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Open Poetry #39

We All Need To Split

dingusjr
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since 2003-09-24

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Missouri

0 posted 2006-10-01 08:52 AM

It was the family business
working in the sewers,
spearing dead fish,
and canning them for third world countries.

Otherwise they spent their time
scraping what needed to be scraped,
and flushing what needed to be flushed.

One day while elbow deep
in foam and filth,
Elmo turned to his brother and asked,
"why do we put up with this crap?"
Elrod shrugged and flushed and speared,
all the while thinking the thing over.
Finally he answered "I don't know,
let's split".

And so they did.

They split their shells and morphed
into beautiful silver butterflies
that glistened as they flew
into the morning sunshine.

passing shadows
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1 posted 2006-10-01 10:34 AM

after 11 years of being in a rut, thinking I'd never leave...I did

moved to Kansas, got a new job, a new place to live, starting my life completely brand new

it does feel so good to say "Let's split" and do it

Martie

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2 posted 2006-10-01 11:55 AM

Great metaphor here...and a happy ending too!

sandgrain
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Sycamore, IL, USA

3 posted 2006-10-01 03:28 PM

Sure enough, but then the grass isn't always greener.  Nice write.


    Rae

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4 posted 2006-10-01 11:19 PM

Yer a strange man, dingus.....and it's a strange and wonderful thing, this poem. I would never have thought of this in a hundred years!

PS.....does this mean that I may be due for a promotion, sometime soon.......? Gosh I hope so!

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dingusjr
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since 2003-09-24

Posts 415
Missouri

5 posted 2006-10-02 06:23 AM

It would be a natural for you, Ed.
Don't know what these critters are..they just
wanted a better life.

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