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Can You Give That a Rest

I wake up screaming Max the Axe has just chopped me into bits It is not the first time but this time I felt it. I glare at my husband who is still clicking buttons. Can you give that a rest? I ask. He does not hear me. He is in lahlah land In video game world. Being a detective Solving crimes Right and left. He has no idea there is a real person in this room For he is Sam Spade aka Humphry Bogart Master detective with a Maltese Falcon Who has not yet discovered Lauren Bacall Living in the 60's Over a bar in Los Angeles Written: April 19th, 2020 Poetry Contest: Strand Pick C, Any Theme Sponsor: Brian Strand Any Form

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Date: 4/20/2020 9:41:00 AM
Caren, Let the 2020 games begin. I enjoy your cheeky humor in this poem. Bogart & Bacall, May-September romance, or best of true love? -Richard
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/20/2020 11:53:00 AM
Thank you; he fantasizes being Bogart; I swear!
Date: 4/20/2020 4:02:00 AM
I MEAN IT IS FOUND IN GOD.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/20/2020 11:53:00 AM
Truly always.
Date: 4/20/2020 4:01:00 AM
May we find this rest we're all seeking. Though no human being can give us rest. It is found in good.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/20/2020 11:53:00 AM
True.
Date: 4/20/2020 1:07:00 AM
Max the Axe... compares favorably with Mac the Knife! Ta, ta! :) gw
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/20/2020 11:53:00 AM
I play Max the axe. It gets my adrenaline pumping, not my husband but it made a better tale that way.

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