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Apr 22, 2010
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stuck
==
stuck
the key, it sticks in
the backdoor lock, a
bootless thought frozen
in memory;
beaver smacks surface
at predawn/postnight, dives her
shallow dunk; curious
yet,
on resurfacing
she circles back, slaps again---
a punctuation
of morning's herald
sentence, an alert, warning,
a busied flea in
the hasty ear ...
the key, it sticks in
the backdoor lock like a thought
frozen in memory's
vaunted
bank, in its vaulted
box that circles, rotates---clue-
less, keyless---lacking
useful intent or
a darkened tunnel's farthest
end ...
==
stuck
the key, it sticks in
the backdoor lock, a
bootless thought frozen
in memory;
beaver smacks surface
at predawn/postnight, dives her
shallow dunk; curious
yet,
on resurfacing
she circles back, slaps again---
a punctuation
of morning's herald
sentence, an alert, warning,
a busied flea in
the hasty ear ...
the key, it sticks in
the backdoor lock like a thought
frozen in memory's
vaunted
bank, in its vaulted
box that circles, rotates---clue-
less, keyless---lacking
useful intent or
a darkened tunnel's farthest
end ...
==
— barbsdad2003, Apr 22, 2010
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Seren
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Dearest Chuck
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xena465
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Nice one Chuck
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I do think ...
xena465
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Got it Chuck
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Dear Chuck
manawa
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Hi Chuck Lovely
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I walk ...
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