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Open Poetry #14

Don't Tread On Me

RMW
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since 2001-03-21

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0 posted 2001-05-30 10:13 AM

Don't Tread On Me

When I was young
I would visit my cousin
Who lived in Gold Beach, Oregon,
A sleepy town
Coiled beside the Rogue
Where it empties into the Pacific Ocean.
I find it strange
That later we would both become
Members of the Fleet Marine.
Well, maybe not,
Remembering the time
We found a Diamondback
Camping out with us
On the same log raft.

RMW

Sunshine

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1 posted 2001-05-30 10:14 AM

That would have been enough to send me running the opposite direction....

Martie

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2 posted 2001-05-30 10:29 AM

Bob--Interesting the way you so subtly point out the similarities between you and your cousin...you slip it into your words, and the sudden impact stops me with a wow.

VAS
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since 2000-11-16

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3 posted 2001-05-30 10:47 AM

I guess if you were able to go camping after that, you'd certainly be a capable marine, able to endure the threat of the hand of man and nature.

Enjoyed the read, even it the snake creeped me out!

Watersign6
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since 2001-05-25

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