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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
don't mind saying walking along a narrow neighborhood street spotting a head sticking out from behind a tire is a bit disconcerting well, to say the least, yet when I arrived parallel, all was well, a quite living body was attached and some form of labor or repair was occurring, at least that's what it looked like by then, I couldn't help but smile was my smile relief or humor? the head was attached to a stranger so I didn't speak my thoughts am I stranger still? VAS October 9, 2012 maybe it's closer to Halloween than we think Whether on the shoal or on the shore, |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
absolutely loved the opening!!! "don't mind saying walking along a narrow neighborhood street spotting a head sticking out from behind a tire is a bit disconcerting" and the way you tied to it was great! Once saw a guy lying in a yard half under a car, a jack next to the front wheel...I kept going but had to turn back, and after getting in his yard I called to him several times, with no reply, movement, anything --- finally I reached him, and shook is leg . . . this guy had gotten sleepy while fixing to change his tire, and laid down half under the car for the shade!!! but who knows, huh?? enjoyed, j. |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Thanks for your comment and sharing of a similar experience. That would have really spooked me. You helped me enjoy this piece even more than when I was writing it. Whether on the shoal or on the shore, |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
"the head was attached to a stranger so I didn't speak my thoughts am I stranger still?" LOL... pondering while moving on at a fast clip...  Enjoyed. JL  Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Absolutely Halloween kind of poetry, at least you made it seem that way. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Like this. Started my day with a s lie. A |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Enjoyed, Virginia! Thanks! |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Ummm ... That was supposed to be "smile" up ther!  |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
thought so, Alison, or an unusual spelling of "sly" Whether on the shoal or on the shore, |
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