My Friend and Mine!

[madtoperl]

#!/usr/bin/perl

IN BEACH:
listen (seawaves, light arrangements);
open yourself, wide;
join (you, me),
connect (we,together),
if(like me)
tell me the I*love*you.
else say lie that "TELL U LATER"
do something if distressed;
@dawn, dance;
@evening, sing;

IN HOME:

read (books,$poems,stories) until peaceful of mind;
study if able;
write me if-you-think me;
sort your feelings, reset goals, seek (friends, family, anyone);
do*not*die (like this)
if sin abounds;

AT LAST

keys (hidden), open (locks, doors), tell secrets;
do not, I-beg-you, close them, yet.
accept (yourself, changes),
bind (grief, despair);
require truth, goodness if-you-will, each moment;
select (always), length(good days)

UR THOUGHTS

if(like this)
reply me
else
be cool my dear friend

2006-10-08 Unapproved by planetscape once evidence of habitual plagiarism uncovered.

[SamCG]

It's very remniscent of

listen

a lovely poem by Sharon Hopkins. Have you read it?
update: Poem reproduced below



#!/usr/bin/perl

APPEAL:

listen (please, please);

open yourself, wide;
    join (you, me),
connect (us,together),

tell me.

do something if distressed;

    @dawn, dance;
    @evening, sing;
    read (books,$poems,stories) until peaceful;
    study if able;

    write me if-you-please;

sort your feelings, reset goals, seek (friends, family, anyone);

        do*not*die (like this)
        if sin abounds;

keys (hidden), open (locks, doors), tell secrets;
do not, I-beg-you, close them, yet.

                            accept (yourself, changes),
                            bind (grief, despair);

require truth, goodness if-you-will, each moment;

select (always), length(of-days)

# listen (a perl poem)
# Sharon Hopkins
# rev. June 19, 1995

Edit: g0n removed link to illicit online copy of copyrighted work

[CountZero]

Nice, but it does not parse as valid Perl.

Also, should it not carry a "Parental Advisory: explicit lyrics"-tag for the "Beach"-part