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:::a-moral standing:::

          spiders have eight legs
   insects six — most mammals four
             humans mainly two
     some think they walk on water
and like slugs — leave slime trails too


By David Kavanagh

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Paul Willason Date: 7/19/2025 5:23:00 PM You have the most original mind David...able to drag these gems out of some creative well. Just love how this one sets off a cascade of comment and reflection... Keep "trawlin" that well my friend. Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 7/20/2025 6:06:00 AM Sometimes I feel like there’s nothing left to trawl Paul! But every now and then I tend to snag onto something poetically interesting, I was well happy with this one, once I got my teeth into it lol! cheers David

Duke Beaufort Date: 7/17/2025 4:35:00 PM David LOL!!! This is a very funny poem. The way you progress sets the stage for an interesting conclusion, which some of us believe. The world is a complex place with a diversity of things happening, but we're certainly not the center of the universe. By the way, my body is 55-60% water according to the AI internet god. Does that mean I actually walk on water too? I hope you are well and sending you smiles for our brief tenure on this crazy planet. Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 7/18/2025 2:27:00 AM Well Duke if the internet god says so, it must be true, we did create him after all lol! We are mostly made of watery substances, just some with god complexes don’t recognise the (slimy trail) they leave behind, cheers David

Sara Etgen-Baker Date: 7/17/2025 4:33:00 PM wow, I just love this poem.....you nailed it! The last line is priceless. Have to fave! Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 7/18/2025 2:20:00 AM Thanks so much Sara and for the Fave, that last line says so much, I was delighted when it popped into my head, its only people that believe they walk on water, figuratively speaking anyway, cheers David

Tom Woody Date: 7/17/2025 2:44:00 PM Jesus walked on water and I remember you saying what a "cool guy" he was. Have you changed your mind? Ahh metaphor. Yes, we're all sinners, equal in the eyes of our Creator. All dependent on the shed blood of the Son. I know I am. Daily :) Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 7/17/2025 6:26:00 PM True David Kavanagh Date: 7/17/2025 3:33:00 PM Claiming to know who has all the answers, is the same as knowing all the answers, because it makes you believe that other religions and non believers answers are irrelevant! Tom Woody Date: 7/17/2025 3:17:00 PM No one has ALL the answers. Well, except the Father and the Son David Kavanagh Date: 7/17/2025 3:10:00 PM This one is certainly not about Jesus (who was a cool guy) I’m not sure he walked on water though, but that’s for another day, it’s one thing being a sinner, but being a sinner and claiming to have all the answers is a different beast altogether, Joel Osteen is a good preacher, but I definitely wouldn’t give him any money, cheers David Tom Woody Date: 7/17/2025 2:54:00 PM Btw, was watching a video featuring some of the antics of the televangelists. Creeeeepy. Why people give these folks their money is a head scratcher

Lin Lane Date: 7/17/2025 12:55:00 PM I should just say 'ditto' to Jan's comment, but I've a titch more to say. Some who walk on two legs drag two others along the ground, and as Mark Koplin would say, "Feed them peanuts and then tell them..." what I cannot repeat." Stay away from those slimy trails, David.;-) Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 7/17/2025 1:33:00 PM I don’t take any of them for real Lin, it’s a shame though, because there really are good people out there that trust those self righteous types, without realising it’s a slimy trail they are following, cheers David

Jan Allison Date: 7/17/2025 12:37:00 PM ha ha ha you sure creased me up with those final 3 lines David! hugs Jan xx Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 7/17/2025 1:26:00 PM Heya Jan, it would be funnier if it wasn’t true, it’s very difficult to take some people serious, especially ones that repeatedly tell us how holy they are, cheers David