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JerryPat2
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0 posted 2011-10-10 07:25 AM


I can converse with you, apostrophe,
for you see we both plot to hide the key
ingredients in a relationship,
when you are used, certain letters are skipped.

There are times I feel I am in the dark,
like, when I get used to seeing your mark,
making a word not really a word, see,
just like I'm not who I'm supposed to be.

An inverted slant is all that you are,
you make a word obscene, give it a scar,
gullible patrons of the written word,
don't stop to think that you might be absurd.

Ah, but we are kinsman, that is a fact,
look at me, you only see the abstract.
I'm saying we are both fraudulent sluts,
subtracting our total, we are just mutts.

Rogues that we are, we're not unlike the rest,
giving the world something for them to guess.
You and your inverted slant, gives you style,
like you, I hide parts of me with a smile.

~*~ Tell me whom you love, and I will tell you who you are.--Houssaye ~*~

© Copyright 2011 Jerry Pat Bolton - All Rights Reserved
Lori Grosser Rhoden
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1 posted 2011-10-10 08:22 AM


givin' me somethin' to think 'bout...lovin' it!
Lori

JerryPat2
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2 posted 2011-10-10 08:29 AM


Thanks, Lori, jut kidding around, I wrote something for more of the punctuation marks.

~*~ Tell me whom you love, and I will tell you who you are.--Houssaye ~*~

Michael
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3 posted 2011-10-10 12:39 PM


Wow... I loved this one JP.  Insightful and revealing.    
quote:
making a word not really a word, see,
just like I'm not who I'm supposed to be.



Very well done.


Michael

JL
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4 posted 2011-10-10 01:16 PM


Very well thought out and written.
Or as said back in the day: wow man, that's heavy...

Enjoyed, Jerry.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

JerryPat2
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5 posted 2011-10-10 01:22 PM


Appreciate you guys, Michael and JL. Just having a bit of fun with punctuation.

~*~ Tell me whom you love, and I will tell you who you are.--Houssaye ~*~

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6 posted 2011-10-12 10:57 AM


You and your inverted slant, gives you style,
like you, I hide parts of me with a smile.

Your personification of punctuation is a delight to read... very clever! *S*

JerryPat2
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7 posted 2011-10-12 11:17 AM


Thank you, suthern, I enjoyed your take on the poem.

~*~ Tell me whom you love, and I will tell you who you are.--Houssaye ~*~

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