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Forewarned is Forearmed
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Forewarned is Forearmed |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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 my constant companion my shadow warned me of the nighttime wind I heeded his warning for the wind shrieked hard and loud enough I sat straight up in bed then lay there sweating in the dark of night The Hovel was taking a beating the dread in my heart caused the screeching wind to make me think of fire swung my legs around; stood peered out my window my shadow and I at the mean streets of Thibodaux still half asleep streetlights illuminated unsecured things tumbling along with the wind but no fire then . . . the wind stopped and an eerie quiet to an ordinary March night returned my shadow smiled I trudged back to bed he tucked me in ©March 20, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~ [This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (04-12-2014 12:59 PM).] |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
I like this, Jo |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Me too! Especially your ending! Lori  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thanks a lot Jo and Lori. ~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~ |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
I blame my "shadow" for a lot of things but yours seems a kindly one to tuck you up in bed. Creative write, Jerry. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Many thanks, Helen. Oh yes, my shadow, like me, has calmed down in these final days. Thank you for being here. ~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~ |
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