4tete #9 Wherein We Speak to Teddy Bears

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4tete #9 Wherein We Speak to Teddy Bears

gardawg
Junior Member

since 2001-02-08

Posts 34
W of Seattle

0 posted 2001-02-12 02:39 PM

(once again sorry for not commenting here, the board so busy as am I)

(After, the Dreams was the second I wrote in the dialogue.  Invitationas and Begginings was the first and started the conversation.  This is my third.)

Wherein We Speak to Teddy Bears
of the Party for Their Naming  Day

Lannie will bring colored parchment
to make an admiral’s hat to set
upon your ears and origami cranes
to tie from the ceiling fan.
You will lift your button ears
and remember the sea rich
with silver swordfish and sardines.

If I could, I would
fold you a paper boat
sealed with jelly jar wax;
we would sail along the river bank
in search of wet diamonds
until lily pads nod off to sleep
and cattails bow good-by.

Annie will bring her crystals
and drop colors upon your walls
to paint your house with rainbows
and decorate the ivy.
You will lift your furry arms
and remember the sky ripe
with gray geese and blue pigeons.

If I could, I would
snip and rivet you a spaceship
powered by bottle rockets;
we would sail along the stars
in search of iron and opals
until Venus unfolded her arms
to play the tambourine.

Beca will bring Chinese checkers
and let you win again and again
though she will never cheat
and you do not know red from black.
You will lift your crooked smile
and remember the land plump
with golden grain and freckled girls.

If I could, I would
weave you a crown of daisies
and lay it upon your brow;
we would lie among buttercups
in the sheep’s green meadow
and count four-leaf clovers
until all the clouds turned to camels.

I will feed you almond shortcake
and marshmallow wine
until the dishes are put away
and floor neatly swept.
We will let fireflies flit about our face
and dance among the mulberries
until the rain stops.

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

1 posted 2001-02-12 09:14 PM

What a fun way to spend a rainy day, krawdad... Very nice indeed - I'll come to this party...

Waft every crest upon your destined sea.
Embrace the Wave of Serendipity,
Lest its elusive arcane ecstasy
Refurl with sail for all eternity.

gardawg
Junior Member

since 2001-02-08

Posts 34
W of Seattle

2 posted 2001-02-13 10:56 AM

Thanks, and I will come and work here at bit.

Gary

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