Tortoise and the Hare: the True Story

So you think tortoise
   won the race,
not so.

Today the last
of hare's descendants
      passed on.

On his death
bed from his
lips came this,

"My great, great, 
so many grandfathers
   was bribed,

to throw the race
to the tortoise
by the way of carrots.

His greatest weakness,
you didn't really think
the tortoise could have
won do you." then he passed on.

wrote 4-14-07
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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August 10, 2009 at 7:15 AM
James that was an amazing page of wonderful poetry - My favorite was your first poem - "Family is your home" a concept that I totally agree with - The "Death touching me" breaks my heart - Thank you for the wonderful readings - I have missed reading your heart - YF4L - God Bless you, MJ
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