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Open Poetry #46

The Institution of Marriage

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

0 posted 2010-03-24 12:47 PM

Dear John,

Build me a treehouse
where I can go to get away
from you and the humdrum
I face each and every day.

Not that I don't love you...
really and truly I do.
But I need a place to drink in peace
and get my stress to decrease.

Build me a beach in the yard
so I can reggae and daiquiri and tan
when I tire of cooking and laundering
and cleaning up after a grown man.

See, I had these places before we married,
before I became a waitress and a maid,
and having to play this role constantly now
is on my nerves, I'm afraid.

So while you're not working
and making me feel like the Travelocity gnome,
build me these retreats to get away from you
and make here feel like home

instead of a prison.

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

1 posted 2010-03-24 10:02 PM

ahhh Dixie
this one made me laugh!

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

2 posted 2010-03-25 04:00 PM

I wish I had that treehouse, Dixie and I don't have anybody to get away from.
Ida

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

3 posted 2010-03-25 05:49 PM

Your voice is the voice of sincerity, dear Dixie. Well done.

I love the thought of a treehouse, but even better I would love if I still could climb into a tree and hide behind the leaves and enjoy the solitude.

Love,
Margherita

GBride
Senior Member

since 2009-07-02

Posts 538

4 posted 2010-03-29 09:17 PM

Delightful!
I have a couple of hacksaws I'm not using out in the garage. If you need one just ask.
nice picks.

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

5 posted 2010-03-30 08:04 AM

Dixie,when you feel like that, take a long walk and breathe some fresh air, or better still, if you have a porch, get a porch swing and listen to some of that great music you have. It always takes me to other places and relaxes me.

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

6 posted 2010-03-30 11:55 AM

hello Dixie, I enjoyed your mood and Your well crafted write, this one is delightful even if sad...Things will improve for you...

regards

yann

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