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On voids,mismatched socks,flying pigs and unrealised dreams

Written by lepogo from the blog On My Monologues on 21 Jan 2008
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Okay,I admit it now,I am a sucker for order and I hate surprises,and clowns,for obvious reasons.And at times when staring through space(much of it is sooo obvious since I am living alone,again) I realise sooo much is so wrong in the world and good guys like me end up having to bear the brunt of fate and karma.

I mean,I am a good guy,I greet the eldery,help them with their groceries,I give the packers 20 and 5 cents coins to show my appreciation,I avoid my neighbours,and only make noise when I know they wont hear it,like when they are sleeping,and I am no longer mean to stray animals.So,I am a good guy,but the pressures of the void in our lives messes up even the best laid intentions and plans of harmony and goodwill,and it happens that we get rattled and confused by the noises of a "thousand chariots",only to realise that mere tin men are making our lives miserable and unbearable..

But to digress,I was busy,as bored people always are,setting up the colour schemes of my undies to match with my socks,my pants to pair off with my tie,and my shirt scheme with the colour of my eyes,there it came flying in,messed up my life and everything that I knew and was sure of.And he(hope it was a she) showed me,once again,that when dreams collide with opportunities they do come true.Just that we sleeping most of the time to realise it.

And my schemes for the week were now ruined,Im now wearing my socks mismatched, Ive decided to keep the damn pig as a pet(which my religion strictly forbids) so I show it off to all my envious friends and neighbours,but tell you what,it doesnt make for a good pet,just as unsaid wishes and dreams dont,it doesnt wanna fetch,dont wanna play dead,cant run to the gate to fetch my newspaper and it always drink my beer before I do....

And I kept on thinking to myself;am I really expected to keep it?Is my keeping it gonna give me anything in return?Like regrets and unrealised potential,all I think of was if only it didnt land on my balcony.....

And,you are right,it is never too late to stop living on a staple diet of dreams,wishes and hopes when theres soo much to be achieved and done.I have decided to do what my hand can do at that moment,never put myself under the yoke of other peoples expectations,to love when I can,hate when I cant,cry when I get a chance,laugh always,smile always,and get me a better pet and friends.

And this,my thoughts,are dedicated to friends I made,friends I lost and friends I will make today,and to evrything in between,especially a pork filled scaftin...



50 Comments

witty lady
21 Jan 2008 05:05

Lepogo, this is deep man! Damn!!! but true.

Mambox
21 Jan 2008 05:10

First things first, Welcome back witty. Now let me read the article...

Toodecent
21 Jan 2008 05:18

Get a rope....

Nonny
21 Jan 2008 05:20

WOW Lepogo, this some good writing here. Nice one hey!!!!

lepogo
21 Jan 2008 05:21

@TDC,
Now thats nasty,man.

witty lady
21 Jan 2008 05:24

Bathong TDC! Apologise tuu!
@Mambox!! am still waiting for you to check out my new pozzie gal!

Nonny
21 Jan 2008 05:25

"I have decided to do what my hand can do at that moment,never put myself under the yoke of other peoples expectations,to love when I can,hate when I cant,cry when I get a chance,laugh always,smile always,and get me a better pet and friends." - @ Lepogo, man this paragraph blesses me.

belz
21 Jan 2008 05:26

Nice one Lepogo, and yah its very deep for sure, angazi ngingathini.

Nonny
21 Jan 2008 05:30

@ Witty Lady.........the chances of TDC apologizing are way to slim...........lets just wait & see!!!

myname
21 Jan 2008 05:32

hey man are you a poetry?............ this is good man!

Preshiii
21 Jan 2008 05:36

Hi hi hi...........

Tshd21
21 Jan 2008 05:37

And,you are right,it is never too late to stop living on a staple diet of dreams,wishes and hopes when theres soo much to be achieved and done.I have decided to do what my hand can do at that moment,never put myself under the yoke of other peoples expectations,to love when I can,hate when I cant,cry when I get a chance,laugh always,smile always,and get me a better pet and friends. 

