{"id":105,"date":"2021-11-29T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/141.148.246.190\/index.php\/single-post\/creative-connections-poem-1\/"},"modified":"2022-04-20T11:38:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T11:38:43","slug":"creative-connections-poem-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.alexisveenendaal.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/29\/creative-connections-poem-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Connections Poem #1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Connecting two randomly selected words: Safe + Job<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Safe can mean <\/span><\/p>\n

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a place to store <\/span><\/p>\n

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your riches and your wealth<\/span><\/p>\n

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but it can also be a place<\/span><\/p>\n

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to hide your secrets. Keep them<\/span><\/p>\n

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Safe. And safe can be a<\/span><\/p>\n

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state of mind,<\/span><\/p>\n

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or a physical place to be,<\/span><\/p>\n

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where you can be<\/span><\/p>\n

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quite self-assured that<\/span><\/p>\n

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you will not be harmed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And a job is something<\/span><\/p>\n

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we’d like to have<\/span><\/p>\n

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if only to survive.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And like a safe it<\/span><\/p>\n

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keeps us secure:<\/span><\/p>\n

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“job security” is <\/span><\/p>\n

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what they say.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But what about the<\/span><\/p>\n

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other Job? The one<\/span><\/p>\n

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some know so well?<\/span><\/p>\n

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The tale of man<\/span><\/p>\n

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who was tested by<\/span><\/p>\n

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the devil and his God.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Thou shall not test<\/span><\/p>\n

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the Lord your God”,<\/span><\/p>\n

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but he can watch<\/span><\/p>\n

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your trials unfold.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And Job, like all,<\/span><\/p>\n

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did not feel safe<\/span><\/p>\n

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because he was a pawn,<\/span><\/p>\n

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a thing to watch,<\/span><\/p>\n

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and made to suffer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And he! So great<\/span><\/p>\n

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to withstand the pains,<\/span><\/p>\n

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when the rest of us<\/span><\/p>\n

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are a lot more sane.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So Safe’s are meant<\/span><\/p>\n

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to be locked away<\/span><\/p>\n

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and jobs are meant<\/span><\/p>\n

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to make secure,<\/span><\/p>\n

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and yet we’re miserable<\/span><\/p>\n

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despite wealth <\/span><\/p>\n

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despite work.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So perhaps we are<\/span><\/p>\n

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just like Job,<\/span><\/p>\n

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and someone’s watching<\/span><\/p>\n

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Connecting two randomly selected words every day to create a stream-of-consciousness poem.
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Creative Connections Poem #1<\/a><\/blockquote>