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Arsenic

When knowledge is poison
             Bad apples bear fruit





10.26.2019

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Brenda Chiri

December 29, 2019 at 4:26 PM

Maureen congrats on Honorable motion!;)

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

December 30, 2019 at 8:42 AM

Thank you Brenda, Happy New Year Hugs! xomo

Ann Foster

October 31, 2019 at 9:14 PM

I keep returning to this to remind myself, I need to memorize it... I love it so... Hugs. Ann

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

November 1, 2019 at 8:57 AM

Thank you so much Ann, thrilled! Hugs and blessings for a wonderful weekend! xomo

Janice Canerdy

October 31, 2019 at 11:22 AM

Excellent poetic statement on the misuse of knowledge. Janice

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

November 1, 2019 at 8:22 AM

Thank you Janice! xomo

Richard Lamoureux

October 30, 2019 at 9:21 AM

Very effective!

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 31, 2019 at 7:38 AM

Thankya! ;), xomo

Kim Rodrigues

October 30, 2019 at 8:28 AM

Wow!

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 30, 2019 at 8:43 AM

;), Thankya! ~x

Timothy Mcguire

October 28, 2019 at 7:54 PM

So true and sometimes that bad apple spoils the whole barrel!

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 29, 2019 at 7:06 AM

Yes, yes it does ;), xomo!

Swetha Vangaveti

October 28, 2019 at 2:15 AM

So true!! So powerful!!

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 28, 2019 at 7:24 AM

Thank you Swetha! xomo :)))

Ann Foster

October 27, 2019 at 3:42 PM

Wow. Ouch! I love it. I memorized it. I am sharing it on... you are a master... Ann

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 28, 2019 at 7:23 AM

I'm blushing. Thank you Lovely! xomo

Winged Warrior

October 27, 2019 at 12:57 PM

Ooh!...a stinger of truth...great Epigram Mo...^WW^ :o)

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 28, 2019 at 7:14 AM

Thank you Wing'ed One! Hugs xomo

Sandra Adams

October 27, 2019 at 8:43 AM

clever write... i was shocked to learn the seeds had arsenic in them, you delivered a powerful verse in so few words...:) hugs

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 27, 2019 at 9:03 AM

Thank you Sandra! That's why you don't let dogs eat apple cores. ;), xomo!

Arturo Michael

October 27, 2019 at 8:02 AM

KNOWLEDGE is the wrong Minds..."DANGER"

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 27, 2019 at 8:38 AM

Oh yes, welll said my friend! xomo

Silent One

October 27, 2019 at 4:25 AM

yes... you are right..

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 27, 2019 at 8:36 AM

Now I'm bona fide ;), Thank you my friend! xomo

Demetrios Trifiatis

October 27, 2019 at 3:35 AM

Extraordinary dearest, Maureen !

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 27, 2019 at 8:35 AM

Thank you my dear sweet D, xomo <3!

Eric Ashford

October 26, 2019 at 9:10 PM

Ha! You have a magic touch for the pithy and precise. Thanks Maureen.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 27, 2019 at 8:29 AM

...wanted to title it Arse'nic, but figured that was too far ;p

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 27, 2019 at 8:28 AM

My long and flowery impediment ;), Thank YOU Eric! xomo

Gershon Wolf

October 26, 2019 at 8:53 PM

Yes!! they do!! A zinger, Mo! :-) gw

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 27, 2019 at 8:26 AM

Thank you my friend! I was writing about something else when my muse insisted on this. I obeyed ;), Hugs! xomo

Ts Poetry

October 26, 2019 at 7:47 PM

Brilliant, I was waiting for the "old lace" reference but your thoughts oh so much better

Ts Poetry

October 27, 2019 at 9:39 AM

As long as the old lady is wearing a happy face :))

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 27, 2019 at 8:25 AM

I have just caught on to the reference ;), What do you do when you live in a shoe? Move to a boot and get laced. ~xomo!

John Lawless

October 26, 2019 at 5:50 PM

Alas, poor Snow White is still hanging out with the dwarfs.....

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 27, 2019 at 8:23 AM

I dunno, my prince better let me still hang out with the guys...

Paul Callus

October 26, 2019 at 4:44 PM

When bad apple (trees) bear fruit it's definitely a bad sign!! After all these years, the tree of knowledge still comes to haunt us, Maureen! Regards // paul

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 27, 2019 at 8:21 AM

Yes it does ;), Thank you Paul! xomo

Jeff Connelly

October 26, 2019 at 3:56 PM

So well said Maureen. Not a word wasted. Brilliant!!! Thanks.

Jeff Connelly

October 30, 2019 at 12:42 PM

Maureen, I read up on it and didn't know about apple seeds. WOW!!! An apple a day will certainly keep the doctor away until I need the coroner lol. I learn more then one thing everyday. Thanks Maureen.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 27, 2019 at 8:20 AM

Thank you my friend. Hugs and mo hugs

P.S. Awtry

October 26, 2019 at 3:48 PM

you've got me thinking. of Eden... and how that turned out... and about some of the dangerous territories our new technologies and scientists are wantonly skipping across. Boldly going where no one has gone before is not always wise... another short and very provacative write!

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

October 27, 2019 at 8:19 AM

There is that, that apple never far from my mind ;), all of the above and more. Thank you my friend! xomo