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Little

Little by little
The fish bowl evaporates
The candle flickers yet smaller
The gold fish skeleton
Stares at the burnt candle wick
No one notices
The old man
Died last week anyways

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Darlene De Beaulieu

March 13, 2017 at 9:05 AM

Hello Arthur,this poem is a little sad. I like this poem.

Arthur Vaso

March 14, 2017 at 10:42 AM

Thank yo so much Darlene! :)

Sara Ella

March 2, 2017 at 9:23 PM

Wow! Little is big on the meaning :) Love this one <3

Arthur Vaso

March 5, 2017 at 5:41 PM

Thank you so much Sara, so very kind of you!!

Eve Roper

February 20, 2017 at 1:22 PM

Love the poem imagery is great... Hugs eve

Arthur Vaso

February 25, 2017 at 4:16 PM

Thank you Eve, I hope you and hubby are getting along just fine! :)

Arthur Vaso

February 24, 2017 at 9:51 PM

Thank you Eve, I hope you and hubby are getting along just fine! :)

Andrea Dietrich

February 19, 2017 at 7:21 PM

oh wow, I LOVE this one, Arthur. A little poem huge on message! SEVEN

Arthur Vaso

February 24, 2017 at 9:50 PM

Thank you Andrea!! Hugs!

Paul Callus

February 19, 2017 at 2:19 PM

You never fail to deliver, Arthur, both here and on the link! Well done. // paul

Arthur Vaso

February 24, 2017 at 9:36 PM

Thank yo so much Paul! much appreciated!

Kai Michael Neumann

February 19, 2017 at 1:39 AM

This is beautiful. A candle, a bowl and an unnoticed death. If this is humanity, we need more poems like this. Many wishes, Kai

Arthur Vaso

February 24, 2017 at 9:35 PM

Thank you so much Kai!

Lynn Marie

February 18, 2017 at 10:36 PM

The feeling of sadness seems to deepen exponentially when children are involved. "Little" feels so lonely because it's short and to choose a gold fish which is small, is just terrific writing.:-) The twins piece is devastating and again, you have penned an emotional whopper :-) l will go read a limericks of Jan's now to avoid nightmares :-) blessings, lynn

Arthur Vaso

February 24, 2017 at 9:35 PM

Thank you so much Lynn! Jan will bring rainbows after my dark writes!