon Miz Q's prompts! Enjoyed your poem, as always.

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  9. AnonymousApril 24, 2013 at 1:35 AM

    Really like the line about how they only want to take over our bodies and minds. What we have to remember most is that they aren't selling a product, so much as themselves. Thanks Stan for reminding me why I don't watch tv.

    Elizabeth
    http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/spring-meltdown/

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  10. AnonymousApril 24, 2013 at 3:23 AM

    Makeovers of every genre are summed up perfectly here.

    They've just got a lot of big ideas
    to match their big-wig careers
    and their not so grand designs

    Amen ;-)

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  11. Brian MillerApril 24, 2013 at 4:04 AM

    what is our obsession with make overs as well...perhaps that we are not comfortable with ourselves or the life we have created, but if we only change the surface how soon will it be back?

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  12. MaryApril 24, 2013 at 4:35 AM

    I do know a few people that I would like to send those professional de-clutterers to visit.............

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  13. Stan SkiApril 24, 2013 at 4:48 AM

    Thanks Mary :)

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  14. ayalaApril 24, 2013 at 7:30 AM

    It's cool to watch them even though I would not allow anyone to do it for me. I like my taste and my home is my space. :)

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  15. flaubertApril 24, 2013 at 9:47 AM

    Is a trog like a troglodyte, Stan? There is always something for everyone, isn't there?

    Pamela

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  16. Stan SkiApril 24, 2013 at 1:49 PM

    Thanks Pamela... I sometimes think their 'new' ideas are so outdated... Cave Dwellers...! :)

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  17. AnonymousApril 25, 2013 at 4:43 AM

    One man's trash is another man's treasure!

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