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Seymour Tabin
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0 posted 2006-08-26 07:56 AM


A Leg up if you Please

I would a leg up if you please
The spring is gone from out my knees
I hear you calling me to come
But my feet won’t move, they are numb

My mind keeps pushing me to go
To stand and move and join the flow
To meet the sun that’s lit my way
To walk the path another day

But I am sad in disrepair
I’ve lost the go and living dare
My feeling are this job be done
I’ll leave it for some other one

This orange has been squeezed quite dry
There’s only bone and skin that lie
And that would stay and rest a bit
Before the last of candles lit

Just tired would the term I’d use
Perhaps I need a shot of booze


© Copyright 2006 Seymour Tabin - All Rights Reserved
Sunshine
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1 posted 2006-08-26 10:05 AM



Atta boy!  That last line
will give you that leg up
every time!






Joyce Johnson
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2 posted 2006-08-26 10:05 AM


The price of aging.  You tell it well.  Joyce
Seymour Tabin
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3 posted 2006-08-26 11:28 AM


Sunshine
Every time, LOL

Thank you Joyce.

jwebs
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4 posted 2006-08-26 11:31 AM


Seymour,

I loved the imagery that you used here.  I could see the transformation as I read.  It's hard to believe that after so many years your words are still as alive as when I first started reading them.  Thanks for an excellent choice of words.

Seymour Tabin
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5 posted 2006-08-26 11:46 AM


jwebs
Thank you for staying with me and your kindness.

Klassy Lassy
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6 posted 2006-08-26 04:24 PM


I am happy to see your post today, Sy!  Have missed you in the past few days.  A leg up?  Yes!  and a please, too.

~ Klassy

sandgrain
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7 posted 2006-08-26 04:34 PM


Gosh, I've been there, when it just doesn't seem worth the effort it takes.  Time heals, time ages and time changes our thinking.  Sure enjoyed this.  

   Rae

Dr.Moose1
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8 posted 2006-08-26 05:16 PM


sy,
And how about a boost? I'm feeling this one a tad too much of late. Love the humor and the style as always.
Doc

Honeybunch
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9 posted 2006-08-26 05:20 PM


  Enjoyed this, Sy.  I guess there comes a time when we have to resort to whatever works so - cheers!  Drink up!
kif kif
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10 posted 2006-08-26 09:45 PM


Just to let you know, Mr. Tabin, I read all of your stuff. I'm not one for simpering, so you'll not get many replies from me-what can I say, but 'wow'? You have a style that defies my expectations, and your subjects are timeless, yet so contemporary. Play Misty for me...yikes! Am I showing my age with that ref'?
Larry C
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11 posted 2006-08-26 10:01 PM


Sy,
You caught me by surprise. But if I may... the rest is well earned on so many fronts. Besides you're a keeper.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane,
I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

Magnus
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12 posted 2006-08-26 10:25 PM


Seems you need some Geritol...I think they
got the name from geriatric..

Meanwhile, until the drugstore opens again,
a nice hot toddy should do nicely and
perhaps a back rub or a hot tub dip?

The Lady
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13 posted 2006-08-27 01:23 AM



your get up and go
got up and went Sy?

mine too
but it's nice to think
of where our get up has been...

terrific


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