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Pink Feather Death
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass 
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Pink Feather Death The flamingoes have died, their frail pink forms sprawled where they fell, slender legs gone akimbo, shaming the grass. Their long necks still curve, graceful, serene, articulating an agony they cannot feel as their blank eyes stare at me, insistent, waiting for my hand to stand them up again beside the spa -- Plastic resurrection! |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Odd things happen when you mow around here -- like a little pile of dead flamingoes in the back yard..... ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
OMG!! This is priceless!! I love it!!!!  Hugs & Giggles~ ~Somewhere in my heart I'm always |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ed Oh my gosh...I had in my mind, the San Diego Zoo...and that first place you see...(or smell) Plastic? Wheew...just set them back on their feet and they'll live another 20 years! Enjoyed this! (of course) |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Between you and Martie, I am smiling. I despise those plastic ones - and my first encounter of them was at the San Diego Zoo... here, in the middle of everything, we have The Rolling Hills Zoo and Conservatory...and yes, they've managed to acquire [and feed appropriately] pink Flamingos... thank you for this, Sir. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Ratleader Good write, enjoyed the read. |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Yep, they're totally tasteless -- which is why I like 'em! It gives them personality, you see.... I move them around a lot, have 'em poking their heads around a corner or out of a bush, once perched up in one of the orange trees....They're great Happy Mutant fodder! ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Ed~ LOLing at this one ... my mother was a plastic pink flamingo lady~ I smile with fond remembrance~ At the Hialeah Thoroughbred Race Track in Miami ... they have gorgeous flamingos of the non-plastic variety in the middle of the race park on an island. Absolutely awesome to see them~ Love your write~ *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
Ed this reminds me of the last month or so of my sister's life. Her neighbors had these fake deer (oh the kind used for target practice)and they would make one more feminine with a bow on it's head and would place them in different positions( you'd have to know my sister) to give her a smile or laugh...whichever she was able to do, when looking out her window. M |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Ed, something in my gut told me this was how it would be, but the power of your written word kept me from that conclusion to the very end... Excellent write... |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
LOL! Very visual....enjoyed this, RatL! |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Well, the first thing that came to my mind when I read the title was that your poem was going to be about someone being tickled to death with a pink feather boa! lol Then I became sad as I read your touchingly descriptive poem. Then you picked my spirits back up with an ending that tickled my fancy!  Linda |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Bing! Score! I was picturing a few remaining with poor balance. Then I could see their long,distorted heads and necks like an artist such as Goya might paint if he would happen upon that subject matter. You got over over on me--I should have known you'd pull out your wit, displaying a resurrected plastic flamingo! misc'e |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
You have such a wonderful way with words Ed, and always, you grace these these blue pages with so much feeling. |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Ed...For a moment I thought you had been to Hollywood Park Race Track and something bad had happennend to their Flamingoes. They are so beautiful and graceful. Enjoyed the poem especially the ending..Paul |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Oh, I love this! *S* From disaster to resurrection... this is excellent! *S* And I'm so glad it ended with a smile. *S* I think the San Diego Zoo provided a "first" for a lot of us... though my most vivid memory of the non-plastic variety was a long, unrewarded wait for some in Florida to cooperate and stand on one leg for my handy-dandy camera. *G* I'm convinced half the legs tucked up the minute I walked away... guess I'll have to photograph the plastic ones! *G* |
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