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0 posted 2003-08-04 05:07 PM


Just Your Average Domestic Hero.

Hero dust
Sprinkled liberally on every act
Of the least importance

A hero I am
Needlessly honoured
virtue my reward

A great pretender
But still she insists
A hero I am
Of fitting light bulbs
And mending doors.


Andy

Rawr, rawr, rawr

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1 posted 2003-08-04 07:50 PM


The kind of hero that every woman needs around the house. Very nice!

Oh, make me Thine forever
And should I fainting be
Lord, let me never ever
Outlive my love for Thee

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2 posted 2003-08-05 01:38 AM


Aww, aint' you just the little handyman? *grins evilly*  this is cute. I'm sure there's more to it than it seems (ie. dead pidgeon style), but it's still cute

It's hard to grow up and watch your friends remain in the same mindset that you left them in

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3 posted 2003-08-05 10:13 AM


A great pretender
But still she insists
A hero I am
Of fitting light bulbs
And mending doors.

~*~

Now 'Zu, I'm enjoying this.
I see a very elderly woman,
afraid to step up the small ladder,
for fear of falling, and breaking
a hip - or worse...

Oh yes, even the smallest of jobs
can require a hero of heart...

Smiling at you!

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4 posted 2003-08-05 05:42 PM


Erica: Thanks for the reply. I like to think that I can do my fair share of the chores

Rhonda: Thanks for the reply. You should probably know that my woodworking skills are almost non existent, I had to make a display case for a school project, I started to make a box to put shelves in but by the end of the term (Something like 20hrs of work) I had ended up with two L shaped pieces of wood, one of which was varnish and one of which was painted… lets just say I didn’t pass that module. Oh I’m not sure about this one being as “deep” as the dead pigeon poem but it’s certainly from the same ball park I think

Karilea: Thanks for the reply. As it happens you pretty much hit the nail on the head, for a moment I sort of understood how difficult it must be to do things that I take for granted when you are older.

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5 posted 2003-08-06 01:14 AM


LOL Andrew you're my hero   I should tell you my woodwork story one day... then the metalwork one where I nearly set the school on fire *grin*

It's hard to grow up and watch your friends remain in the same mindset that you left them in

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6 posted 2003-08-06 07:31 AM




nicely done

regards
sudhir

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7 posted 2003-08-09 12:53 PM


This is really brilliant writing, Zu.  I really enjoyed reading this.  

Parasite

Faith is a fine invention
When gentlemen can see
But microscopes are prudent
In an emergency.
~~~Emily Dickinson

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8 posted 2003-08-09 02:55 PM


The concept of Hero dust is almost remniscent of Fairy dust.  Like one little sprinkle makes everything wonderful.  Maybe it's just me.

Woodworking is a difficult task, one I have never mastered, personally, but then again, I am still attempting to learn to cook properly.

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