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JerryPat2
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0 posted 2014-03-16 07:42 AM



a man was chasing a rainbow
the more he pursued it
the further away it went
I couldn’t watch any longer
it pained me to watch such foolishness
“Stop!” I said, “You cannot catch a rainbow.”
Yes, I can! Yes, yes I can
he screamed as he continued on

©March 8, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~*~ Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.--James Joyce ~*~

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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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1 posted 2014-03-16 09:07 AM


ah to be such a fool again and full of dreams...I miss my rose colored glasses sometimes.

Lori

JerryPat2
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2 posted 2014-03-16 09:09 AM


Yes. I quite agree, Lori.

~*~ Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.--James Joyce ~*~

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