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Balladeer
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0 posted 2000-06-28 12:08 PM



(my not ready for book submission poem   )

There's a strange thing in my icebox.
Can't say what it is because
It's been in there so long
I can't remember what it was!

It's kind of round and fuzzy
And stuck fast to the plate.
Small flowery things on top began
To sprout and germinate.

It's green and red and yellow, too
With just a touch of pink.
It could have been a burger or
A plate of Spam, I think.

I thought of throwing it away
But it's become a shrine.
It's like the son I never had
And I'm so proud it's mine.  

The other foods think it's a god
Or Kenmore king, at least.
They haven't seen so many molds
On anything since yeast!

So I think I'll just leave it there.
Forever may it thrive!
A testament that life will always
Find ways to survive.

© Copyright 2000 Michael Mack - All Rights Reserved
Jamie
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1 posted 2000-06-28 12:16 PM


Gives a whole new meaning to the term Fridge Poetry...
good verse
jamie

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil.
"Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely".



wayoutwalt
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2 posted 2000-06-28 12:18 PM


heheheh yuh balladeer tasty this was o yuh even with the mold just cut it off heat and serve
Denise
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3 posted 2000-06-28 12:21 PM


ROFL   Delightful, Balladeer! Now with that chuckle I am off to bed!

p.s. throw that yucky thing away!!

Denise

[This message has been edited by dsnyder (edited 06-28-2000).]

Mark Bohannan
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4 posted 2000-06-28 01:35 AM


Had a wonderful laugh.  It might be a good time to call the Smithsonian.  Forever may it shine as long as the eyes upon it are not
mine.  Thanks for the lift.

serenity blaze
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5 posted 2000-06-28 01:58 AM


I would vote for this for the sub-title alone...

thank you, Balladeer, you make me smile, and so smoothly too...I'd hug ya if I could--RUN!!!

Irish Rose
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6 posted 2000-06-28 06:58 AM


You know, this is so true!

I can suggest a cold bottle of wine ....you can leave it there for years and years and not be afraid to touch it. Goes well with just about anything....even lighthouses  

You left me, sweet, two legacies,-
a legacy of love
A Heavenly Father would content,
Had He the offer of;
Emily Dickinson

Marge Tindal
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7 posted 2000-06-28 07:06 AM


Balladeer~

Looking in my fridge
I had to laugh with glee
See, I'm not the only one
Balladeer also has these !

Furry little fur-balls
growing green inside ...
Past the age of smelling
they've become petrified !

A plate of absolute repulse
now sits upon the shelf ...
I'd try to throw it out
but it might revive itself.

Then the mutant Spammies
would take over the garbage truck
I think I'd better leave them in
so things don't go amuck !

*One of us is certifiably insane ...
perhaps both ?  
Welcome to my refrigerator !
Love you ...
~*Marge*~


~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Alicat
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8 posted 2000-06-28 08:07 AM


Only one word can summarize what caused such to be in Balladeer's world:  BACHELORHOOD!!!!!  


Alicat, the everpresent, not always available, Persnikitty

Sunshine
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9 posted 2000-06-28 08:29 AM


EEEEEEWWWWWWW!

Clean that 'fridge, pitch the junk
eeewwww can see the smell, pretty funk!
I have to say I'm repulsed here
looking in the 'fridge of Balladeer's!

Now here I have a story for you
about a chest type freezer too!
When things get old, don't leave for two weeks
without a looksee, have someone peek

and check to see if the thing's still running
and here now, see this, I'm not funning,
'cause believe me when I say this clear,
what I found was worse'n Balladeer's!

'Cause if you take, oh, 100 pounds of meat,
after two warm weeks, well, it don't smell sweet!
Even the buzzards will leave it alone,
and how do you rid that smell from your home?

LOL at you, 'Deer, and giving me a way to tell everyone what I did with my last weekend!  Yuck!

Sunny

~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Helen Keller ~~~

When you want to be loved, look within...KRJ


Seymour Tabin
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10 posted 2000-06-28 08:42 AM


Why don't you tell them your growing a secret golf ball. I'd vote for this one.
WhtDove
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11 posted 2000-06-28 10:17 AM


ROFL Balladeer! Ewww gawd, I can imagine!
Scientific experiment growing in the freezer. LOL

when ya take it out, make sure ya have a mask on, that smell will blow you away  

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12 posted 2000-06-28 10:37 AM


Ewww...your fridge sounds worse than mine. I just threw out some milk, dated June 16th--and it smelled to high heaven!  

