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Louisiana, Bayou’s, Gator’s and Warnings
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Louisiana, Bayou’s, Gator’s and Warnings |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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 you sit in the middle of the swamp its time-worn images of the past fresh in your thoughts a place where warning signs are posted here and there old, almost unreadable but still viable cypress knees rise from the earth in their twisted forms eyes of the gator barely perceptible above the green algae water the sounds come to you from ancient times screeching birds and the harrumph of frogs your thoughts race back in time when pirates bold lurked within the scum-covered bayou counting evilly-gained lucre bawdy girls, even ladies so refined traded flesh for trinkets of gold and danger tenfold what is the swamp if not a brutal reality and when we dare venture there and hear the old come to us in thought and wonderment a chill sets in and burial chambers open up the dead walk with us ©March 4, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~*~ There was a sign on the lawn at a drug re-hab center that said 'Keep off the Grass'. ~*~ |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Love it, Jerry, especially the first half! And what a beautiful smile that is in the photo of that gorgeous, magnificent angel! Owl |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you, Owl, I appreciate your thoughts. ~*~ There was a sign on the lawn at a drug re-hab center that said 'Keep off the Grass'. ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Send me a post card Jerry, they don't bite! Lori  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thought about not showing the gator, Lori, seems that it overrode the poem for your attention. One post card coming up. ~*~ There was a sign on the lawn at a drug re-hab center that said 'Keep off the Grass'. ~*~ |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
enjoyed reading this...I get a taste of Louisiana when I watch Duck Dynasty and I think some of those shows where they hunt alligators are in Louisiana...james |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yep, Louisiana all the way, James. ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
fine descriptive writing ! |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you Bruce! ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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