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So You Say

Do you say "Ouch" when you're all by yourself and there's no one to hear the pain? Do you say "Oops!" when you're there all alone and you know the wine's gonna stain? Do you say "I love you" when she walks in the door though you're actually hot for Sharlene? Do you say "But what'll I do?" when she goes out the door and doesn't come in again? Do you say you're sorry when really you're not, but it's the only thing that'll do To bring her back home to share in your lot of ouches and oopses, the old deja vu? Do you say you love her because that Sharlene has just shot through with some other guy from the job? Do you say that you love her a lot... and you've been all along meaning to...? Then do.

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Date: 9/29/2022 5:24:00 PM
Very witty; while amusing also sound advice. Wise and thoughtful.
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Date: 9/22/2022 9:31:00 AM
one big YES Elizabeth to the ouch and oops but not Sharlene! hehe! Good humour! Debx
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Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 9/22/2022 5:29:00 PM
Hi, Deb! It's great to know you're over there, balancing the continent with a laugh or two. Eliz
Date: 9/19/2022 8:52:00 PM
Thank you, Belle! I'm so pleased you dropped by and that you had some fun.
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Date: 9/19/2022 3:57:00 AM
I do say all those things Elizabeth, especially I love you lots. Love your poem… Belle
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Date: 9/18/2022 6:08:00 AM
Yes we take for granted the one that's there for our ouches and oop's until they are not there. Your poem is thought provoking, yet very easy to read. Thank you Elizabeth I enjoyed this very much.
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Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 9/19/2022 8:54:00 PM
Hi Wendy! Very discerning of you; that combination is exactly my goal though I don't always achieve it. Elizabeth
Date: 9/16/2022 11:32:00 AM
Real originality Elizabeth, very impressive indeed with nice rhyme and flow along with great imagery. Blessings,Gordon
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Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 9/16/2022 3:36:00 PM
That is such a nice reply, Gordon, and informative for me. I'll have a look now at what you are doing. Really thank you! Elizabeth
Date: 9/15/2022 4:09:00 AM
Life can be full of ouches and oopses! Thank you, Elizabeth.
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Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 9/15/2022 4:23:00 PM
Thank you, Andrew. Fortunately now my double o's are seen as extremely funny by my children and grandchild! Currently this week, we have: do ya know where g'ma found her hearing aids? In her shoe!! Ha-Ha and so on. Elizabeth
Date: 9/14/2022 8:26:00 PM
Now I know why my wife is not as keen on me as she might be: Who wants to share in my 'ouches' and 'oopses!' Thanks for the hint, hint, hint, Elizabeth. With gratitude, Mr. Husband
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/15/2022 7:36:00 PM
The fry pan is the iron straw that stirs my poetry into the soup, you know...
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Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 9/15/2022 4:11:00 PM
I am sure, dear Gersh, aka Mr. Husband, that for every calamity you have a bon mot which sends Mrs. wolf into spasms of mirth as she pounds your head with the fry pan. Liz
Date: 9/14/2022 1:38:00 PM
The apple of one's eye as the other eyes the orchard, Elizabeth, as monogamy in relationships undergo redefining--well expressed, my friend, Aloha William
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Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 9/14/2022 6:06:00 PM
Thank you, William. Not a transient problem as witnessed poor Freud trying to analyse Vienna! Elizabeth
Date: 9/14/2022 11:36:00 AM
Poets write about the lies lovers tell, but few write about the lies we tell ourselves! Well thought and done! Aloha!
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Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 9/14/2022 6:09:00 PM
How perspicacious, Rico! They are the ones that really hurt! Liz
Date: 9/14/2022 9:58:00 AM
A tangled web indeed.I feel for the hapless flies caught up in that spiders handiwork.Enjoyed.
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Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 9/14/2022 6:22:00 PM
Thanks, Vickey. Spider is such a good word for it, the webs people weave when they have no idea of the truth of themselves. The life unexamined. Elizabeth
Date: 9/14/2022 5:42:00 AM
Good one. I have wondered about the man or woman having an affair. Sara
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Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 9/14/2022 6:26:00 PM
Strangely, they seem to always experience themselves as the victims of events, never as having set the stage, written the script and sought out the actors! So it never gets solved. Sad. Elizabeth

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