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Earth Angel
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0 posted 2009-07-12 01:26 PM


Get Real
by Linda L. Dowd

I’ll pass on all the frou-frou.
~ All the fluff and all the schtick.
Just give me the meat and potatoes.
~ All the fake stuff makes me sick.

I cannot stand a phony,
Whose wagging tongue tells me lies.
I want it straight from the horse’s mouth,
~ See the truth in steady eyes.


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Marchmadness
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1 posted 2009-07-12 01:31 PM


Me too, Linda.
          Ida

Bill Charles
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2 posted 2009-07-12 01:40 PM


Linda - ouch!

BC

1slick_lady
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3 posted 2009-07-12 01:42 PM


me too

hurt me honestly

Earth Angel
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4 posted 2009-07-12 01:51 PM


My dear Ida Belle ~

I know you do! lol You're a tell-it-like-it- is kinda person and I like that about you!

Love ya!
Linda

Earth Angel
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5 posted 2009-07-12 01:52 PM


BC ~

Aw, Bill, let me kiss it and make it all better!


Linda

Earth Angel
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6 posted 2009-07-12 01:53 PM


helen ~

"hurt me honestly" ~ I love it! You always have a unique way of getting to the heart of the matter!


Linda

Robert E. Jordan
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7 posted 2009-07-12 04:56 PM


Yo dear Linda,

I'm on your side.  I don't like the flowery, fairyland stuff either.

Love Bobby

Alison
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8 posted 2009-07-12 06:36 PM


Meat and potatoes?  I am so hungry - and no fake potatoes either!  Sheese!  

I know what you mean here.  Sometimes people are like shag carpets that hide hardwood floors.  Let's just get to the wood ( )!

A

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9 posted 2009-07-12 06:53 PM


Real stuff sounds good to me!  Love this!

misce'

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10 posted 2009-07-12 07:03 PM


This is another good one!!!!!!!!
Earth Angel
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11 posted 2009-07-12 07:45 PM


R.E.J. ~

To be perfectly honest, I am naturally a flowery person ~ but it's genuine. I don't like phoniness.

Bobby, no one would ever say that you are a phony! Thatsafershore! lol


Linda


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12 posted 2009-07-12 07:49 PM


Alison ~

I'm hungry too! Hungry enough to eat a bear, so to speak! Perhaps we could dig up some taters and go shoot us a grizzly (with a camera!!!).

"Sometimes people are like shag carpets that hide hardwood floors.  Let's just get to the wood"

~ Never heard that one before! lol


LL

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13 posted 2009-07-12 07:59 PM


misc' ~

What I cannot tolerate are those who sweettalk you to your face and then tell others what they really think.
Be up front and centre. I have no time for duplicitious people.

~ but I certainly have time for people like you!

Warm hug,
Linda

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14 posted 2009-07-12 08:00 PM




WW



EA


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15 posted 2009-07-13 12:25 PM




Yep, I hear you........impostors can certainly be real troublemakers, tsk tsk tsk! (softly rolls eyes) But many genuine people like you, on the other hand, more than make up for all those disingenuous spirits out there, yay! (does happy dance) This is a much-needed jolt of truth, dearest Linda, yay!



Love,
Noah Eaton

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other"

Mother Teresa

Earth Angel
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16 posted 2009-07-13 02:51 PM


Noah ~

You truly are one of my "genuine" friends!

I'm so happy that you are back at pip! You are Lighting up these pages with your joie de vivre! (joy of living)


Linda

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17 posted 2009-07-13 07:39 PM


I will join Noah who "rolls his eyes" in disapproval and "does happy dance" for all the genuine people that make up for one who pretends ...

Sincerity is a priceless quality indeed.

Well said, Angelo Terrestre!

Love and hugs.
Margherita

brneyedgrly
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18 posted 2009-07-13 07:46 PM



~lovely linda...

tell it like it is, (sol) sista'

love your tenacity here!

love,  
ss
shel

don't wait for the storms to end~
learn how to dance in the rain

Oklahoma Rose
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19 posted 2009-07-13 10:37 PM


I know just how you feel. I can't stand a phony. Nor, can I stand for anyone to hurt someone I care about. I belive in honesty. Nothing less!
Bill Charles
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20 posted 2009-07-13 10:53 PM


Linda - I'm flying in tonight, pucked up my dear, hehehe....

BC

Earth Angel
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21 posted 2009-07-14 01:42 AM


Maga Margherita ~

With all sincerity I sincerely thank the sincere Senorita.


AT

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22 posted 2009-07-14 01:45 AM


Brown-eyed Beauty ~

I can be naughty, I can be nice ~ and I can be "feisty". I'm a mixed bag!

Love to you, ss!
Linda

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23 posted 2009-07-14 01:49 AM


Oklahama's Sweetest Rose ~

I've known you long enough and well enough, to know that what you see is what you get. You're straight up front and honest as the day is long ~ and you have a heart of gold.

Love you, girlfriend!
Linda Lou



Earth Angel
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24 posted 2009-07-14 01:53 AM


BC ~

Well, now! I don't quite know what you mean by you wanting me to get "pucked" up for you tonight! lol I trust you meant to say for me to 'pucker' up! I burst out laughing at your typo.

~ I'm waiting! I'm waiting! (You're a sweetie pie and I love your playfulness!)


Linda the fallen angel

2islander2
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25 posted 2009-07-14 06:52 AM


Yo Linda, this is a perfect poem, a pleasure to share and I love the philosophy of it all...Thank you very much.


yann

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26 posted 2009-07-16 12:35 PM


Yann the Man ~

I'm pleased you agree with my philosophy! I like an agreeable man, Yann!


Linda

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27 posted 2009-08-12 05:40 PM


Feisty you are... and I love it! *S*

May I add a hearty AMEN??? *S*

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