My groove today looks like a rut
Exposed in all that bright sunshine.
I’d change those rutty by-ways, but
Those grooves won’t leave. They say they’re mine.
Text: Linked to dVerse Poetics. Lillian is hosting with the theme word “groove”.
Photo: “Window Sill” by the author.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
Smiling I am. Perhaps your ruts are happy ones….grooves we put ourselves into that make us happy. I think that can definitely be okay 🙂
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They are rather happy ruts. 🙂 That might be why they don’t want to leave. Thanks, Lillian!
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Sometimes I feel like a record stuck repeating the same groove… sometimes we just have to jump out of the groove.
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Yes, just doing something different might be all it takes. Thanks, Bjorn!
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They’re like wrinkles, Frank. They are part of us.
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That’s a good way to look at them. Then I don’t have to try getting rid of them. Thanks, Jane!
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Without surgery, I don’t think there is a way 🙂
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Admiring the light sunshine and groovy by-ways ~ Sometimes I feel the rut too!
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Ruts though can be pleasant. Thank you, Grace!
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During my wage slave days, there were mornings when I felt all leaden-eyed and shit, but this prompt has brought out the hipster in all of us–and it is a joy to witness, hear, and feel.
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Yes, it is a nice prompt. Thanks, Glenn!
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Grooves becoming ruts. I remember telling my son on the way into a concert by a classic rock band that we would see a lot of people shaking their booties off… literally! Some ruts are worthwhile… they bring security with them. Some are just worn out grooves. But you can never go wrong shaking your booty!
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All good points. Luckily those booties grow back. Thank you, Charley!
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Too true. Too true!
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You and Glenn are on the same page today, Frank. And wonderfully so.
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Yes, I think we are. Thank you, Xenia!
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You’re in the groove, here! And love the composition of the photo – intrigues the eye.
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Thank you, Jilly! Even if the groove is a rut, I plan to enjoy it.
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A rut is nothing more than a retired groove, I’m thinking! Sounds comfortable to me.
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“Retired groove”! That’s a good way to think of it. Mine is comfortable.
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May all our ruts be this good, Frank. I especially liked the line about the sun illuminating it.
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I hope mine stay that way. Thank you!
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Those grooves give us character! But in the sunshine they get a little too prominent! Good one Frank.
Dwight
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Grooves have their good points and bad points. I’ll keep mine. Thanks, Dwight!
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We all keep falling into them! They seem to claim us! Love this!
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They may claim us more than we claim them. Thank you, Mary!
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The ruts have claimed you as owner. Seeing as they appear harmless, I would just go with the flow!
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The ones I have (that I’m aware of) seem pretty harmless. Thank you, Vivian!
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You’re welcome!
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And it’ll always be a part of you. 🙂
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There is some stable feature going forward. Thank you, Maria!
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Smart, short and deep poem Frank.
They’re enjoying in your company,they don’t want to go !
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I probably don’t want them to go either. Thanks, Ben!
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Owning them–that’s a good start to stepping out. (K)
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I guess I don’t mind owning them. Thank you!
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Lucky you!
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Come to think of it, I am lucky. Thanks, Brendan!
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You are right, sometimes the road we travel each day, does seem like a rut. But we take a breath, and continue, always ready for a surprise.
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Deep breaths are good preparations for surprises. Thank you, Annell!
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she needled deep to find her
needless grave, as he rode on
to find another teen.
There were the many hustlers who preyed on the young, one after the other. You said it so correctly Bjorn!
Hank
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I think this was meant for Bjorn’s poem, Hank, but thank you anyway.
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We all have those sometimes, don’t we?
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Yes, we do. Thank you!
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Both of our grooves went into a rut!
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I noticed that also. We were thinking alike for this one. Thanks, Jane!
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You call it a groove, while others call it a rut. It’s just perspective. Nice one!
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It is just perspective which can pleasantly change. Thank you!
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Ha, what’s yours is yours. Might as well own it☺…Your trademark so to speak. I like it.
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I’m stuck with them and having a good time. Thank you, Pat!
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I never thought that a groove could be a rut and yet it seems so obvious. Thanks for enlightening me Frank.
Cheers,
Mark
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Thank you, Mark!
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There are grooves that do not want to leave. You better try and be friends with them. You can always try to lure them into new ways.
And by the way – yes – he got his bike back
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That’s good! I’m glad to see you linking at dVerse.
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Come to think of it those old records spinning look like they are dancing. Thanks, Fred!
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sMiLes.. 33.3 RPMS
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Vinyl
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glad those happy grooves want to stay…
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I am, too! Thank you!
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