Stimulation

A meditation on types of stress

Stimulation is a dicey

Call,

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For get too much and you

Bounce off the walls;

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But get too little and

You're playing the blues,

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Like a Christmas tree 

With a blown out fuse.

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I can't tell you how

To regulate it,

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For when a mood sets in,

It's hard to abate it,

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But for safety's sake,

Consider these lines:

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Either get down with

Decaf,

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Or chuck the cheap

Wine.

Author's Note

And if the mood hangs on for two weeks or more, get help ASAP.

Reviews

[Dave Brown]

this reminds me of my younger/dumber days walking home through Stanley park, from the liquor store, drunk, drinking cheap wine
thinking back, we used to enjoy it
where have those days gone

[John the Baptist]

Thanks, Dave. I recall those days, too. Especially the hangovers.

[Dave]

Words to the wise?

Take care - Dave

[John the Baptist]

Thanks, Dave. The voice of painful experience.

[Dave]

Hmmmmm - sounds so familiar!@
Take care - Dave

[barleygirl]

I love how your poem deals with a situation you might not be crazy about, but your words don't express this in a judgmental way. Getting hooked on any kind of high is less-than-ideal, be it substances or just one's own drama (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[John the Baptist]

Thanks, bg. You're right, there are all kinds of addictions.

[Coyote Poetry]

I loved the complete poem. Each set of lines. True and hard. When you go up, we must come down. Thank you my friend for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[John the Baptist]

Thanks, Coyote. Yes, too many don't realize how the law of gravity affects us in more ways than one.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree my friend and you are welcome.

[Poetic Beauty]

This is so true about stimulation. Too much and we are wired and too little melancholy sets in. The last lines made me chuckle.

No decaf for me that is a waste of perfectly good coffee beans lol what’s the point of no caffeine coffee.

The rot gut stuff isn’t worth the trouble it will cause. It not only tastes bad but it give you one hell of a reminder of the stupidity from the night before.

[John the Baptist]

Thanks. I learned in my youth of the potency of a wine hangover. Few experiences are more miserable than the "wrath of grapes."

[Poetic Beauty]

Oh I love that “ the wrath of grapes”

[Betty Hermelee]

I’m not sure exactly what you mean by stimulation, literally speaking stimulants can be bad for you, drink some tea or seltzer, chuck the cheap wine...but if you’re speaking of mania ( bi -polar disease) that’s quite another matter....and cannot be controlled by anything except certain drugs. Stimulation has many connotations as you know,
Thanks for sharing John, always enjoy your poetry
Best, Betty

[John the Baptist]

Thanks, Betty. I was referring to the things in life that generally please or displease us. It's like the old saying that too much of a good thing can be bad for you. Ditto for bad things. We just have to be alert to the way externals are affecting us.

[Betty Hermelee]

Thanks John

[Viktoria]

The answer is simple, dear John......switch to well brewed tea instead! You'll have no caffeinated cravings and associated addictive ticks and you'll live longer! It's an overstimulated world we live in. You got that right! Best to find the healthiest alternative to get us through our days. Another fine meditation. 🌹

[John the Baptist]

Thanks, Viktoria. I'll remember brewed tea. Mindfulness is also a good way to mitigate stress.

[Pryde Foltz]

Haha ... or end up chucking up wine and decaf.

This was a very engaging write:) You had me smiling:)

[John the Baptist]

Thanks. The line was meant humorously, but in fact substances do have adverse affects on both high and low moods.

[Pryde Foltz]

Yes ... I know first hand, LOL. The dose is the secret to love to grief:)

[Ookpik]

Yes, I suppose for a website that attracts a wide variety of eccentrics, a cautionary statement like this is probably appropriate; I think what you're describing here is onset bi-polar disorder - which, considering your profession, you've likely had experience in handling.

Having, for the most part, given up cheap liquor (was never one for wine, as it didn't seem to do the job) I have to admit that I'm in no hurry to go decaf. That said, I appreciate the cautionary sentiment here regardless.

Thanks for sharing.

-Ook

[John the Baptist]

Thanks, Ook. Yes, I have seen enough bipolar cases to last me for another incarnation. But even non-pathological people get too high or too low in these stressful times. I must disagree about wine, though. In vino veritas!

[Ookpik]

Hah! All the power to you there John, though I'm afraid in my case it'll be have to be verdad en cafe. : )