If I Felt
by Tim G. Young
If I felt like reading a book
then I would read a book
If I felt like looking out the window
then I would look out
If I felt like...
If I felt
If I felt
and then the list would just
go on and on
I'd become exhausted from
all the things I felt like doing
if indeed I actually felt like doing all those things
If I felt like dropping the top on my
convertible to let the wind
tangle my hair
If I felt like writing
If I felt
for one million
times
If I felt
If I felt
but what attention would be paid
after so huge a list
of the If I felt
I really can't do it
oh I could really do it
but I really can't do it
so don't worry about it
don't think about it
if
I can't continue on such a
sophomoric effort
Its like Take me Out to the Ballgame
you could sing it
you know the melody
but who is going to take you
to the ball game
Who
Who Who Who
oh I could do it
but I really can't do it
so don't worry about it
don't think about it
if
I can't continue on such a
silly ride
Who's pitching anyway
who has the ball
who's on first
who made the joke
who said I felt like it
If I felt
cause after a while
FELT begins to look
a little weird
like those four letters
are meaningless
ice cream topped with
a cherry
melting into dark demons
sprinkled with jimmies
colored by the stars on
a lonely road
oh I could do it
but I really can't do it
so don't worry about it
don't think about it
if
I can't continue
I can't continue
If I felt
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Author's Note
I felt like it.
And received this today 8/8 in an email...
Semantic satiation is a phenomenon whereby the uninterrupted repetition of a word eventually leads to a sense that the word has lost its meaning. Also known as semantic saturation or verbal satiation.
The concept of semantic satiation was described by E. Severance and M.F. Washburn in The American Journal of Psychology in 1907. The term was introduced by psychologists Leon James and Wallace E. Lambert in the article "Semantic Satiation Among Bilinguals" in the Journal of Experimental Psychology (1961).
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Though they may be small, there are always choices
"If I felt like dropping the top on my
convertible to let the wind
tangle my hair.."
Such a lovely image. *
This felt really neat when I read it: "ice cream topped with
a cherry melting into dark demons
sprinkled with jimmies colored by the stars on a lonely road." Still does, in fact. *
"Always choices." Yep. Thanks to Gary, Rachna K and Mathew.
Enjoyed the poem.
yes, choices, that lead to decisions, that lead to...
Many thanks, Sam and Kitty.
An exploration worth the journey: "meaningless / ice cream"--what a climax!
Thank you Bill.
My favorite part:
who made the joke
who said I felt like it
If I felt
cause after a while
FELT begins to look
a little weird
like those four letters
are meaningless
ice cream topped with
a cherry
melting into dark demons
sprinkled with jimmies
colored by the stars on
a lonely road
Much appreciated, Samuel.