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The Lure of the Familiar

The streets of yesterday, comforting The landscape of tomorrow, forbidding Familiar foods rouse fond memories Tampering with tradition, disapproval My well-worn armchair's form-fitted to me That new recliner, stiff as a bad knee Your scent, your aura, ingratiating All others, alienating

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019




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Date: 8/6/2019 11:37:00 AM
"That new recliner, stiff as a bad knee" - yes but once you get it worn in, heaven, right?
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/6/2019 4:07:00 PM
Once I get it worn in, I've got two bad knees. LOL. ~ gw
Date: 8/6/2019 8:43:00 AM
Fantastic! You give us thoughts to chew in. A fave, Gershon!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/6/2019 4:07:00 PM
Really? A Fave? -- Thank you so much, Kim! :) gw
Date: 8/5/2019 8:59:00 PM
There is nothing quite like the familiar. It takes courage to step out of our comfort zones...so true.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/6/2019 4:06:00 PM
There's no place like home, however humble it may be!!!

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