Elizabeth


I'm grabbing my hat and coat
I'm leaving the cat a note
Quick call me a ferry boat-getting out of town!



Janet Marie
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13 posted 2000-06-28 12:36 PM


I thought of throwing it away
But it's become a shrine.
It's like the son I never had
And I'm so proud it's mine.  

The other foods think it's a god
Or Kenmore king, at least.
They haven't seen so many molds
On anything since yeast!
---------------

LOL LOL...you kill me deer...
leave it there...
it will eventually grow legs and walk off on its own  
later-playing around with poetry-gator
jm

PS... isn't there some unspoken rule ...
never admitt to actually eating SPAM???
LOL  

Butterflies_dont_cry
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14 posted 2000-06-28 12:41 PM


OH Dear!

You've been at my house haven't you!!! I
thought this was our little secret!!!  

Very cute...the poem was too  



Corazon
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15 posted 2000-06-28 02:08 PM


love this my friend, love the way you make the reader smile  
JulieAnn
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16 posted 2000-06-28 03:08 PM


UUUGGHHHH!!! makes me think of my fridge.....i am sure it is in desparate need of a good cleaning....

Julie :)



Colin
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17 posted 2000-06-28 04:26 PM


OH YUCK!!!! And those vegetables that lie quietly festering in the bottom, just waiting for an unsuspecting hand to reach in and pluck them out! *cringe*

Eric.

"We are the music makers and we are the makers of dreams." - Willy Wonka.

TerryW
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18 posted 2000-06-28 04:51 PM


Balladeer~
     If anyone can make a cosmic comedy about the most mundane situations, it is you my friend!  I just hope that you don't look into My refridgerator-- I think that once they get old enough, they multiply!!!!



Love YA~

~you reached inside, you touched my heart,
and I am all the better for it~
Terry A. Woodson, Jr.

Martie
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19 posted 2000-06-28 04:52 PM


Well deer one, it seems you are not alone in muckdom....love your sense of freezer fun and Marge....LOL.
RainbowGirl
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20 posted 2000-06-28 05:27 PM


Hmmmmmmm....it's pink, it's small and grows when warmed up....yep, definitely it's called spam.....ROFL


ooops

HSUG

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21 posted 2000-06-28 08:41 PM


Oh my Balladeer!  Where do you get these thoughts from?     Absolutely hilarious.  Remind me never to eat leftovers at your house.

--You can either take me as I am...or you can watch me as I go.--

Poet deVine
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22 posted 2000-06-28 09:40 PM


LOL...I think it has relatives in Arizona!!! You may have penicillin!  
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23 posted 2000-06-28 10:58 PM


Cut me off a slice and maybe I can get it growing ... then I can put it out in the front yard in the winter ... hose it down and enter it in the 'Ice Sculpture Festival'

linda munday
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24 posted 2000-07-02 12:45 PM


Balladeer......rotf laughing here.
Have you been peeking into my fridge.
Loved it!  ha ha ha ha.
Linda M.

Kellsue
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25 posted 2000-07-02 12:51 PM


This was delightfully funny!!!  It would have a vote from me hands down!

~Kelly


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Reflect upon your present blessings-of which every man has many-not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. ~Charles Dickens

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~Winston Churchill


Marge Tindal
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26 posted 2000-07-03 12:59 PM


Balladeer!  
I see you're still at it !
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww !
And now the 'fuzzies' are EVERYWHERE !

MERCY !
They're taking over the site.
CLOSE THAT REFRIGERATOR DOOR !





~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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LngJhnAg
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27 posted 2000-07-03 01:27 PM


'Deer

It looks like you are beginning to seek inspiration from your refrigerator - I suggest you have a long heart to heart with Jenny Craig before you run out of food groups.  Incidently, have you seen my phlegm specimen that I was supposed to drop off at the TB Center?  I've looked everywhere for it, and the last time I saw it was when Lorelei and I dropped by to visit you last February.  Say "Hi" to Fran for us.

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28 posted 2000-07-03 01:54 PM


Oh DEER, I read the title and just new this would be hilarious!!  I desperately need humor in my life....you never let me down in that department!!!! Thank You sooo much for the much needed funny stuff!!!!  Very good, funny piece!!  I want to know what it was though!!!! ????  

Bridgette  


"Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Unknown

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29 posted 2000-07-03 07:38 PM


Geez, these replies are better than my poem!! Glad you all had fun with it  

Marge....you are definitely the Queen of Graphics!!!

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30 posted 2000-07-03 09:33 PM


Balladeer~
Thanks for blowing my

HORNOGRAPHICS


Love ya'
~*Marge*~


~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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