Five to Ten Minutes

So you have five to ten minutes,
What can you do with them?

You can look out of your window
and look into the clouds swishing on the gray sky.
Or maybe just look at the crystal window glass and
the icy , needle raindrops scattered haphazardly.

You could sip a few warm bites of the Latte
you just ordered from Starbucks or simply
wait for Ben who is buying you lunch.

You could look at that old glass bottle
at the corner of your office and think
of your high school chemistry class.
Of Lena who you simply loved
but she never ever looked back.
Of Jacob who pestered you
when you did the tedious titrations.

You could also call Halie
Who sits in the office next to you ,
Close your eyes and submit yourself
to the passion of the carnal connection
that you share with each other.

Maybe you could drop by the library
And pick up that copy of "The Alchemist"
Which you wanted to read since who knows when.

Ideally you should do two lines of coding
As time increases, diffusivity increases
Or something like that.

If you are someone like me,
You could also start a poem,
finish writing one or make
another one incomplete.

Or you could transpond to the memory
which you revisit every now and then.
The first time two lips met,
the first time two bodies entwined
Of how it was perfect and
Yet how it never lasted.
Oh her thought.

There is so much you could do and
so little you can
In just those few minutes....

Knock. Knock. Ting.
Your office door opens
You see a smiling Ben standing
by the doorway holding two boxes.
You realize you have spent
Ten minutes of your life.

© Nothing Personal. November 02, 2010.

Reviews

[Alex W]

I like the meaning of this one, makes me think that we shouldn't think things too much as life goes by far too quickly!

Good piece, thought it went along nicely. Would have liked to see a little rhyming but i'm a very simple poet who likes his rhymes lol.

Nice write :-)

[Nothing Personal]

@ the in between: Thanks for finding the dry humor in this poem. I love to mix dry humor with deeper emotions in my poem. You can sense that the poem is part inspired, part derived from real experiences.
BTW , Staring at people is a great way to waste ( read spend) time LOL

[Nothing Personal]

@ Rory: Thanks. Your review itself could have been another poem even if you disagree. Yeah its true. I am very fond of playing around with the poetry format and bridge down the gap between prose and poetry. One area where atleast i feel more comfortable with poetry is in its sense of freedom. Prose to me is more binding and more difficult to construct.
About day dreaming in class and stuffs, we all know its cool. Unfortunately the Lena's never really fall for it :-(
Finally, your review is really enticing. It makes me re rationalize that writing poetry (despite the apparent amount of time lost) is one of the best things I do. It would keep me going...Thanks again

[Rory CJ Frankson]

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I could spend the next five to ten minuets telling you how wonderful you are! I could tell you a bunch about me personally, that you wouldn't want to hear. I could spend that time explaining to you, this is not a poem? But that's just my personal opinion. I could spend a little of that telling you that it is an awesome short story... formated, as a poem. But really, how you want to present your artistic meanderings, is personal... so lets not, go there. Hey!

Well, that's five. I think if I go for ten it''ll fill the whole page.

I really loved to day dream in science class too, and admire all the chicks that would have nothing to do with me. And, wink at all the dirty girls. That would do anything, for me! The Writer Guy. The jabber is cool an I hear you. Post and we can really break its bones down into perverbial pretext dude.

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Keep truckin... Write On / Right On! ~ Romon in Review. Ten in yr shoes too
Hey, that rhymes... what a ya know. I made a poem to boot an not a shoe ;)

[the in between]

Very creative :) I enjoyed reading this as i went lower and read the last part I just had to laugh. Great choice of words and I liked your theories of how to spend 10 minutes. I usually waste time just staring at people or things lol

[Dushyant Thadani]

Amazing work! It just seems like a story, and so many situations are so beautifully described in this work. Ten minutes are a lot of time to do anything. For example, to write a wonderful poem like this one

[nothing]

So much to do, so little time. So, what do you do with it? I love this. Keep it up.

Sarah