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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=438479" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Keeping the Mind And Body Healthy</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I remember once being driven with interest, <br>To several aspects of the performing arts.<br>With a desire to learn everything I could...<br>About acting, movement, directing, playwriting, <br>Music, singing and vocal delivery.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And over the years, <br>I've spent thousands of dollars...<br>To have pictures taken, traveling back and forth, <br>To auditions with minor success.<br>And doing what was necessary to feed and shelter myself.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I discovered early and quick...<br>The business of a performer, <br>Is far from glamorous! <br>Having delicious fantasies...<br>Do not forever stimulate.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I knew folks who were so in love what they did, <br>They chose to live in the streets! <br>And to this very day I thank God, <br>For enjoying the love I have for food to eat.<br>And having a place to sleep.<br>Reality and not delusion kept me fed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And when I listen to others criticize those, <br>For what they have chosene to do on stages...<br>Or how it is they perform by just watching TV, <br>I am quick to express my anger by this.<br>Since I know...<br>For a fact, <br>Their lazy as...'pirations'...<br>Could not handle it! <br>It is not a breeze to make something look easy.<br>No! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And those that write, <br>Prolificly day in and until night? <br>No one who hasn't done it, <br>Would have a clue as to what that is like.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Are you 'still' at it? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">~Yes.<br>What day is this? <br>And what time is it? ~</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Although there are those who embellish their lives, <br>With such ease as to be believed...<br>Without a disciplined criteria in sight.<br>Listening to them exaggerate their experiences, <br>Often makes me sick of it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And those who accept the act of plagarism? <br>I would only show them my fist! <br>I know inside their minds there is not a hint of integrity.<br>Since it takes years to muster up the courage...<br>To have publicized something one writes, <br>For fear others will tear it apart...<br>And say about it what they please.<br>But over the years one heals from this</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I remember once being driven with interest, <br>To several aspects of the performing arts.<br>And those craving inside me will forever stay.<br>But I have learned as I've aged...<br>Notoriety without encouraged nourishment, <br>Will eliminate a fire...<br>That rages in one's heart.<br>IF one does not think, <br>Of keeping the mind and body healthy first! <br>Thirsting from a distance, <br>I have ove rrehearsed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've learned those lessons, <br>The hard way! <br>The only oasis I have to mirage of late, <br>Is a kept peace of mind I have enjoyed to insatiate.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">*Mister Pertillar? <br>Excuse me...<br>MISTER PERTILLAR? *</div><div style="margin:10px 0"># Yes. Yes. Yes? <br>Oh, I'm sorry...<br>My mind drifted off.#</div><div style="margin:10px 0">*Are you 'sure' you want to order, <br>Another Ceasar's salad with smoked oysters.*</div><div style="margin:10px 0">#Am I 'sure' of it? <br>You want me to help you make it? #</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q>
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