Sneaking A Peek At My Friend's Unfinished Poem

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Open Poetry #36

Sneaking A Peek At My Friend's Unfinished Poem

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0 posted 2005-11-23 04:52 PM

Sneaking A Peek At My
Friend's Unfinished Poem

He's gone for the holiday and I'm not, sort-of.
It looks as if he's here though,
Office door full open, bright, that coffee cup
Perched on the edge of things like always,
Like he's only stepped away
And he'll be back here any second to finish --
What is that on his paper holder, anyway?
Short lines, all spaced in little blocks, a title....
Could it be a poem? Was he writing or rewriting
Something at the end of yesterday? Something that
He'll send me later when it's crisp and clean and perfect,
All the lines just so, the punctuation clear,
The imagery a scintillating picture show?

And what do you look like now, I ask,
Halfway across the room.
"A recipe for pumpkin butter," it replies.

RP(2003) -- Cuz it's time for pumpkin butter.....

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Martie

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1 posted 2005-11-23 04:56 PM

Ed....tsk tsk! It's hard to resist sneaking a peek at someone's unfinished poem, but to get recipe instead, a bit disappointing. I remember this poem...loved it then and it made me smile again now. Tis the season...yum!

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2 posted 2005-11-23 05:57 PM

I suppose you got your just 'desserts'

Magnus

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3 posted 2005-11-25 02:09 PM

Sneaky, aren't we....Only, I am not sure
who is more sneaky...the writer or the
reader?

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4 posted 2005-11-25 02:36 PM

The rest of the story is, I went straight back to my desk and wrote this, then printed it and paper-clipped it to his recipe.... I knew when Pat arrived a few days later -- heard him cackling in there.....

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suthern

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5 posted 2005-11-30 01:02 PM

I love this and the smiles it gives... I can just imagine him coming back to his recipe and finding this poetic confession. LOL

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