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RMW
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0 posted 2002-05-23 02:50 PM


Snug

The eyebrows of most folks, when I mention
that my residence floats
in the third to the last slip from the dock's end,
scrunch a bit,
and then their voice sort of evaporates
like fog when the sun first catches it.
That's okay I guess, though once, just once
it would be nice if they would look
at how she sits, her hull all white
as though a gull about to lift from the harbor.
Flight, which is much of what a sloop is all about,
has always packed the wonder of expanse
into tight places. "Cockpit", for example,
applies to both an aircraft and a sailboat.
Well, enough of this. All I know
is how it feels, on a cold, damp night
to step through the hatch and downward
climb beneath the waterline. Nothing beats
keeping dry in a close space when the weather
makes up.

RMW

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1 posted 2002-05-23 02:55 PM



That last thread you used to tie this up tight to the dock of poets...a Keeper!

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2 posted 2002-05-23 03:04 PM


Ooohh, I like!
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3 posted 2002-05-23 03:42 PM


Ahhh, lovely I'll bet it would be, tied to the slip, cozy.
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4 posted 2002-05-23 03:51 PM


Never any need to rock you to sleep. Ah the peacefulness of it all....I'm raising my eyebrows with jealousy that's all!
Good write!

RMW
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5 posted 2002-05-23 03:55 PM


Sunshine, Skyfire, Martie and Ethome .... thanks, all, for commenting. I appreciate the encouragement, truly. Bob
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6 posted 2002-05-23 04:24 PM


my eyebrows would not scrunch..but the corner of my lips would turn up...

nicely done
*s
M

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7 posted 2002-05-23 04:26 PM


I would indeed be envious Sir. . .

well done. . .

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8 posted 2002-05-23 05:31 PM


i AM envious - i've always thought it would be cool to live on the water... interesting association drawn between flight and float. like this.
RMW
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9 posted 2002-05-23 05:36 PM


M ... smiling. Thank you.

Sven ... as always, you are there (here) with support.

Christopher ... Thank you for noting the flight / float.

.....Thanks, all. Bob


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10 posted 2002-05-23 06:29 PM


Bob, the title caught my eye...love that word, 'snug'.

Then I read your post and had a flood of memories of when I lived almost always aboard our cruiser years ago.

Love this...may I ask...and this is a favourite question of mine to boat owners...
what is her name?

Wondeful dreamy write...Snug...yes!
~Hugs, Nancy~

RMW
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11 posted 2002-05-23 06:36 PM


Nancy,

"Turtle Dove" ...... thank you, I'm sure. Bob

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