[lit-ideas] Re: THANKSGIVING POEM
- From: "John McCreery" <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:07:43 +0900
Lovely, but drop the "most" in "kissing true is what most I miss." "Kissing
true is what I miss" reads just fine.
John
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OH, IF ONLY IT WERE SO!
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> Thank you, Lord, most for this
> for the lie that lies in every kiss.
> Even though I kiss, kiss, kiss,
> kissing true is what most I miss.
> Miss most but never quite enough,
> for truth is at the bottom of my list.
> I confess my lips are but a kind of fist
> wrapped in softness with a twist
> of threat like Scarlett's Rhett:
> "Frankly,my dear...."
> I kiss my way to a woman's regret.
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> Mike Geary
> Memphis
> Be thankful you didn't have to pay to read that.
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