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Retreat

April 29, 2013
By GreyGirl ELITE, Pohang,Kyungbuk, Other
GreyGirl ELITE, Pohang,Kyungbuk, Other
170 articles 122 photos 391 comments

He built it himself.
A wooden quilt patched with nails.
It kept out the wind.

He liked what he saw.
And on the door he painted
In bright red “Stay Out.”

It was near a lake.
He could hear water nearby.
But he never swam.

In the summertime,
The house was sticky with heat,
And sap ran wet and hot.



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GreyGirl ELITE said...
on May. 5 2013 at 8:07 pm
GreyGirl ELITE, Pohang,Kyungbuk, Other
170 articles 122 photos 391 comments
Thanks :) :) :)

on May. 5 2013 at 4:10 pm
TargonTheDragon GOLD, Ofallon, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
First dentistry was painless.<br /> Then bicycles were chainless,<br /> Carriages were horseless,<br /> And many laws enforceless.<br /> <br /> Next cookery was fireless,<br /> Telegraphy was wireless,<br /> Cigars were nicotineless,<br /> And coffee caffeineless.<br /> <br /> Soon oranges were seedless,<br /> The putting green was weedless,<br /> The college boy was hatless,<br /> The proper diet fatless.<br /> <br /> New motor roads are dustless,<br /> The latest steel is rustless,<br /> Our tennis courts are sodless,<br /> Our new religion &mdash; godless.

I really like this one :D kinda abstract, sorta mysterious. good job!