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12/13/2024 for Strayed Sheep Poetry Contest sponsored by Di11y Da11y

Lost Sheep

"Are you lost?" asked the sheep
in the front
(not the one who'd gone to sleep).

I'd gone to get some air and walk...
a strange question -
to hear this stray creature talk!

"I'm a man and know quite a lot
(if I say so).
I've learned things that you cannot.

I know about countries and beliefs,
and also,
borderlines, property, and thieves."

The sheep just smiled and smelled a flower.
I stopped speaking
and whiled away a sunny hour.

I wonder why this sheep did me, accost. 
Is it not him, but me, who's lost?
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Greenhough Avatar
December 13, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Lol. Sheep seem very content. I think I'll stay a little edgy.
Crandall Avatar
December 13, 2024 at 4:34 PM
That's a good way to avoid becoming mutton!
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