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twinsgd Member
since 2000-02-13
Posts 416Ontario,Canada |
This creature she moves through the night, to feed her young her only quest. She needs to stay, alert and smart, to stay alive, her eyes shine bright. Her coat is slick, and smooth and clean; the ears, they pick up every sound. Her nose, will find the food she seeks. Unlike a cat she's never mean. The dogs they bark, she crouches down; afraid, she cowers to the ground. The owl swoops over, and she runs into the water, she won't drown. She climbs the trees so effortlessly, she's versatile, an acrobat is she. We trap and and shoot, malign and fear, this creature so, relentlessly. When all is said and done it's that, why are we so, afraid of her. She only wants to live her life, the simple life, of one small rat. Jack |
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Lost Dreamer Member Elite
since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464Somewhere near the Rainbow |
Wow, you just made me feel sorry for Rats...LOL Actually once where I was working they were in there eating the chamois clothes for waxing cars, and they were setting off the alarm every night so they had to put poison out and one day one was dying in the middle of the floor and I felt so sad, I wished I could save it as they threw it in the dumster out back  |
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childomine Senior Member
since 2000-01-25
Posts 818st. petersburg, FL |
Jack, although I have a little white mouse, rats have never been my favorite thing. You've made me look at them in a new way. Everything you said is true and you've actually made me feel something other than distaste for them. Good job. ...Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is.... Black Eagle Oglala Sioux holy man |
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John the cat Member
since 2000-03-23
Posts 357England |
A great poem. You do make the rat sound better than they are painted..I still wouldn't want to spend a night in the sewers though...lol |
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ESP Member Elite
since 2000-01-25
Posts 2556Floating gently on a cloud.... |
Well, this is not the first time I felt sorry for rats! I actually agree with the sentiments in your poem. Nice job! Love and hugs, Lizzie  |
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twinsgd Member
since 2000-02-13
Posts 416Ontario,Canada |
Well I'll be darned...LOL I fully expected to be ducking flying objects here.....you all must be kind hearted animal lovers. Thank you for reading and responding Lost Dreamer, Kim, John, Lizzie. |
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freckles Member
since 2000-02-12
Posts 160Virginia USA |
twinsgd--You've picked a very interesting topic here. I echo the sentiments of the others; you've certainly done justice to the rat. Kind of reminds of the story "Mrs. Frisbie and the Rats of Nymph".....that makes you look at them in a different light, too. Well done, my friend! "Unto thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night, the day; thou cans't not be false to any man."---Shakespeare |
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Swåmp¤Faerÿie Member
since 2000-03-29
Posts 358Illinois |
Twinsgd,you are totaly right!! We all have a right to live on this earth,even the lowliest creatures!! And we all have are part. Can you imagine what would happen to the natural balance if we didn't have such "terrible" creatures as spiders,snakes,rats,mice,and mosquitos??¿ It's to bad humans have already destroyed most of the earth's balance!! peace,love,and harmony, Swamp Faeryie And there she weaves by night and day, a magic web of colours gay.~Tennyson |
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twinsgd Member
since 2000-02-13
Posts 416Ontario,Canada |
Freckles.....Thank you for the kind words...I shall have to ask a friend of mine about Mrs Frisbie story. Swamp Faeryie...Many thanks.....while agreeing with you may I say that the Earth has always been in a state of flux and nothing ever stays the same. Jack |
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