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Thanksgiving: In a Carport Sits An Old Man

a bottle of red tea on the opposite end while a television glows out and into the concave space of horshoe-shaped tables made for twenty blue chairs and white linen cloth and the old man wih a long grey beard sits alone among the decor of clean and bare cloth and plastic sounds of in-between game commentary fill the void

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 11/27/2009 10:58:00 AM
I walked by this exact image on thanksgiving morning...which actually made it very UNsad for me...since it was only for the simply fact that no one else was there yet for any sort of feast...it was too early...the sight was striking and sorta beautiful...for me, anyway.
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Date: 11/27/2009 9:56:00 AM
Riviting in emotion, I see that old man, sitting alone. well penned, fill of depth and loneliness
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Date: 11/26/2009 5:12:00 PM
I am stuffed, right now and enjoying some poetry, hope you had a good day!
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Date: 11/26/2009 4:02:00 PM
Interesting and sad write you have given us here. Keep the pen flowing. Sara
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