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Little Wooden Box
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Little Wooden Box |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere 
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The small brown box with dovetailed corners scuffs and scratches gouges and lines a delicate hook clasp and memories of mine used to sit on a shelf overlooking dad's desk Upon this old battered box used to sit a one eyed peg-legged pirate made of modeling clay that could still be amended by fingers next to whom seemingly floated an ugly duck from a 3rd grader's recall of a decoy her Daddy collected Kiln baked and glazed Now the box is mine I made the pirate walk the plank and my duck only a daddy could love is tucked in a corner of the hutch What sits upon it now beside me is a snow globe picture frame My mother is smiling overlooking me as I write LGR(c)2/19/12 |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ahh . . . Precious . . . This is such wonderful thoughts and just . . . . Precious . . .Feel bad about the pirate and little duck though . . .Especially the pirate, aaarg! ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ [This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (02-20-2012 06:00 AM).] |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Trust me they were ugly....Dad and I still remember, that is enough  Lori |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
It's amazing how many memories a small box can contain... both of what's there and what isn't. The last 3 lines really touched me! |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
When I was little, my Dad made us Treasure Boxes. Sounds like you have one too. A |
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