Barnacles and Such


and then I am thinking of buying a dog,
or a cat, a Savannah, they are so beautiful
but then again, I was quite enchanted
by a parakeet, even ferrets have their charm.

I have the autumn blues, an inner ear infection
and my birds are flying the nest again.
I have an aged cat, 19 years a companion of sorts,
I'm out of sorts, not me at all, if, what is me?

I love the old lady in the supermarket
with a flower in her hair; I buy a new phone,
No, not one of those things that you like
to just disturb your privacy, upset the entrails of life.

I had an intruder last night, this time he ventured,
he is beautiful, such a fine figure, he sent a friend
around today, equally fine, if not more so,
The time isn't ready yet for more feline co-habiters.

I'm thinking of buying a dog, perhaps an elk,
they do miniature these days and
my country roots still has hay in the loft,
I should sell up, by a croft, retire by the sea'

Perhaps it is time, no, the wine is good,
the slopes of my vineyard youth are encroaching,
I've always lived on the top of hills, perhaps
it is time I scaled the bottom on a barnacle bum.



Poetry by Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2013-09-21 at 16:08

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Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
My guess is that this was written late in the afternoon. That's when my thoughts start tumbling this way, wine or not.

A miniature elk, really? The only ones I've seen are bigger than horses.
2013-09-27


shells
Just love the way your thoughts seem to run into one another, a beautiful, but somehow a piece full of restlessness. I've got a cat with an over active thyroid who will only take his tablet with cream cheese!
2013-09-23


countryfog
This is quite beautiful Elle . . . I too have been thinking of allowing some creature back into my life, who has always had them but am alone a year now since my dog of sixteen years had to be put down. In some way that I wouldn't have thought possible (or desirable) I seem to prefer now to live in the loss of the dog and all the other creatures who at one time or another have been in my care, keeping them now inhabiting my better memories.
2013-09-22



Brilliant!I love it!
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2013-09-21