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Open Poetry #49

Too Long

Redstart
Senior Member

since 2014-05-16

Posts 535

0 posted 2016-08-27 12:56 PM

Too long the nights,
too crass the sprites
that danced to Bacchus blush.
Cerebral touch, evading clutch,
leaves only busted flush.
To wipe the slate?
To close the gate?
Nothing to recall?
No, let it lie,
they can't deny,
he painted warts and all.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2016-08-27 02:05 PM

You betcha! When you "wipe the slate" and "close the gate" what else is there to do but send those "warts and all." I loved this short, to the damn point poem, Redstart.

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

Elizabeth

Moderator

Member Ascendant

since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

2 posted 2016-08-27 03:14 PM

If it's warts and all no one can say it isn't honest...

Redstart
Senior Member

since 2014-05-16

Posts 535

3 posted 2016-08-27 03:47 PM

Thanks, J. And thanks, Elizabeth. As for honesty: I'd have asked Sir Peter Lely to paint me naked, and trust me: No eye would ever want to suffer the indignity of that little number. x

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