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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
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0 posted 2017-08-01 09:57 AM


The rain has stopped and all is calm,
I listened and heard not a scratch;
Still I started saying my psalms,
In the hall someone struck a match.

I sat straight up and sniffed aloud,
This old place will burn up like thatch;
I smelled cigarette smoke and cowed,
In the hall someone struck a match.

©August 1, 2017 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

© Copyright 2017 Jerry Pat Bolton - All Rights Reserved
2islander2
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by the sea
1 posted 2017-08-01 10:17 AM


wonderful, so talentuous,
yann

JerryPat2
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2 posted 2017-08-01 10:22 AM


Thank you, Yann,

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Cerulean
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Posts 109

3 posted 2017-08-01 03:13 PM


Distractions everywhere... distractions everywhere...
JerryPat2
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4 posted 2017-08-01 03:16 PM


You are pinpoint correct, Cerulean. Thank you.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

jwesley
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
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Spring, Texas
5 posted 2017-08-02 12:16 PM


Ha! There's those ghosts, again.

j.

JerryPat2
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6 posted 2017-08-02 12:21 PM


Yep, Jimmy, they just never give up on us, do they? Thanks for the cool comment.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16
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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
7 posted 2017-08-02 09:28 PM


I worry about people that live close to me smoking in bed...james
Poet In Pink
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MI
8 posted 2017-08-07 12:30 PM


This one gave me the chills Jerry ~ Funny how our minds can play tricks on us and have our senses come alive!  OR is it really just a mind trick or not???  Loved this!  Alana
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