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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
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South Louisiana

0 posted 2016-08-12 05:37 PM


couple of days ago
Zoe and I get in the Taurus
head over to
Martha Sowell Utley Memorial Library
here in Thibodaux
she likes to bark at the ducks
while I throw bread for them to eat
there's one big old black and white duck
I call Nero
because of the crown of unruly white hair
on top of his head
library is located along the bank
of Lafourche Bayou as it rolls southward
my mutt loves it
there's always children and adults
to meet and greet
an enjoyable time for us both
along the bayou is a nice boardwalk
with safety rails
people can walk the length of it
stop and watch ducks swimming
throw them food
turtles and fish fight over the food
much fun
we went there this afternoon
doing our thing
strolling down the boardwalk
Zoe would stop every so often
bark at the ducks
occasional squirrel run across the back lawn
not many people were there today
except for one young woman
sitting on one of the benches
on the boardwalk
she was
between sixteen and twenty
how the hell do you tell these days
black, with a do-rag
as we approached I saw the tablet
laying on her lap
does your dog bite
she wanted to know
for Zoe was straining to get to her
shook my head
said, "Naw, she just likes to make friends"
the woman patted Zoe
I tried to make out the writing on the tablet
couldn't, but I was curious
because of the way the lines were so staggered
so I asked, "You write poetry"
she looked stunned, but
nodded, said she did
I said I did too
wanted to know
if she went online with her poems
she didn't
asked her what she wrote about
she didn't say
except that just things I think about
next time I see her
think I'll give her PiP's address
I'd love to read what she has to say

©August 12, 2016 / Jerry Pat Bolton



~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

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Ari Squire
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Posts 488
In The Phallus Lane
1 posted 2016-08-12 08:50 PM


There's an old London busker tune that begins, "Oh ya' never know just who yer' gonna meet, when yer' walkin' down a busy London street".

Your 'close encounter' of the poetic kind made this ditty come to mind. I enjoyed reading about your walk with Zoe, Jerry. You made it easy for me to 'see' it all.

Loving Linny Jean is poetry.

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
2 posted 2016-08-12 10:48 PM


Ari, thank you big time for your so kind comments. But then, you seem to always know how to put a smile on my face.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere
3 posted 2016-08-13 12:03 PM


Way cool! She'll probably remember that day for a long time. !L
JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
4 posted 2016-08-13 12:35 PM


I imagine she might just do that, Lori. I'm just sorry I wasn't able to read some of her poetry.

"under the Bunsun burner sun" . . . Love it!

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Redstart
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since 2014-05-16
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5 posted 2016-08-13 12:46 PM


What a great read. I hope you do, and she does.
JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
6 posted 2016-08-13 12:53 PM


Yep, so do I, Redstart, but I haven't seen her back, and I check . . . eh . . . Maybe I scared her away, or she is too insecure to let me read what she writes.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

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