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"Ah ... to be young!" FOR LOVE ... Driving 15 miles at 2 AM to Get to my girlfriend's house, Parking four blocks down The street, collecting "just The right size" pebbles while I walked to her house, Storing them in my shirt Pocket, climbing up and over A six-foot wooden picket Fence, crossing the yard In silence while praying the Neighbors didn't see me And call the police, climbing Up and over a nine-foot Chain link fence while making Sure I didn't make Penny, (Her dog), bark, or catch My pants on the top ... giving Penny some Gaines Burgers, (Dog food), while I climbed Up on top of the dog house, Balancing on the peak of Penny's dog house while Tossing little pebbles at my Girlfriend's window, making Sure I didn't throw them Forcefully enough to break The glass pane, but hard Enough to make sufficient Noise to wake her, (and NOT wake her mother in The room next to her's) ... And WHAT, you may ask, Was the reason for this Foolish middle-of-the-night Ritual, (which I repeated Over a dozen times)? This Silly little sleepless liturgy Was for the sole purpose Of saying quietly to her ... "I love you" ... And going back home. ** This is to be a series of poems dedicated to the crazy things I've done for LOVE ... please feel free to post your own in the comments below, or let me know if you've done similar. With love, the sky's the limit, and we've all been there! **

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Date: 6/8/2017 7:43:00 AM
I remember nights just like this, maybe not trying to balance myself on top of a dog house but I am sure something very close and as well being chased out of the yard by a father wielding some kind of weapon, golf club, yardstick, in his underwear yelling loud enough to wake the entire neighborhood. This was really cool.
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Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 6/8/2017 9:31:00 PM
LOL - So great we can look back on such things and laugh now, eh Chris? This is great - thanks for sharing. I was beginning to wonder if I was the only crazy one for love, lol. ;-)

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