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Thoughts on Retirement (Tale #41) |
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John Yaws Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 860Texas 
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Mayhap ‘tis time, an’ past at that- That I ‘ung up me blade. An’ sought to walk a quieter path, Pursue more mundane trade… To spend me nights beneath a roof- Not camped beside some trail. To raise strong lads, to take me place- Prolong the Traveler’s Tale. Aye, lad, ‘tis been a mort o’ years- Since first I sallied forth… To try me ‘and at fightin’, Aye- East, west, and south, and north… I’ve strode the streets o’ tropic towns- Drunk toasts in Moorish Spain- Four years I served afore the mast, Out on the Spanish Main. North Africa ‘as been me berth- An’ Inja’s tropic clime- The Sudan states were once me fate, The lassies, ah, sublime! Me body bears the scars an’ marks- O’ arrow, ball, an’ blade- But, Pah! Wha’ else can one expect- When fightin’ is ‘is trade? P’raps I’ll wait a wee bit more- Afore I doff me mail- I’ve ‘eard they’re ‘iring fightin’ men, So goes me Traveler’s Tale. |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Your tales are always delightful, John! Enjoyable read! Denise |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
Gunslinger- this is wonderful.  really enjoyed reading it.  -vicky "...until you have read the verse on his heart, you have not truely met the poet." -vlraynes |
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ThUnDeRkYsS Senior Member
since 1999-09-23
Posts 727Wisconsin |
Brilliant write, you never cease to amaze me with the way you lace words together. Strive for higher levels, if they seem out of reach... Grow, and they will get closer. |
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