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Ratleader

Member Rara Avis

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0 posted 2005-10-12 08:34 PM

wishbone
every time
a wish
bone

hey
snap a clavicle
and get a
wish

humanity’s gift
from a high
threshold of

boredom

they insist
though,
wife, son,
every turkey

as if it were
a secret bond like
mason’s codes
to them

it was impulse
this time
and
I don’t know
how to tell them

I buried it

Sharksbean
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since 2005-09-25

Posts 368
jax

1 posted 2005-10-12 09:11 PM

very nice write thanks for sharing

PS. why the name ratleader?

-may the force be with you in poetry

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

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California

2 posted 2005-10-12 09:21 PM

Ed....I know what you mean....I usually put them away until they get more brittle...and everyone else forgets about them, then I throw them away. But to bury seems more respectful...I'll even bet you could get a wish of one you bury.

Angelheart
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since 2005-09-08

Posts 754
Jacksonville,FL USA

3 posted 2005-10-12 10:05 PM

very nice, thanks for sharing.

Poetry can get you very far
-Laura

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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4 posted 2005-10-12 10:45 PM

I went on a hunt
for the wishboned snap
of a long tradition...

it does not surprise me
it comes from Roman times...

and meant for ...

indeed...

luck.

But whose neck was it
that hung out
on a wish?

Excellent work - you got me to thinking
once again...

Ratleader

Member Rara Avis

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5 posted 2005-10-12 10:55 PM

I ~did~ get my wish...which was, for what had just happened to that bird, NOT to happen to me!

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suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

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Louisiana

6 posted 2005-10-13 04:36 PM

I've heard the snap of many a wishbone... but have yet to see those wishes fulfilled. So your solution seems much more suitable... and reminds me a bit of those who poured a few drops of water for the gods before drinking from a stream... I'm sure you gave thanks during a blessing but your actions gave respect as well... for that which sustained you. *S*

And... I'm very glad to hear that you didn't follow the bird's fate! LOL

Excellent write!

Skyfire

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since 2000-12-27

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Riding

7 posted 2005-10-13 05:50 PM

enjoyed

and then He created the horse...

Marge Tindal

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8 posted 2005-10-13 06:55 PM

Ed !!!
Why, I've never, ever, ever allowed a wishbone to be pulled ... and never buried one either~

You guessed it ... little 'artiste' that I am, every holiday wishbone has been saved, painted, bejeweled, laced and etched with a name and date ... they are those 'memory-keeper' mementos that now hang with the holiday decorations at FOUR grown kids homes~
(Tee-Hee ... I even take the ones from the baked chicken, the cornish game hens and whatever fowl thang I can get them from~

Now stop that ... they are ADORABLE decorated~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*No matter what I search for ...
let me know when it is LOVE that I find*~ <))><

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Ratleader

Member Rara Avis

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9 posted 2005-10-13 10:42 PM

....gack....

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