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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Family


Family can run
shallow or deep.

Both bring benefits.
Both bring pain.

Shallow ties are
easy to escape.

Deep ties embed
a solid foundation.

Shallow ties come
to mean little.

Deep ties leave scars
all the way to the bone.

2 comments:

  1. Dr. MikeJuly 10, 2013 at 3:56 PM

    HERE'S AN OLD ONE [if you're reading any of this]:



    Family Portrait

    Prunes among the purple breasts,
    Tastier than poisoned figs,
    Mean that Augustus Caesar rests,
    Intestines finally like his pigs.

    His brooding wife still lurks nearby
    Tiberius, her favorite son,
    And ladles from her own supply
    Some arsenic for everyone.

    Such happy homilies repose
    Power beneath a bridal bower,
    Until picked off by a deadly rose
    So Little Boots can come to power.

    [Disposable Poem April 22, 2010]
    Dr. Mike

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  2. HK StewartJuly 10, 2013 at 11:02 PM

    Dr. M:

    I'm reading. Every one of them. I really enjoy what you write on here, and I hope you never stop.

    Thanks,
    H. K.

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