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Lisa
Member

since 1999-07-08

Posts 88
Lunenburg,VT USA

0 posted 2001-06-26 09:25 PM

Hunting season
Begins again
The deer are in rut
It’s a time for men

Packing their bags
And cleaning their guns
Heading for camp
Where they’ll have some fun

Early mornings
Biting cold
Dressing quickly
By the stove

A walk through the woods
In the pre-dawn hour
Tripping and sweating
You now, need a shower

You get to where
You want to set
Your heart is pounding
What, did you forget?

You reach in your pocket
For a stick of gum
And suddenly remember
You didn’t load the gun

You hunt for the bullets
Oh where could they be?
They must have come out
When you tripped on that tree

The sun comes up
The woods come alive
My God, There’s a Buck!
WAIT--THREE--FOUR--FIVE!

Now wouldn’t you know it
It’s opening morn
Five deer stand before you
And they all have horns

So you go back to camp
And hope to sneak in
Pick up more bullets
And begin again

Not a soul will you tell
What happened today
When they ask what you saw
“NOT A THING!” you’ll say

RSWells
Member Elite

since 2001-06-17

Posts 2533

1 posted 2001-06-26 09:33 PM

Well the hunter had a bloodless day and beauty trod along it's way, wending where some others may in shelless sight enjoy death's stay.

"Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to decieve"

Sharon
Member

since 2001-06-04

Posts 53
Within a whisper

2 posted 2001-06-27 10:58 PM

Whew! I'm on the side of the deer! Hide the bullets forever....

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

3 posted 2001-06-28 12:04 PM

This fills me with so much glee I can't stand it! I have enjoyed elk meat, but I'm on the side of the deer, too! I'm mostly NOT on the side of the 'trophy hunters' so this poem is highly entertaining.

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

4 posted 2001-06-28 01:19 PM

ah yes. . . the hunt. . . I'm sure that this happens more often than not. . .

great job!!

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LngJhnAg
Member Elite

since 1999-07-23

Posts 3508
Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion

5 posted 2001-06-28 02:28 PM

Yanno, Lisa - It's times like this that I feel kinda sad. The same thing happended to me on the first day of Cat hunting season! What?! There's no season on Cats?! Ya mean I don't hafta wait until Halloween? Now I feel really bad! lol Great story, no doubt true.

Lisa
Member

since 1999-07-08

Posts 88
Lunenburg,VT USA

6 posted 2001-06-28 04:01 PM

Most of the women I know find great humor in this there are a few men who don't though. It's actually based in a little bit of reality. It's happpened to a couple of people I know.

snowpants
Member Elite

since 2000-09-16

Posts 2061
KS

7 posted 2001-06-28 04:30 PM

Nicely told story, Lisa...so, he got to enjoy a bit of nature in the process...great write!

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it was love that first drew me,
it is love that will keep me here...
now I see love burning brightly
when everything else is unclear...

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