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Open Poetry #48

My simplest smiles

Shortysdadd
Junior Member

since 2011-06-26

Posts 39

0 posted 2013-11-29 12:00 PM

And when I was five I would gaze through that metal screen porch door.
The world spinning so slowly

Time a stone

I would lick that corroded screen till my little tongue was raw
And marvel at the taste of metal and the salty crust of swatted flies….

With the freedom of not judging whether it was good or bad
Just exploring the unexplored…

I did this for months…

My mother caught me one day and said “Don’t ever do that again, that is disgusting!”
To please her I never licked another screen….

But I have never forgotten what it was like…

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

1 posted 2013-12-12 06:31 AM

exploring the unexplored…

your ending reminded me of my youth...sometimes regretting though, not exploring enough!

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2013-12-12 05:52 PM

I understand both the child and the mother! Exploring can indeed be quite dangerous without the necessary precautions!

Well rendered experience.

Margherita

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

3 posted 2013-12-12 05:57 PM

There is probably no end to the things we might try and enjoy if we didn't learn better somewhere along the way... lol, some serious cuase for speculation here.

Michael

ponderthepoetorrsx
Member

since 2011-06-25

Posts 284
U.S , Ca

4 posted 2013-12-12 06:14 PM

Food for thought

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