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Scarcley a Tree

April 5, 2011
By Libra97 PLATINUM, Salem, Oregon
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How awkward the tree
Of ice and hail
Looks when brute winds come to play
For they rip away
Her lovely
Bouncy
Skirts of May
And leave instead
A somber mourning dress of gray
But hush!
Don't tell her that I said it
Just think of all the things she'd say
If she, the girl
And I,
The tree

© Kelley C., Marblehead, MA

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Libra97 PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 12 2011 at 3:19 pm
Libra97 PLATINUM, Salem, Oregon
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Thank you! Glad you like it! :)
TWIGGII666 GOLD said...
on Aug. 12 2011 at 1:12 pm
TWIGGII666 GOLD, Franklin, New York
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-whines- Really? Son of a...... BAD WORD!

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Wow.  Simply amazing!
Libra97 PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 10 2011 at 12:14 pm
Libra97 PLATINUM, Salem, Oregon
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Thanks!  We had a tree in our front yard and I always thought how odd it looked with all of its leaves gone, especially since it was the first on our street to lose its.
SMWells PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 1 2011 at 6:31 pm
SMWells PLATINUM, Carlisle, South Carolina
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Thats sweet, I never thought of it that way before.