tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81410096805023001402024-03-13T20:42:14.647-07:00If Only I Only Could Write ...Collected works of Dean E. WoodA Hunt Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03370846853535022574noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141009680502300140.post-75171978875519559592021-08-29T06:27:00.005-07:002021-08-29T06:27:52.182-07:00Little Asher<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMVAZ5tZvjAKX0hNZ9XHvUHBy80k3-clHSZs3VNpsPBeVaBsPIWacwAkjoiwMdCx3-H4Bewy1GVabDhsXymaHu7QuJSNuB6cRUd78htvgq_QXOZm3ICbxVRrU0TUgfA5jPoI5Wh1W-NUE/s1065/Screenshot_20210829-072557-471.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1020" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMVAZ5tZvjAKX0hNZ9XHvUHBy80k3-clHSZs3VNpsPBeVaBsPIWacwAkjoiwMdCx3-H4Bewy1GVabDhsXymaHu7QuJSNuB6cRUd78htvgq_QXOZm3ICbxVRrU0TUgfA5jPoI5Wh1W-NUE/w383-h400/Screenshot_20210829-072557-471.png" width="383" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>A Hunt Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03370846853535022574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141009680502300140.post-1862791392535133392018-05-02T07:45:00.005-07:002018-05-02T07:47:40.529-07:00Gopher Broke<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">T</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">here it was an earthen mound with gaping maw mid-yawn.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The issue that I struggled with; it stood on my front lawn.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unholy beast of underground with ill intent conspired</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To sully verdant, velvet turf, from heaven’s scape inspired.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No longer could my noble heart forgive this trespass sore,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For gazing round my garden green I counted thirty more.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I searched my shed for weapons then, and found it, painted green</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A grizzly tool of spring-thrust horror the likes I’m sure you’ve seen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I set this trap with top lip curled then slipped it down his hole</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Imagining a gopher’s death or perhaps demise of mole.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Next morning I arose forthwith and crept to frosty lawn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bending toward the gaping maw I saw my trap was gone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“That demon of the underworld!” I cursed with steel resolve,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’d dig a hole to China ‘til this cruel quandary’s solved!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I found it just twelve inches down, that spawn of hades sent,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A victim of my icy heart, the cause of garment rent!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With ceremony reserved for gore, I threw him in the bin</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And let him rot ‘til Tuesday morn when trash day came again!</span><br />
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Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706179471595293198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141009680502300140.post-54716467709410149052018-05-02T07:23:00.000-07:002018-05-02T07:23:00.539-07:00Stuck in the Cedar Chest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">‘Twas a child’s game of hide and seek,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My brother’s turn to count.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where could I hide he would not look,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thus settle our account?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our mother’s room, her closet, No!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He’ll check there first of all.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The bathroom, No! I hid there once.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The chest beside the wall!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I climbed inside that pungent box</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On mother’s quilts to hide,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I slowly closed that heavy lid</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then CLICK! I’m stuck inside!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I screamed! My muffled cries unheard!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m pounding on the side!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If only I had a flash light</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’d find a latch to slide!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could not breathe! I sobbed and bawled,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To me it seemed a week!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">‘Twas a child’s game of hide and seek,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So glad my brother peeked!</span><br />
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Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706179471595293198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141009680502300140.post-25972613458495724852018-03-28T15:12:00.000-07:002018-03-28T15:13:11.897-07:00The Champion's Fated Fall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Santa is the big kahuna</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The one who makes Christmas roll.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And elves keep all the orders straight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And update the “Naughty” scroll.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But who are all those other guys</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dressed up in stores and plazas?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are they also working for the boss,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are they subordinate clauses?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Rock of Gibraltar stands steadfast,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A landmark to show men the way,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A sentinel post of the ages,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An emblem of quaint bygone days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And so stand the old guard among us</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whose deeds ever echo through time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They blazed a sure path to the future</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An uncertain, strenuous climb!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But the lines on their faces betray them,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No longer can they bear the load.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So plot ye a course strong and steady</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And start down the way that they showed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They are the hallmark of freedom,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Of courage and stalwart resolve.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But you are the hope of a nation,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No problem is posed you can’t solve.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Decide now, young people, your credo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For liberty lies in your care.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Be it virtue and faith in the future</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Or slothfulness, greed and despair!</span><br />
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Please tell me why<br />
You have those wings<br />
But will not fly.<br />
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You keep them hidden,<br />
Neatly curled<br />
Until you climb<br />
To top of world!Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706179471595293198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141009680502300140.post-29342048166426285122017-09-28T11:00:00.000-07:002017-10-16T10:37:12.901-07:00The Rivalry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Crimson Ruby from the North</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Refuses to forget!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The midnight sapphire of the South</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Still rues the day they met!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A fever wrought of by-gone days</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Of insults, blood and shame</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Once more the fates’ their pathways cross</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Both gladly join the game!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“I hate your face” – “You’ll pump my gas!”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And on and on it goes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But who will wear the victor’s crown?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The fates and time but know</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">‘Til close of day September nine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When all’s left on the field.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Only one can leave triumphant,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Disgraced, the other yields!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A short ferry ride from the lovely city of Okayama put me
on the island of Shikoku, the smallest of Japan’s major islands. Mountains in
the center of the island have pushed most cities to the coast. My destination was the small city of Uwajima
