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Love is Simple. |
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viking_metal Senior Member
since 2007-02-02
Posts 1337In a Jeep, Minnesota. 
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"When did you forget? Love is simple." My young self, five years old and blonde, told me, currently with broad shoulders auburn hair and barely in my twenties. I asked the little guy how he knew so much about love, seeing as he wasn't even in kindergarten. He told me this: "Love is simple. It's a juice box and cookies that you're willing to share. It's a game of doctor full of questions we don't need to ask why we're so different shaped different sized. It's a nap with a dream about the only girl you know who probably doesn't have cooties. It's a crayon love letter with check mark boxes left open will you be my girlfriend? Love is simple it'll find you, just keep a juice box on hand and some cookies just in case." _______________________________ Bad Habits. I'm in a weird mood. Fall in love early, fall in love often. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I got plenty of cookies  Spike gets most of them though. So I make more.Good write here...made me smile. |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Keep on sharing these "weird moods". Love is sharing your favorite coloring book and letting the other person pick out the first color of crayon. My best friend came from the first grade - and that's what we did. It works for all people. Thank you for starting my day with this poem. A |
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SEA
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
no cooties  just cookies and juice...  |
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viking_metal Senior Member
since 2007-02-02
Posts 1337In a Jeep, Minnesota. |
Passing Shadows... You're a doll. I'd say Legend gets to eat about 10% of all sandwiches I make. We're good people.  Aliboohummingbird, thanks for reading my poems in the first place. You never fail to sniff them out and comment on them. Hope your day goes well. Sea... No cooties? I demand proof. Fall in love early, fall in love often. |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
It's a crayon love letter with check mark boxes left open will you be my girlfriend? I just loved that! |
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MorningStar Member
since 2009-10-26
Posts 290Pittsburgh, Pa |
Juice box and cookies, huh? Hmmm, note to self... Loved this!! Aenea If I don't say it...who will? |
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viking_metal Senior Member
since 2007-02-02
Posts 1337In a Jeep, Minnesota. |
Mysteria... Thanks so much! I am glad you enjoyed. Aenea, you're a champion. Glad you liked it, and be sure to keep a few bags of those miniature cookies around at all times... Fall in love early, fall in love often. |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Yes, just like this Enjoyed your mood... |
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viking_metal Senior Member
since 2007-02-02
Posts 1337In a Jeep, Minnesota. |
ThisDiamond, Thank you so very much. I am glad you enjoyed. Fall in love early, fall in love often. |
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ladylisa Member
since 2007-04-29
Posts 342Florida USA |
yes this is so true, how do we forget it? words to live by. thanks lisa |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo Paul, That sharing bit is the secret. Nice work on this poem. Bobby |
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viking_metal Senior Member
since 2007-02-02
Posts 1337In a Jeep, Minnesota. |
Lisa... Thanks very much. Robby ol' bobby... I'm fairly sure that bit is the key to the lock. Thanks a million. Fall in love early, fall in love often. |
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unboundpoetess Member
since 2008-05-24
Posts 477 |
Paul,you are the best color in my crayon box. H |
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viking_metal Senior Member
since 2007-02-02
Posts 1337In a Jeep, Minnesota. |
That could well be the nicest thing anybody's ever said to me. Thanks H-dawg. Getting all sentimental up in here Fall in love early, fall in love often. |
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Earl Brinkman Senior Member
since 2010-03-03
Posts 1183Osaka, Japan |
Yes I understand love now. Thanks for the crayon love. |
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viking_metal Senior Member
since 2007-02-02
Posts 1337In a Jeep, Minnesota. |
You are welcome. |
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Juju Member Elite
since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429In your dreams |
I like this -Juju |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
Neat writing, Viking. I tried the checkmark boxes thingie. It didn't work. Of course, I was older when I tried it, and I didn't actually use "girlfriend"  . Who knew it actually mattered? Apparently, not me. |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
this was enjoyable, and I don't think you could have written a better ending...nice, very nice |
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Zeigeist Member
since 2009-12-09
Posts 311Michigan |
love is simple. a juicy box and some cookie in your hand....lol....hmmmmm. Z. |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
An excellent read... with some very deep wisdom.  "We'll chase them like rats across the tundra." |
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Lamar Cole Member
since 2009-05-01
Posts 274 |
Very Nice. |
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viking_metal Senior Member
since 2007-02-02
Posts 1337In a Jeep, Minnesota. |
Well I'm glad everybody likes this the second time it popped up! Haha. Thanks everyone. Fall in love early, fall in love often. |
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ken206573 Member
since 2008-10-14
Posts 487 |
This made me laugh ending with a smile. I loved it from first to last, especaily the juice and cookie part. Simply wonderful. |
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viking_metal Senior Member
since 2007-02-02
Posts 1337In a Jeep, Minnesota. |
Thank you, Ken. |
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banished_fairy Junior Member
since 2006-10-02
Posts 31Happy in H*ll, PA |
Oh, how you made me smile. Yes, love was simplier at 5. But if you get lucky, you can find moments of simplicity as an adult. As for me, I am getting out my cookies and juice boxes to share..... some with the "kiddies" (the truest love of all) and some for after the "kiddies" go to bed. Hopefully, I will have some "crumbs" in bed......lol Beautiful imagery. |
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Prasad Nataraj Senior Member
since 2008-05-29
Posts 1149Bangalore,India |
wish love was this simple as we get older, kids are lucky have the innocence which makes every complicated situation simpler. "Hardwork pays in the long run" |
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viking_metal Senior Member
since 2007-02-02
Posts 1337In a Jeep, Minnesota. |
Haha, thanks guys. Good luck with the crumbs! Fall in love early, fall in love often. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
How lovely, I missed it the first time around. If we keep love simple we allow it to remain whole and to expand, if we make it all complex it might dissolve into fragments and dissolve ... Now, you see, you made me think! Very nice really. Love, Margherita |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
One of my favorite reads. I'm keeping in my library...for future viewing. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
All of this simple was pure to heart... a gift of child in human form... ~*~ Bravo! |
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