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0 posted 2006-03-27 04:08 PM



Making Cow

Aphorisms cloy
and I don’t want
to talk in generalities:
Some skin would be nice.

This meat began
as hamburger, and
that’s the best it ever was.

I don’t know
if you’ve noticed,
but they don’t have
adequate refrigeration here.

Never mind,
I’ve made a cow of sorts.
It hasn’t slumped yet;
maybe there’s hope.

On good mornings
I can even moo.

© Copyright 2006 Ed Ratledge - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2006-03-27 04:11 PM


Ed...be careful or you'll make food poisoning!  I know you're being funny, but you worried me.  
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2 posted 2006-03-27 04:57 PM


Well...I have been in that situation, of trying to build a cow out of hamburger....and I've been the cow a time or two!

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3 posted 2006-03-28 10:08 AM


When I first read this, I focused on the humor... and appreciated the much-needed grins it gave. *S*

But... I also appreciate the darker side of it... know what it is to feel ground down, formless and voiceless... and there's nothing funny at all about that. *S*

You're a master at merging dichotomy into a glorious whole! *S*

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4 posted 2006-03-29 03:29 PM


Eddy darling one, I echo Suthern here, this is something that you do so well, blend and merge and make something rather special
Love and warm stuff
as always
Mushy
x x x x
see not just one splash of pink but two, I had to read and reply and always your writing draws me.

Tomorrow is another day I don't know what it holds
but I can face the future with courage brave and bold

Footprints In My Heart
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5 posted 2006-03-29 04:13 PM



I too see both sides of this poem and it is excellent. Moo.

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