@ Lepogo: I was thinking this article is just too deep, right until I read this paragraph...Absolutely love it..... Not sure about pets though...dayamn I hate those creatures...Lol

Nonny
21 Jan 2008 05:38

Preshiii, we are touched here by this deap poetry filled article yazi & wena u are laughing, please share the joke..........LOL

lepogo
21 Jan 2008 05:41

@myname,
I am NOT poetry,in fact Poets are mostly pretentious people..Just a writer trying to reflect my haphazard thoughts..

Nonny
21 Jan 2008 05:42

"I give the packers 20 and 5 cents coins to show my appreciation" - LMAO..........how far do u think 5 cents will get the packers???, mina I tip there ngo R5 and they give me a hug coz u can tell it means the world to them.........LOL

Porche
21 Jan 2008 05:42

Wow! lepogo this is way too good and sooo inspiring.

Preshiii
21 Jan 2008 05:43

@ Nonny: Wazi kakuhle Buzum ukuthi ndihleka ntoni!....LOL

Preshiii
21 Jan 2008 05:45

I am NOT poetry....Lepogo Bathong!!! Hi hi hi...LOL!

cleave
21 Jan 2008 05:47

Lepogo, if this is your own work, then it's brilliant. I like the way you think. You are gonna go far in life.

@TDC - you are probably telling Lepogo 2 get a rope because this is too much for you to understand, or is it not? U definitely owe the brother an apology.

belz
21 Jan 2008 05:50

So Lepogo how do you take care of this pig?

witty lady
21 Jan 2008 05:51

@cleave LMAO!! hahaha!!! hu-wiii!!

Nonny
21 Jan 2008 05:57

Thatha Cleave (well said from A to Z) & Preshiii........u know me to well!!!

Preshiii
21 Jan 2008 06:01

Nonny...reminds me of days gone by...when Annonymous was still Annonymous....ROTFLMAO!

KeleFabulous
21 Jan 2008 06:01

TDC u can be so mean sometimes...

where's the pig pet Lepogo? i love me some bacon

lepogo
21 Jan 2008 06:03

@belz,
Its part of my scaftin today.....Will give the rest to the packers,car guards,as part of my tithe,street kids,security guys at my complex le bana ba ba galang in the same complex.

Just that my neighbour didnt like the thought that I had a pig....maybe give him the rest of the innards for his spite?

belz
21 Jan 2008 06:05

@ lepogo, maybe give your neighbour the behind of this piggy and pliz give me some ham, oh i love ham.

Nonny
21 Jan 2008 06:10

 "TDC u can be so mean sometimes..." @ Kele - Shame bandla uTDC was just joking, manje useyaqena ukusho angithi Moderator???

Toodecent
21 Jan 2008 06:12

Interestingly enough those that find *Get a rope* irregular are some of them ladies, and for the fact that my man there said its nasty proves that the statement * a man falls and stand up tommorow* is true cause there is so much to live for and a man always makes a plan. I believe Lepogo didnt get my statement as rude as some may have got it... guys talk always have strong words to keep the balance..! A good example would be if he said he wants to die and then one says do it what are you waiting for..(Preferably his good friend)? He wouldnt ..I dare you.

Apart from that... an apology to those offended.

lepogo
21 Jan 2008 06:15

@belz,Kelefab,

Bacon and ham??Hmmmmmm,let me see,I thought the rest was for TDC,a itshase ka mafura,maybe he might be nice in his afterlife...

But,tell you what,I can always arrange for your prefered cuts..and Cleave,this is my thoughts and opinions on life and the rest of absurdities we put ourselves through.Even the flying pig,a figment of my used to be fertile imagination....

lepogo
21 Jan 2008 06:17

@TDC,
Wa tsenwa wena,o raya gore o tla nthaya o re ke iphange??LOL

myname
21 Jan 2008 06:18

eish guys im little bit confused kaloku i wasnt good when it comes to poems so can some1 or wena lepogo plz tell mi who are you talking to, your neigbour or pig......................Plz dont laugh at me

Nonny
21 Jan 2008 06:20

Interesting, how TDC pulled an intellectual response there!!!

