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Forewarned is Forearmed
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Forewarned is Forearmed |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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my constant companion my shadow alert even in the dark warned me of the nighttime wind I heeded his warning for the wind shrieked hard and loud enough I sat straight up in bed then lay there sweating in the dark of night The Hovel was taking a beating the dread in my heart caused by the screeching wind made me think of fire swung my legs around stood peered out my window my shadow and I at the mean streets of Thibodaux still half asleep streetlights illuminated unsecured things tumbling along with the wind but no fire then . . . the wind stopped and an eerie quiet to an ordinary March night returned my shadow smiled I trudged back to bed he tucked me in ©March 20, 2016 / Jerry Pat Bolton |
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Ari Squire Member Posts 488 In The Phallus Lane |
"Thibodaux", Louisiana? Even a shadow can get blown away with those hurricane winds. Great story Jerry, likely more truth than fiction. Very pleased to see you back again. More feelings and fewer words please |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yes indeed, Ari, Thibodaux, Louisiana. Right also about those hurricane winds . . . Thank you . . . ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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jjote Senior Member
since 2002-12-25
Posts 1088Ontario, Canada |
Right..our shadows do not seem as frightening now that we know better than we did when we were kids, drawing monsters on the walls cast by shadows..how scary they still are to my grandson.  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Isn't it wonderful watch the grandchildren go through the same horror of shadows that we did? Thank you jjote. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
I took some comfort in this poem. There is something about knowing a storm scaring the primeval bjesus out of us, no matter what our age or situation, makes us all alike. ~L |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
You are so right, my friend. Storms can be vicious and we are completely unable to do one damn thing about it. Tornadoes, for instance. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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