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Thursday, March 31, 2011

THE SPREAD OF DANDELIONS

A tiny parachute begets a yellow flower, overnight trans- mogrifies into a weird unstable structure that with almost no encouragement will come apart, dispurse airy windblown cluster parachutes to places they're not wanted. Then each thrusts its gnarly ugly woody root deep down in - and stays. Sign in to see full entry.

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THE SPREAD OF DANDELIONS

A tiny parachute begets a yellow flower, overnight trans- mogrifies into a weird unstable structure that with almost no encouragement comes apart, dispursing airy windblown cluster parachutes to places they're not wanted, and thrust their gnarled and woody root deep down in. Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

PERISHABLY ELEGANT - a haiku

The wind has spared this perfect globed dandelion. So will I. For now. Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

COUNTDOWN: Another haiku take on icy car roofs

THREE... car's heat loosens - TWO... headwind lifts and launches - ONE!... missile liftoff! Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 28, 2011

"STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE"

I. - If you swallow a live frog in the morning, nothing worse will happen to either of you the rest of the day. II - Beer - more than just a breakfast food. III - Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons - you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! NOTE - You may have heard some or all of these. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 27, 2011

TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA

Each time it strikes, I feel the same - pity mixed with fury - that once more she has come apart - not by her choice, of course, but still... After two years rest, it came again at 2 AM this morning. Eyes wide, hand to cheek, she whispered "... trigeminal..." My blood ran cold. She looked like one... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 26, 2011

GINNY AND ME - Doing it the hard way

If you've cared for one you love for more than thirty years, you know that some resentment lurks beneath the roles you both must play. You'd rather not - and nor would she - get involved in sickroom things that tax the one, demean the other. Who'd choose a game like that? The cards were dealt so... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 25, 2011

FIRST IMPRESSIONS - a haiku

An unpleasant man, but once you knew him better - he was even worse. Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

BALANCE OF TERROR

"This may pinch a bit" he said. Well, subsequent experience showed he had a gift for understatement. "Next time, doc, I'll grab you - there. Now, feel free to go ahead." Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

i read too much e.e. cummings - a haiku

boing boing spring is here! winters thud is just a was - summers whee awaits! Sign in to see full entry.

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