Nonny
21 Jan 2008 06:21

LMAO at myname...........yazi wena ave usile...........playing dumb ngamayibomi lana,,,,,,,,,,,LOL

KeleFabulous
21 Jan 2008 06:22

Ok TDC. i take that back. u r the nicest guy i've ever come across. now when are you gonna teach me guy talk/mpintji taal?

Toodecent
21 Jan 2008 06:24

Mfethu lets say ore basadi ba tena... then inyale. Which ofcourse you wont right?Not with the anticipation of Kanga,shower and oil laws...in future.

KeleFabulous
21 Jan 2008 06:28

LOL @ tdc

@myname...just read it again. it's just alot of ramblings nje...something we all do when trying to get away from real issues in our lives

myname
21 Jan 2008 06:29

Nonny my luv i said "Plz dont laugh at me" now wena uyaqala kanti im serious

myname
21 Jan 2008 06:39

thanks kele i think ndiyitholile sana

spice
21 Jan 2008 07:20

Good for you my dear otherwise you were goin to hurt your back with them bags you carry around so hurry up and catch that bus my luv and good luck

lepogo
21 Jan 2008 23:44

@Kele,
I know the irony and the symbolism did NOT escape you...

sponono
22 Jan 2008 00:29

you're a good writer Lepogo...sometimes haparzard thoughts are the most interesting...although i initially struggled to find out what you were on about, I realised that I do the same thing, when I'sitting with my closest friends and I'm contemplating on life...espesh afta I've had afew.-(not that you had lol)..and I get these thoughts about my life, what I should/shouldnt have done and what I'm gonna do....(my friends always say "well let him be,  at this stage he's trying to "find himself")....so ngiya-understenda in this article uyazi-fynda...LOL...but great stuff nonetheless you should be a philosopher from the way you write....kwangempela...

as for this part  
<< my shirt scheme with the colour of my eyes >> PRICELESS...i didnt know some brothers have colourful eyes that could even match their clothing....

as for the pig vele kwenekeni ngayo lengulube...

Nanana
22 Jan 2008 00:42

The thing about living alone and have to stare constantly in those empty spaces is hard,damn it kerks ur soul,u have so much time to think and think and nothing comes of it because you always come back to the middle.

KeleFabulous
22 Jan 2008 00:51

@ lepogo - that's the way i see it. did i miss something?

lepogo
22 Jan 2008 00:52

@Nanana,et al,
I am not talking about women(TDC) or the dangers of living alone,and no,spo,I havea standing rule against drinking on a Monday,at work nogal,and you are right about random thoughts.

They are not merely random,I was giving a privileged peek into my universe and existence.And somehow the space is fast disappearing,cos I have my younger brother around(on a suicide watch,TDC)

I was onto everything that upsets the order in our lives,the cycles we get caught up in and the accompanying boredom,getting busy with nothing and getting nowhere with it,and the absurdities of a life lived in safety of material,job security,lack of ambitions and being satidfied with mediocrity.

And I hope after this article I wont have to give footnotes for my articles......

azHOT
22 Jan 2008 01:11

was onto everything that upsets the order in our lives,the cycles we get caught up in and the accompanying boredom,getting busy with nothing and getting nowhere with it,and the absurdities of a life lived in safety of material,job security,lack of ambitions and being satidfied with mediocrity. 

@lepogo
  you found a way to put what we all feel from time to time into words so profoundly one couldn't be left without thinking of the things and medicrity in ones life that leaves us pertubed. 

I was giving a privileged peek into my universe and existence. thanks

sponono
22 Jan 2008 01:23

giving a privileged peek into my universe and existence.   ha ha ha  yish dade..siyaz'bongela

Nonny
22 Jan 2008 01:30

"medicrity" - plz define this word for Nonny someone, especially in context to what azHOT was saying, phela mina I'm SLOW????

PrettyPree
22 Jan 2008 01:35

Mmmmmmh.......................

Tashi
23 Jan 2008 16:08

Great blog Lepogo! To let you know we've shifted it so it's categorised under General Blogs instead of TV - for the sake of order, hehe.

mabhebheza
24 Jan 2008 16:32

Beautiful.....sniff sniff..especially @this hour great stuff Lepogo..ungikhumbuza in my times ngisebhala abo Dear Diary...!!


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