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Loyalty and Laughter

Loyalty and Laughter

We gather together as friends. 
We teach other things, 
and share our lives as one. 

Strangers come 
and take pieces
and parts…
and…
leave worms
and 
bugs.

Not good worms for fishing. 
Not good bugs like ladies or butter…
Just black things that crawl, 
and leave trails where they have been. 

Out of courtesy no one says anything. 
It is pleasant for a while. 
All try to over look the one point, 
“alike and different”, 
“same and not”. 
These are the things we learned
early at school. 

Put the same in the box. 
Those that are not, 
can still fit if they want too, 
but if they do not, 
they will always make, 
the rest, fit less well, 
or not at all. 

Loyalty broken
Laughter ended. 

Strangers can be friends, 
but bugs are just bugs.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Krutsinger Avatar
December 9, 2019 at 12:11 PM
Ah, this is poetically so truthful. "Strangers come and take pieces and parts… and… leave worms and bugs." - WOW!
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December 9, 2019 at 3:35 PM
I usually like bugs and want to get my glass to check them out... not these. These are not nice, and show up...everywhere... more often of late. No bugs for your holidays... hugs only... Ann
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