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Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

0 posted 2008-05-30 11:09 PM

Felix, enslaved in foster care,
was made to cut down
a large wild cherry tree.

With his chainsaw,
he was forced to cut it
into boards.

It was hard, torturous work.

He was made to stack
those boards carefully.

Three years later,
when the wood had cured,
and after his foster Dad had died,
he spirited those boards away,
and hid them in a dry place
only he knew about.

Another two years later,
he returned,
stole those cured
cherry boards away,
took them home,
and carved his Angelo
a bed frame.

He sanded,
and polished that frame
with melted beeswax.

He made a tight rope
and cotton stuffed mattress
for the bed.

Angelo always slept sound
in that bed.

It held the sweet smell
of the beeswax.

Bobby

LindsayP
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since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

1 posted 2008-05-31 12:29 PM

Bobby you have a wonderful imagination.

Keep it up.

Lindsay

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

2 posted 2008-05-31 01:20 AM

I love the smell of beeswax!

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

3 posted 2008-05-31 09:57 AM

Thanks LindsayP,

This one is largly true. I'm pleased you are enjoying the stories.

Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4 posted 2008-05-31 10:00 AM

Thanks dear Passing shadows,

Yes, natural beeswax does smell good. The wax from Tulip Poplar honey is probably the best for smell.

Love Bobby

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2008-06-01 04:34 AM

If must have been very rewarding to create something for your son with your own hands.
Ida

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

6 posted 2008-06-01 12:33 PM

Thanks dear Ida,

Yes, it was loads of fun too. I like wook working.

Thanks for the kind words on this poem.

Love Bobby

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

7 posted 2008-06-01 12:58 PM

Now this was a good use of the cherry wood, especially if it was left abandoned there ...

I'm sure Angelo felt the love you had put into making that bed for him. All things emanate energy and this made for nice dreams no doubt.

Love,
Margherita

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

8 posted 2008-06-01 01:25 PM

Hello Bobby, another warm poem from you, enjoyed very much and have been a little hypnotized while the reading.

Thank you

yann

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

9 posted 2008-06-01 02:31 PM

Thanks dear Margherita,

Yes, angelo enjoyed his bed very much.

Wood plays a major part in everyones world. Everything from houses, to books. It is our one, renewable, natural resource. All that is required is sun light, water, and air.

Bobby

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

10 posted 2008-06-01 04:09 PM

'Tis no wonder why Angelo slept like a babe in the bed that love built.

This was a 'honey' of a story.

Linda

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

11 posted 2008-06-01 07:24 PM

Thanks Yann,

I'm very pleased if this one worked for you.

I don't know how I missed reading your post.

Thanks for your kind words.

Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

12 posted 2008-06-01 07:25 PM

Thanks dear Linda,

I'm pleased it worked for you. This is one of the true ones.

Love Bobby

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

13 posted 2008-06-02 03:58 PM

There is a love and devotion here that borders on the extraordinary; the "understatement" in the last two lines explode with meaning that words can't describe. This is magnificent writing, Bobby!

Art

Ray Sharpe
Member

since 2008-05-29

Posts 112
Tenerife

14 posted 2008-06-02 04:11 PM

I love your stories of angelo....the love shines through

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

15 posted 2008-06-02 06:30 PM

Thanks Art,

I'm very pleased this one worked for you.

Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

16 posted 2008-06-02 06:32 PM

Thanks Ray,

For the kind words on this one. I'm pleased it worked for you.

Bobby

vandana

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since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

17 posted 2008-06-02 06:38 PM

enjoyed

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

18 posted 2008-06-02 06:54 PM

Thanks dera Vandana,

I'm happy you enjoyed the poem.

Bobby

Joyce Johnson

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since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

19 posted 2008-06-02 10:57 PM

Felix's experiences have given him many personalities. This was his endearing side. Joyce

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

20 posted 2008-06-03 07:32 AM

Thanks dear Joyce,

Like every human being, no matter whom, Felix is a very complex individual.

Love Bobby

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