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Sitting Room [a Chair's Tale Contest-- 8th Place]

So here am I, are we, sit us, a chair, a chair, a davenport. White; blue; floral; bright; we linger, and are never used. Soft carpet: plush, divine. So clean, untouched, we wait for a miscreant. 'So you,' said I, 'how long, sat here have you?' 'Too long,' said she, 'years too long it seems.' That chair, so soft, she has eyes for me. Yet here, away, I may merely gape. 'Davenport,' said she, 'look away, have some courtesy.' 'I'm blind!' said he, to she, then I. 'Fifty years, seven months sat here, have I.' And there we sat, for years, for months. And never sat in that room did they-- humans.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 3/3/2009 8:45:00 PM
Saint congratulations on placing in Deborah's contest - God Bless, MJ
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Date: 3/2/2009 11:04:00 PM
congrats ... wonderfully portrayed in beautiful words! excellent job! ~ Arany
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Date: 3/2/2009 8:20:00 AM
Congratulations on your excellent win in Debbie's contest! Love, Shar
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Date: 3/2/2009 7:00:00 AM
What an excellent, unique chair's tale this was! Well deserving being among the winning poems! Congratulations ! ~ Carrie
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Date: 2/25/2009 1:52:00 PM
I LOVE THIS ONE! Seeing life in a different perspective- The way it flows, with its choppy narrative is just perfect, A well-done keeper! And Thank-you for your comment, as it brought a joyful tear to my eye; to know that my work can touch someone in such a special way, is thus why I write poetry!!! poet butterfly
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