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Arsenic

When knowledge is poison Bad apples bear fruit 10.26.2019

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Brenda Chiri

Date: 12/29/2019 4:26:00 PM

Maureen congrats on Honorable motion!;)

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 12/30/2019 8:42:00 AM

Thank you Brenda, Happy New Year Hugs! xomo

Ann Foster

Date: 10/31/2019 9:14:00 PM

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

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 11/1/2019 8:57:00 AM

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

Janice Canerdy

Date: 10/31/2019 11:22:00 AM

Excellent poetic statement on the misuse of knowledge. Janice

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 11/1/2019 8:22:00 AM

Thank you Janice! xomo

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 10/30/2019 9:21:00 AM

Very effective!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/31/2019 7:38:00 AM

Thankya! ;), xomo

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 10/30/2019 8:28:00 AM

Wow!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/30/2019 8:43:00 AM

;), Thankya! ~x

Timothy Mcguire

Date: 10/28/2019 7:54:00 PM

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

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/29/2019 7:06:00 AM

Yes, yes it does ;), xomo!

Swetha Vangaveti

Date: 10/28/2019 2:15:00 AM

So true!! So powerful!!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/28/2019 7:24:00 AM

Thank you Swetha! xomo :)))

Ann Foster

Date: 10/27/2019 3:42:00 PM

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

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/28/2019 7:23:00 AM

I'm blushing. Thank you Lovely! xomo

Winged Warrior

Date: 10/27/2019 12:57:00 PM

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

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/28/2019 7:14:00 AM

Thank you Wing'ed One! Hugs xomo

Sandra Adams

Date: 10/27/2019 8:43:00 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
Date: 10/27/2019 9:03:00 AM

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

Arturo Michael

Date: 10/27/2019 8:02:00 AM

KNOWLEDGE is the wrong Minds..."DANGER"

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/27/2019 8:38:00 AM

Oh yes, welll said my friend! xomo

Silent One

Date: 10/27/2019 4:25:00 AM

yes... you are right..

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/27/2019 8:36:00 AM

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

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 10/27/2019 3:35:00 AM

Extraordinary dearest, Maureen !

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/27/2019 8:35:00 AM

Thank you my dear sweet D, xomo <3!

Eric Ashford

Date: 10/26/2019 9:10:00 PM

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

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/27/2019 8:29:00 AM

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

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/27/2019 8:28:00 AM

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

Gershon Wolf

Date: 10/26/2019 8:53:00 PM

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

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/27/2019 8:26:00 AM

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

Ts Poetry

Date: 10/26/2019 7:47:00 PM

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

Ts Poetry
Date: 10/27/2019 9:39:00 AM

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

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/27/2019 8:25:00 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

Date: 10/26/2019 5:50:00 PM

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

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/27/2019 8:23:00 AM

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

Paul Callus

Date: 10/26/2019 4:44:00 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
Date: 10/27/2019 8:21:00 AM

Yes it does ;), Thank you Paul! xomo

Jeff Connelly

Date: 10/26/2019 3:56:00 PM

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

Jeff Connelly
Date: 10/30/2019 12:42:00 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
Date: 10/27/2019 8:20:00 AM

Thank you my friend. Hugs and mo hugs

P.S. Awtry

Date: 10/26/2019 3:48:00 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
Date: 10/27/2019 8:19:00 AM

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