on the West side of the island. This
small town is booming with modern industry juxtaposed with a rich cultural
heritage. Shipyards compete for harbor
space with a plethora of oyster platforms where world-class pearls are
farmed. A medieval castle, Buddhist
temples, Shinto shrines, bull fights, and waterfalls guarded by aggressive
Japanese macaques are just of few of the offerings in this area filled with
natural beauty and warm people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Resting from the
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Majestic cascade
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Monkey steals my lunch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Of
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lichen grew from the wetted rock face<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In
the shade of a small oak we were content to eat our lunch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Under
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fronting
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tangerine
bells, snow-white lupine, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And purple daisies with lemon eyes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In
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we were blessed, our bodies, minds and souls rejuvenated <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we climbed the slope to continue our trek to the snow-capped peak.</span>Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706179471595293198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141009680502300140.post-61272797672896876542017-08-28T15:41:00.005-07:002017-09-05T11:35:11.802-07:00What Will Tomorrow Bring?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His hands are folded softly in his lap</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To better handle troubles bearing down.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Fortuna comes, but will she pause to rap,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To offer balm or ease a troubled frown? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To better handle troubles bearing down,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He rises up and makes a solemn pledge</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To offer balm or ease a troubled frown </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For those, like him, just sitting on the edge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He rises up, and makes a solemn pledge.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Still wondering, what will tomorrow bring</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For those like him, just sitting on the edge?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A peace will come with fear in shackled rings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Still wondering. What will tomorrow bring?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Fortuna comes but will she pause to rap?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A peace will come! With fear in shackled rings</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His hands are folded softly, in his lap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Surveying nest and tree,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mama flits and flies about</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An hundred errands left.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His memories are a thousand scenes,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bereft of ordered source.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not random, but in retrograde</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Recap a season’s end</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Materials gathered </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Woven tight </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Feathered, warm with down</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Growth and learning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Fledglings flap and gone</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The old bird sees an empty nest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While mama flits and flies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A season closed, a longing pride</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Begins to fill his breast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And ate a purple fig.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Soon, all that he had left of it</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Was half a purple twig.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Next morning, he arose anew;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Declared that he felt fine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Except for one development,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He now had purple spines!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Damn you, cursed covered bridge, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Damn your easy way,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Damn your timbers strong and high </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That let her slip away!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Opposed by torrent moat she was </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Compelled to wait and try.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But no! You let her ride across </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And keep her corset dry!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Within her surrey black and sleek,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By dappled stallion drawn,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You let her pass without dispute; </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Satanic stilted spawn! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We quarreled once or twice ‘tis true</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But now she’s gone for good.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I’ve half a mind to strike a fire</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And torch your rotting wood!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ridin’
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bess
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">His
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">His
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">His
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">His
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Where I’ve curled up to read a
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hot cocoa in a steaming mug
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To the fantasy of painted woods
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The road to now is one I’m
glad I took!</span>Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706179471595293198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141009680502300140.post-31315358328238882802017-07-27T14:43:00.000-07:002017-08-11T09:44:52.739-07:00Hannah has left Montana<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">She just couldn’t help but get in her own way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">She
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day she thought she’d try dancing the twerk,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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into the grinder; got behind in her work!</span>Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706179471595293198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141009680502300140.post-7290367691773789342017-07-27T13:37:00.001-07:002017-08-01T19:47:09.501-07:00We Still Don't Know Why<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What could possibly have planted
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But I saw it happen, and even
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It was poultry in motion --
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She adores
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But she
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12pt;">Guess
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Gave help
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt;">If
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We’re
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“They
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Bees
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“My
cousin’s mom got stung last week!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“But
honey’s good, its really sweet!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Chocolate’s
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Mom
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Six
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Like
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Their
comments wandered for an hour<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">From
butterflies and honey bees<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Then
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“And
ants live in the parking lot!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been to college; three degrees!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sometimes
I wish that I were three.</span>Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706179471595293198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141009680502300140.post-19321109373310482402017-07-27T11:38:00.002-07:002017-08-07T08:39:20.303-07:00Litterally Absurd<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Whelped
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12pt;">Cited
for littering I’m told</span>Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706179471595293198noreply@blogger.com0