Good Old Grandfather Clock

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Open Poetry #4

Good Old Grandfather Clock

Eloise
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since 1999-11-27

Posts 1096
Wyoming

0 posted 1999-11-29 09:41 PM

Looming in the corner
Is the one who tells it all.
The sound of midnight coming
As it echoes down the hall.

Trying to break the curfew
And sneaking in the house.
Careful not to wake anyone.
Being quiet as a mouse.

But the sound of striking metal
Says she's thirty minutes late.
Next Friday night she'll be home alone.
Grounded without a date.

Elizabeth

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Member Ascendant

since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

1 posted 1999-11-29 09:54 PM

Great, Eloise! It made me smile, although I'm sure it did not have that affect on the girl in the poem.

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Nail to the mast her holy flag,
Set every threadbare sail-
And give her to the god of storms,
The lightning and the gale!
-Oliver Wendell Holmes

Ohme
Senior Member

since 1999-07-17

Posts 816
Texas

2 posted 1999-11-29 10:32 PM

Lessons learned, Huh?

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

3 posted 1999-11-29 10:43 PM

I remember those days! Very good Eloise! Thanks for the memories!

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Denise

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

4 posted 1999-11-29 10:47 PM

I love grandfather clocks! Enjoyed this
Elizabeth

Eloise
Senior Member

since 1999-11-27

Posts 1096
Wyoming

5 posted 1999-11-29 11:12 PM

Thanks for the comments. If I remember correctly she (my daughter) was not a happy camper the following weekend. But the next time she went out garage was opening as the clock struck 12! Kind of reminded me of Cinderella.

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