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Getting On With It

I can go anywhere With everyone's blessing Except the dogs He'd like me to stay home All the places That were closed on Monday Are open But their lure is gone Maybe tomorrow I'll live a dream Where I look at paintings And smell coffee circa 1985-1988 I could plan it today Preparation is most certainly A thing As is spontaneity I'm not spontaneous Or well prepared I'm rash And lucky (mostly) And I just wrote a poem I think is good (not this one) So I'll waste a day Checking if I'm right I'll of course be furious later Maybe later can empower me now 'Later today me, give me the power!' Not quite She-Ra standard I just looked left and right As expected nothing was coming But that's because I'm on the settee With a dog on my knee I'll report back with news Faithful non She-Ra followers I may let you down But it's okay, because you didn't read this far :)

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 3/8/2023 7:52:00 PM

If you were a halfback, you would have left the would-be tacklers grasping air instead of you. So many twists and turns that you turned me into a pretzel! :) gw

Di11y Da11y
Date: 3/8/2023 10:44:00 PM

Haha the important thing is I moved off the sofa and did something enjoyable instead. Thank you for your fun words!

Valsa George

Date: 3/8/2023 3:41:00 AM

Dogs love us most and they don't want us to leave them and go elsewhere. I feel you have a lot of spontaneity and poetry is at your fingertips . You don't require much preparation as you can enumerate any subject easily hitting the nail on the head. This is what I always feel. With preparation, you'll come up with something sizzling, I am sure. Best of luck!

Di11y Da11y
Date: 3/8/2023 3:51:00 AM

Thanks Valsa - the dog has actually climbed inside my coat as I sat back down before leaving :) but I've found another gallery perfectly situated amongst several charity shops again, so I'm off to explore whether it's my thing. Thank you for your lovely words, your comment on my redouble inspired me to try another one. They are such hard work though haha!