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The Tough Stuff - For Couplet Challenge

Between-the-cracks and nasty beneath-the-surface stuff creeps up on me; then getting rid of it becomes too tough! For Susan Burch's Couplet Challenge

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Phyllis Babcock

Date: 10/1/2011 12:22:00 PM

A witty write Andrea. Thoughts go several ways. love phyl

Zzzzz Zzzzz

Date: 9/25/2011 5:11:00 PM

Interesting write, Andrea. An ocean of thoughts come to mind here. We are complex beings and none of us are quite what others perceive us to be! Excellent couplet! xoxo Robert.

Kabuteng P.Ink K.

Date: 9/25/2011 2:01:00 PM

I sure can apply this differently as well-- lol what first popped to mind was the kitchen sink?? I don't know why??? pretty witty couplet you have here, Andrea! And yup, this can also indeed be taken metaphorically-- :) hugs to you! :) sent you email btw...

Wilma Neels

Date: 9/25/2011 10:27:00 AM

So many ways to interpret this gem Andrea.. yep I have been away for a few weeks.. love, wilma

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 9/24/2011 11:53:00 PM

yes a big chore indeed Andrea..as I am finding out leaving this old duplex with cracks and going into new home all new..oh.. good luck in all contests entered..my mind is fried from lack of sleep and exhausted ..so much stuff to move..and then re arrange again..oh..

Robert Johnson

Date: 9/24/2011 10:53:00 PM

Through out our lives we aquire much. It's sad when we lose our gentle touch. Our hearts get tainted with mad desire. And cast's our souls into the fire.

Joe Maverick

Date: 9/24/2011 4:41:00 PM

I think this can have many interpretations Andrea, depending on the reader:) just the sort of write that has that essence of greatness...

Jack Horne

Date: 9/24/2011 2:55:00 PM

LOL, yes, I know how you feel with this one! You asked about Halloween revenge attacks: Lynne said she spent the entire evening worrying that the boys' BIG mother would ring her doorbell, but she didn't. She found a pile of something nasty on her doorstep a week later, but doesn't know f it was connected

Sara Kendrick

Date: 9/24/2011 2:11:00 PM

The hardest cracks to clean are the ones that have been patched over and we feel that it is not perfect but acceptable..Enjoyed the logic and the presentation of the logic..Thanks for stopping by, reading, truly reading and commenting on my work..Yes, in my Limerick I was meaning that he was too stuffed to want more right then..The idea came to me though while thoughts about the movie "Something To Talk About"..I don't think that I would ever do that but ...Sara

Sara Kendrick
Date: 9/24/2011 2:12:00 PM

In the right situation, it would not be a bad idea to make them sick as the dog they can be..Sara

Nancy Jones

Date: 9/24/2011 1:49:00 PM

For me, I often find that the best dances I do are tangos with the tough stuff... Write on, Andrea! ~N

Kash Poet

Date: 9/24/2011 1:43:00 PM

Hi there ,write the contest name at the top of poem(pl.visit her contest page)...

Kash Poet

Date: 9/24/2011 11:07:00 AM

So true Andrea,,,very tough stuff indeed.A great entry into the contest.Best wishes.

Kyle Kriticos

Date: 9/24/2011 11:07:00 AM

Wow that is great! I can identify with that, and good job completing the challenge so well !

Russell Sivey

Date: 9/24/2011 11:00:00 AM

Those places that you described as needing to be washed aren't on my list as something I like to do either! This is a great entry into the contest! I hope you do well in the contest...you deserve high placement with this magnificent poem!