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Keep Off the Grass

If I paint the grass bright blue
The clouds will not know what to do.
They'll mill about upon the ground
Thinking trees are upsidedown.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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May 3, 2016 at 3:17 PM
Short but amazing
Moore Avatar
March 2, 2011 at 11:59 AM
This is an awesome little poem...it made me smile.
Brown Avatar
March 2, 2011 at 5:51 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved poetry being featured on PoetrySoup this week Rufus. Love, Carol
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March 1, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Absolutely great! I love humor, think it has a valuable place in poetry. Congrats on the selection. daver
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January 17, 2011 at 7:09 PM
Cute..kids would love this..BG
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January 17, 2011 at 6:59 AM
you are full of mischief today....LOL
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