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VAS
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0 posted 2004-12-20 11:34 AM



Preparing the Girth of Hearth

domesticated wanderings
room to room to hall
a cluster here, a cluster there,
gathering laundry piled tall

wanting to escape
but knowing I must toil
it wouldn’t do to have you find
me wallowing in my soil

that is, of course, unless it was
during the act of pulling weeds
then it’d be might fine
to catch me in my deeds

the washer has set up a rhythm
a spin-swishing to my labor
as I attempt to cut my chores
with my trusty, silver sabre

there’s purchased goods to stow
and gifts to sort and wrap
I wish ‘twas more than water
available on tap

there’s lights to find and string
about the nooks and crannies
thought part of me, for sure,
would like to rest in jammies

alas, alack, “I sha’n’t complain,
the holidays are here.
If we would celebrate them fine,
we must don our Christmas cheer.

©December 20, 2004


Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

© Copyright 2004 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
Susan Caldwell
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1 posted 2004-12-20 11:57 AM


"there’s purchased goods to stow
and gifts to sort and wrap
I wish ‘twas more than water
available on tap"


LOL...holy crap that would be great!!!

loved this!

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

RMW
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2 posted 2004-12-20 12:08 PM


Virginia ....... nicely said. "Cheers". Bob P.S. "Where's our snow?"
VAS
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3 posted 2004-12-20 12:56 PM


Thanks! Say, Bob, it's up in the hill country, right...well somebody's hill country.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

skyshine
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4 posted 2004-12-20 01:58 PM


Gotta be dressed nice for all the occasions...lol.

~sky

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas! Jesus is the reason for the season!!

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