When I come back
I want to come back as a book.
No matter how rambunctious, vitriolic,
passionate the life within,
I can’t get over how composed
each one looks.
- if you could come back as a book, which character would you choose to be?
When I Come Back
John Malone 
one of the dogs at the dog surprise party in the treetop in ‘go, dog, go.’
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I looked it up. It looks like a fun read. Will try to get a copy from the library though the fact it was published in 1961 might militate against it 😦
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Hi. That’s a tough question. Maybe a level-headed detective!
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good call, Neil: there are so many whose minds are a little askew but I guess that’s what makes them interesting 🙂
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too many characters I will love to walk in the shoes of 🙂
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agreed
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Fantastic! Books teeming with life, action, adventure, wisdom, foolishness, simplicity, and profundity; yet all apparently placid, compliant, orderly. Living in peace snuggled together on the shelves. Love it.
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thank you. books have much to teach us 🙂
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I enjoy the calm simplicity of this message. My dad always said that he, a slender, iron-fisted, person practicing relentless self control, wanted to come back as a hippopotamus. I think that he dreamed of uncontrolled eating, obesity suckered in wallowing pools, indiscriminate sex under water and a territory marked by sprayed feces. Is the composure you dream of a contrast to today’s life or a just conclusion?
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that’s most interesting, suggesting another post which I’ll work on centred around which animal you’d like to come back as 🙂 No, not just the corona virus; I guess I’m a bit like your dad in that sometimes I let my emotions run away with me, but I’m constantly working on it. I find Buddhism helps
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I want to be Ron Weasley of Harry Potter, the guy is a real person. He has no super strength and no great wands, just the loyal heart and endless love for his best friend.
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that’s beautifully expressed; it’s refreshing for someone to choose humble, ordinary Ron over the flashy Harry Potter 🙂
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