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Seahorses For Julia Ward's Contest

Seahorses. Who needs them? Who wants them? For what? Really? Seahorses look like the small letter q, inverted. No other animals can do that backward tail curve, Except the husky dogs. These strange little sea urchins should have Been named Bug-eyers. Or Question floaters Or Inverted Sea Q’s. They do not look like horses to me, No expert really, since I have only fallen Off of two of them. When you are falling off though, You notice the powerful legs Pounding toward your frightened head. Do sea horses have powerful legs? I think not. And think about those tails, the way They are curved inward, under Their pie outtake buttons. Who has to scrape the crud Off them when they have to You know what? Inverted Sea Q’s probably have to use baby wipes on each other. See how easily that term glides off a tongue? Inverted Sea Q's. But what about the snout, you ask me. Snout! I have to re-look at the Bug-eyed Question Floaters, because all I noticed Was their bulging buggy eyes. Oh, now I see it. Okay. I’ll give a bit there. The snout does look a bit horsey. But where are those powerful legs? What kind of pounding are you going to Get if you fall off of a Question Floater? Answer that if you can. Submitted on April 24th for Julia Ward's Contest Written on April 23rd, 2018

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Date: 4/24/2018 7:53:00 AM
LOL Your poem is so imaginative and hilarious. What an imagination and so many good questions! Well done, Caren.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/25/2018 8:47:00 AM
Thank you, Line. I am on a little role as I do not go back to school until tomorrow. I feel like I am 88 percent myself today, and I know I will be 100 percent tomorrow because I have had FOUR whole NIGHTS OF SLEEP!

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