My Family

we were adopted on the same morning 
my father loved us, a love adoring 
my brothers shared a gene name, Cabernet 
sisters noble parents based on hearsay 

my dad built a strong house of fine French oak 
we stayed there for months until the walls spoke 
Sauvignon muscular and the strongest 
Franc dark and lean and can stay the longest 

Merlot is too shy and soft as satin 
me, Petit Verdot, was told to fatten 
we left that house for a place very small 
this was a time of character for all 

life a blend of love and time but real 
dad says it’s a Bordeaux surreal appeal 

-updated July 2016-

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 5/8/2016 1:51:00 AM
Really great James, I enjoyed very much. Fiona
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Date: 5/25/2016 5:27:00 AM
Thank you Fiona
Date: 5/1/2016 12:14:00 PM
Enjoyed reading the foundation of the family you have blessed with your pen a7. Hugs Eve
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Date: 5/1/2016 12:40:00 PM
Thanks very much Eve.
Date: 5/1/2016 4:11:00 AM
Could I be your long lost sister? "What once were vices are now habits."
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Date: 5/1/2016 3:08:00 PM
You said it sister!!
Date: 4/30/2016 2:53:00 PM
Lovely and so precised to the heart with a very good linking understanding to the mind. A definite 7
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Date: 5/1/2016 3:07:00 PM
Thank you Funom!
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Date: 5/1/2016 12:25:00 PM
Thank you Funom!
Date: 4/30/2016 8:07:00 AM
Love the family sonnet James...very well done my friend...C'est Magnifique!...god bless...^WW^
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Date: 5/1/2016 12:26:00 PM
Thank you WW
Date: 4/26/2016 1:04:00 PM
subtle update...
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Date: 4/26/2016 12:00:00 AM
My other vice!!
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