Antipodes

ANTIPODES So, why am I not a friend of dock leaves, when giving it a notionBecause on digging "em up, I didn't want to end up in the ocean Indiana Shaw . . . *o* "Antipodes, the opposite side of the world from where you are now, and the fact that dock leaves have very long roots" . . . : /

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 3/26/2022 9:10:00 PM

Aw, you could still be 'friends' -- digitally. You dig? ~ Mark Zuckerberg

Indiana Shaw
Date: 3/29/2022 4:31:00 AM

Mind, that is from Wyden to Zuckerberg, not you, you lovely big ginger nugget . . . : )

Indiana Shaw
Date: 3/27/2022 3:29:00 PM

Look, Zuckerberg, I'd rather suck dock leaves for the rest of my life than be best buds to you, Ron Wyden . . . ; )

Eve Roper

Date: 3/26/2022 7:33:00 PM

?I read this a few times,, du .. I am really slow.. I wouldn't mine seeing the other side of the world.

Indiana Shaw
Date: 3/27/2022 3:25:00 PM

Texas, is a big place, Eve, but, if you took Austin, Texas as your start point, you would end up in Oyster Bay, Rodrigues, Mauritius as the opposite side of the world to where you live now, so, get those ticket's booked, and enjoy your holiday . . . ; )

James Marshall Goff

Date: 3/26/2022 7:26:00 PM

Cool poem Indiana! I enjoy eating burdock, not sure the same as you mention!

Indiana Shaw
Date: 3/27/2022 3:40:00 PM

No, but, a dock leaves roots are something to be seen, their grasp on earth's soil is way down to mean . . . ; )