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You Gotta Be Kiddin?

"They are a perfect couple Never fight Never a derogatory word ALWAYS together Home neat as a pin ALWAYS time for the kids Church every Sunday" This is what neighbor Jones says An old saying goes - "If a couple are always together One is a collie dog" Never fight? Then both are brain dead Rule is - 'Never both get angry at the same time' Never a derogatory word? Even J.C. couldn't manage Then there is the 'Hughes sickness' - Home neat as a pin Masks No pets EVERYTHING antibacterial If they ALWAYS have time for the kids It's made time "Those damn rebellious kids!" Church every sunday? OF COURSE There has to be someplace to catch up on sleep

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/5/2010 4:07:00 PM

hahaha. good humor. they sound amazingly dull!!! Luv, andrea ps Love reading this kind of poetry

Colin Mitchell Williams

Date: 5/9/2009 8:19:00 AM

I liked this one very much Daver.... kind of side ways on... your style is unique

Ernilando Tugaff

Date: 5/8/2009 12:02:00 AM

I enjoyed readng your poem. Funny but it is true. Congrats for this. I have aslo a featured poem this week. Ernilando

David Smalling

Date: 5/6/2009 7:21:00 AM

Funny, investigative, philosophical, and a balance flow of imagery ... well done again, poet and genius. Thanks for always inspiring me with your write ... love always

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 5/5/2009 8:11:00 AM

Perhaps, a good verse for "Something Wicked This Way Comes Contest"..(tickle) Light & Love

Laurie Ginn

Date: 5/4/2009 7:10:00 AM

Gazooks this I LOVE, perfection is mental illness in disguise. I learned that in MOM 101.

Charlene Bird

Date: 5/3/2009 9:49:00 PM

I think we all know the perfect couple, which usually means they are as fake as the 3 dollar bill. An interesting write here Daver, thanks for the laugh, it was needed.

Corinne Curcio

Date: 5/3/2009 2:46:00 PM

Thanks for the chuckles Daver. Even J.C. had a word for them - Hypocrites and whited sepulchres :-D

Alley Poe

Date: 5/3/2009 2:41:00 PM

Wow that would be a sight to see!!!

Barbara Gorelick

Date: 5/1/2009 12:46:00 PM

See soup Mail BG

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

Date: 4/30/2009 7:40:00 PM

Daver, OK you got me laughing. I enjoyed your comments and sayings. It all fits into the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence. Very entertaining. But what really cracked me up was your last line. (I'm still laughing.) Thank You, D S-J

Carrie Richards

Date: 4/30/2009 2:34:00 PM

boy oh boy.....I could name these people....but wouldn't want to embarrass them....but geeze....what a coincedence that you know them too....those perfect folks....with their antibacterial ways!! Clever and fun read!!!

James Marshall Goff

Date: 4/30/2009 11:10:00 AM

Daver, really love the social commentary! your poems are... must read!!! and thanks for your cool comments!! Jim

Barbara Gorelick

Date: 4/30/2009 10:32:00 AM

this is so clever..and so true. ZZZZZZ. BG

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 4/30/2009 9:18:00 AM

Incredible poem, Daver! Love the "collie dog" humor. Having been raised in an "antibacterial" environment, I can relate well to the "Hughes sickness." (Think Mom was obsessive/compulsive like Monk.) But my late husband and I never did fight. He was spiritually (not religously) above anger. As for the Dutchman, what instrument(s) do you play? You must be a multi-talented Renaissance man! Love, Carolyn

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 4/30/2009 9:10:00 AM

Incredible poem, Daver! Love the "collie dog" humor. Having been raised in an "antibacterial" environment, I can relate well to the "huges sickness." (Think Mom was obsessive/compulsive like Monk.) But my late husband and I never did fight. He was spiritually (not religously) above anger. As for the Dutchman, what instrument(s) do you play? You must be a multi-talented Renaissance man! (And my Atlantis novel has been converted to Word!! I can revise and publish it now.) Love, Carolyn

Emily Kroeger

Date: 4/30/2009 8:24:00 AM

Hahahaha wow I love it.