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Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

0 posted 1999-08-18 09:55 PM

When she was three she said to me
"I'll never move away -
I'll stay with you my whole life through..
Forever and a day"

But once a teen she didn't mean
Those words much any more -
So I, in jest, and mother's quest,
Told her I'd lock the door.

She said "If you don't let me do
The things that others get,
I'm moving back with my knapsack
And plethoras of pets.

Now, animals are her whole world,
To Hollywood she went.
The glitz and fame were not her game.
In zoos her time was spent.

With a degree in husbandry,
She came home all grown up.
But then she said, "Mom, now instead,
I'm living with my pup..."

She fell in lust but it went bust,
And she came home to me.
I saw her wend around the bend -
Alas, what I did see!

With baggage, and her entourage
Of animals in tow,
Two great big dogs, husky and dobe
"Hello, Mom, we are home!"

Iguanas in aquariums,
Three snakes, but two were dead..
Then seven cats ~ and "Several rats
For python food," she said.

With all her stuff, and pets enough,
Her trampoline and zoo -
Just to be sure, lest Mom need more,
She had Cassandra too.

So that is why, as time went by
My solitude sought me.
She's moved out now, but not without
Fulfilling prophecy.

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Nay, if our wits run the Wild-Goose chase, I am done:
For thou hast more of the Wild-Goose in one of thy wits,
Than I am sure I have in my whole five.
~ ²1592 Wm. Shakespeare ~ Romeo & Juliet ~ ii. iv. 75

[This message has been edited by Nan (edited 08-19-99).]

Haskins
Member

since 1999-06-26

Posts 85
Dallas, TX

1 posted 1999-08-18 10:07 PM

Splendid rhythm...and a sense of humor that would make any child lucky to call you mom.

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William Haskins AKA The Mad Monk
http://www.ionstorm.com/public/haskins/inner_sanctum.htm

Balladeer

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

2 posted 1999-08-18 10:20 PM

So now she's gone
Your life goes on
Without the family zoo.

It must be lonely
Because the only
Animal left is YOU!

DreamEvil
Member Elite

since 1999-06-22

Posts 2396

3 posted 1999-08-18 10:31 PM

Reptiles are my greatest passion. It serves no purpose to comment on your consistently perfect structure and rhyme, so I will content myself with content.

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Shall I indulge in flights of fancy hampered by clipped wings?
DreamEvil©

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

4 posted 1999-08-18 11:15 PM

Dear Nan,
What can I say about perfection?
You and Balladeer moter my illusions
and are the unction of my functions.

JP
Senior Member

since 1999-05-25

Posts 1343
Loomis, CA

5 posted 1999-08-19 01:00 PM

You still amaze me...

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Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn.
JP

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

6 posted 1999-08-19 01:46 PM

All I can say is WOW!

Sue
Member

since 1999-08-04

Posts 383
France

7 posted 1999-08-19 03:22 PM

I just love it!

Colin
Senior Member

since 1999-06-05

Posts 596
Callington, Cornwall, England

8 posted 1999-08-19 06:44 PM

Thanks Nan, I just had a good laugh at that. Of course the rhyme and rhythm are excellent as usual. Good job *8)

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