The Bag Lady

It’s complicated, this heart full of beauty:

Why would you ever want to simplify it and end up with this:

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I used to be beautiful, sleek, modern. I was among the pride of the neighborhood, surrounded by bright green grass and proud tall trees. In autumn, their leafy splendor overshadowed my dark brown roof. I had five spacious rooms and a white painted veranda which supported a rocking chair, and a double seated swing. Pots of geraniums hung from the rafters and many a neighbor spent long lazy afternoons on this porch. Friendly stories, lemonade and sugar cookie crumbs were present even on the warmest of days.

Today you see an overgrown yard full of weeds, scraggly tree roots, and broken beams. This appearance doesn’t tell you my story, my history, or the love these walls shared.

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This is a letter posted on FB written by a friend. We hear of teen suicide every day, but her plea is important not just in this small town, but everywhere.

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My granddaughter has had pneumonia again and then bronchitis. The whole family has been sick this winter off and on with these and flu. The black and white post “Doctor, Lawyer, Indian chief, Nun” talks of this friend. This is part two, and further proof she is a thoughtful, awesome individual. She made this hat for my GD, her favorite thing is frogs. What a great day!

With this note:

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Tend, hmmn, this must be the after

Whereas pre is the before?

Words are tricky aren’t they

With meanings three or four

And then there are those endings

Meaning even more

Like Ency which acts as an explor-

Atory of the main one being shown

Or beginnings such as ex meaning it doesn’t want to be alone.

My favorite is the ending er because everyone needs that

Add a ness to er is heavenly, and that’s all there is to that!

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Lighter than satin

Smooth and soft against your skin

Rough hands compliment

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I think of this as very old fashioned

Bewildered I mean, of course an impassioned

Soul may choose to show it

Making a point as an author or poet

Use of a generation’s old

Words help with a story told

To foster a thought that is deeper

So bewildered? It’s a keeper.

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Just give me a comfortable couch, a dog, a good book, and a woman. Then if you can get the dog to go somewhere and read the book, I might have a little fun! Groucho Marx. (1890 – 1977) comedian, actor …

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Joey just sat there. He didn’t know what to do next. The sky was dark now with no moon to show his tears. He would keep it here beside him until she changed her mind. He promised her everything, including the moon, but she still didn’t love him. What else could he do?

When she saw the sky had no moon would she know he had taken it just for her, to prove his love? He would sit here until she came. Surely she will come.

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