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Martie
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0 posted 1999-11-18 03:32 PM


( a repost from#2 in response to Marge's cat)


The kitten and the crow,
both nestlings,
could have been sisters.
Cute and perfect and both
as black as obsidian
tussling like siblings on
the grass.
With raised fur and feathers
they jump and run.
To try and bite a crow
is not easy,
or to dart the sharp beak
of precision into a skitty kitty.
Neither skill was quite perfected.

Then, I with my broom and
instinct of protection,
invade the fracas,
not knowing who to protect,
I sweep the broom here and there
jab at the air
and yell, "stop that"
until I notice the mother crow
decending on the fray
and scat
just like the cat.


© Copyright 1999 Martie Odell Ingebretsen - All Rights Reserved
Ohme
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1 posted 1999-11-18 03:48 PM


Cute, Martie. And I am glad to know that all survived the fracas.

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suthern
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2 posted 1999-11-18 03:49 PM


I like this, Martie!
Severn
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3 posted 1999-11-18 08:21 PM


Smiling here - aren't the antics of animals just a balm to the soul?
Denise
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4 posted 1999-11-18 08:54 PM


I loved it the first time and still do! Thanks for the smiles and chuckles!

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Denise


hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05
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5 posted 1999-11-19 12:00 PM


I liked this even better than the first time I read it, thanks for the repost

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Alis volat propriis
(She flies with her own wings)


Lynn
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6 posted 1999-11-19 12:04 PM



I Liked this a lot. Great Poem!

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If time cannot heal your pain, you can always cry on my shoulder. ~Jenn~

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