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Seymour Tabin
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0 posted 1999-11-10 08:05 PM


Forty Winks

These forty winks, I long
A colloquial today.
It means that I am gone,
Gone, but not too far away.

A subjective impose
One I dare no matter where
Only a little doze.
No matter the couch or chair.

It's just a pinch of rest,
A withdraw from boring things.
A recollect at best.
A slip into better things

It is that little cause,
Soothes my weary older life
A helpful little pause
But irritates my wife.

She nudges me to blink
I do so with vacant stare
She passes me a drink
And I hold it unaware.

There is no harm in forty winks
It's better than some forty drinks.

© Copyright 1999 Seymour Tabin - All Rights Reserved
RobertB
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1 posted 1999-11-10 09:33 PM


LOL good one!!!!!!!

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Seymour Tabin
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2 posted 1999-11-11 08:33 AM


RobertB,
Glad I made someone laugh. Thanks

Pepper
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3 posted 1999-11-11 09:09 AM


Brought a chuckle here too Sy....'S'...

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RainbowGirl
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4 posted 1999-11-11 09:12 AM


Wow! Can't be bad, first two poems I look at and both make me laugh..

HUGS

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hoot_owl_rn
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5 posted 1999-11-11 09:56 AM


Laughing, oh but so true
Seymour Tabin
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6 posted 1999-11-11 12:58 PM


Pepper,
That's my aim to bring a chuckle.
RG,
Glad it made you laugh.
Hoot,
The truth makes me laugh too.

Munda
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7 posted 1999-11-11 01:33 PM


Thanks for the smile. : )
Balladeer
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8 posted 1999-11-11 03:19 PM


Sy, I think many men take a nap with their eyes open while their wives are talking. It's the natural order of things. Good work.
Nan
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9 posted 1999-11-11 08:39 PM


Hehe.... I'll drink to that!!
Denise
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10 posted 1999-11-11 08:46 PM


I love my forty drinks...er...I mean forty winks! I loved this poem too!

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11 posted 1999-11-11 08:48 PM


this is cute, and beautifully written, too.

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Seymour Tabin
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12 posted 1999-11-11 10:47 PM


Munda,
Thank you.
Balladeer,
I believe you are right.
Nan,
Have one on me and send me the bill.
Denise,
Mixing them up would be a good idea.
That is winks and drinks.
Systematic,
Thanks for the cute.

H. Arlequin
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13 posted 1999-11-19 07:59 PM


HA applauds :-))

kutgw, Seymour

Seymour Tabin
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14 posted 1999-11-19 08:41 PM


H Arlequin,
Thank you for the like and resurrection.

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