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Professor Gloom
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of Depression

0 posted 2010-10-18 08:23 AM



Listen to the chill
Blown by the winds of winter,
Yet it’s autumn still.

The days grow darker and less bright,
More suitable for me a creature of the night,
No don’t be confusing me with vampires
Eternal life, like that, is not my desire;
Drinking blood has got to be a mistake
When nothing is better than a juicy steak.
I could easily give up light with gusto
But not so easily my freshly made pesto.
Oh sure blood and red wine look the same
Though I’ve tasted some that have been rather lame,
(Red wine that is, even as a creature of the night
I prefer a crisp full bodied glass of white.)

Look at the bare trees
Shedding themselves of themselves,
Casts a year to breeze.

The call of fall is to harvest
What a spring and summer did invest,
My garden does best with peppers and herbs;
Adding taste like an adjective to bland words.
I grow so to never run out of thyme
(Put that in because I just like the line.)
I plant gardens in spring for a far off tomorrow
And when chill comes move to the inside of the window.
Outside growth slows with the coming chill,
Yet the inner growth continues on the sill.

Frost on the pumpkin,
And darker skies sooth my eyes,
Till it’s spring agin.

Gloom


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easy1
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since 2010-05-22
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1 posted 2010-10-18 02:15 PM


very nice, and, er... gloomy?
katahdin
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since 2010-07-01
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ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.
2 posted 2010-10-18 08:24 PM


From one night creature to another..I liked it very much.
Kat >^..^<

passing shadows
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3 posted 2010-10-19 04:57 AM


it seems lately I have become a creature of the night again *sigh* but it's quiet...just have to turn my ringer off since the old folks wake up early

great writing!

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