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0 posted 2007-01-11 03:14 PM


outlet mall

it is my gentle revenge

while she shops the outlet stores for gifts
she'll give to other women's babies

I go to the book place,
glean the best of their left-over poetry

I don't have time to swim through
the relentless sidewalk, won’t give it

and they wait for me, the books
a shabby burlesque and I need a show

I finish before she's done, every time
but I always buy

I have a lot of books


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1 posted 2007-01-15 07:48 PM


Ed.....I hate shopping, mall or even (I'm sorry) bookstores.  So, I can understand this because I go shopping at bookstores when I am desperate for something new to read.  I have alot of books too.
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2 posted 2007-01-15 07:53 PM



Smiling...

I'm having a new bookcase delivered.



P.S. I'd rather visit a book store
than a clothing store...


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3 posted 2007-01-15 08:35 PM


That's as it should be.... There's great joy in reading while naked....especially if you're reading, um, aloud.....

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4 posted 2007-01-15 09:21 PM



I want to join you and Sunshine
at the book store
can't resist books

emjoyed this

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5 posted 2007-01-20 12:01 PM


And you moan and groan and act out, and all along you've been champing at the bit to go buy books.  You dog.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

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6 posted 2007-01-23 02:54 PM


ROFLMAO... I had this great reply... and then lost it AND the drink I'd just swigged when I saw your reply to Sunshine! LOL

Now... where was I? *G* Oh, yes... *S* There is a sadness and resignation in your words (the poem, I mean... just to be clear *G*)... Even though I normally hate to shop, I think of a visit to a bookstore as a joyous event, not a refuge...

and they wait for me, the books
a shabby burlesque and I need a show

But at least you take home something positive... and we're the real winners, getting a great poem out of the deal! *S*

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