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barbsdad2003
Jan 10, 2009 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Not I


Not I

---

One good lie
I think deserves
another.
              ---barbsdad
---

"Thanks
for scooping
a path

to
my
mother's house,"
my wife

said.

"It wasn't
me," I

said.

"Buster
did it."

"But I saw
your footprints

here
and
there

in the snow,"

she
said.

"Easy
to explain,"

I
then

said:

"Buster
borrowed
my shoes."

"Oh,
really?"

she
said.

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Ink Dragon

17 years 4 months ago

Chuck,

once again, you make my day with one of your writes! Reads as playfully as a good joke, ~Nina
Debra Bryant

Debra Bryant

17 years 4 months ago

Hi,

Is buster the family pet? The images this creates crack me up! lol :-) Very good and funny! Sincerely~ Debbie
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barbsdad2003

17 years 4 months ago

Buster's our ...

pet white duck. We rescued him from certain/near death at the city park. Someone had dumped him a week before first snow three+ years ago. He now lives safely indoors in an open cage by the dryer. He makes himself a delightful member of the family. From time to time we let him go outside to romp in the snow. But at least one of us always accompanies him so as to ward off predatory neighborhood hawks, coyotes, foxes, whatever. Thanx, Chuck
Debra Bryant

Debra Bryant

17 years 4 months ago

Chuck,

A Duck? Even funnier! Reminds me of the commercial...too cute! Sincerely~ Debbie
Kailashana

Kailashana

17 years 4 months ago

Oh, Lord love a duck! and

Oh, Lord love a duck! and you too, for this ducky of a poem on a blustery, wintery, not-quite-ducky-day. ~A "All in all, it's just another brick in the wall." Pink Floyd There are no walls except for the ones we build. ~me~
Janice Pearce

Janice Pearce

17 years 4 months ago

Not I

Chuck, You never fail to make me laugh out loud! Thanks Chuck! _____________________________ To write a touching poem, you must gently stir the soul, if it brings forth tears or smiles, then the story was beautifully told. ________Janice Pearce_________
deelilah

deelilah

17 years 4 months ago

Hi Chuck

I'm having fun picturing Buster, the duck, in your shoes. Deelilah
themoonman

themoonman

17 years 3 months ago

Chuck...

thank you for the smile you've caused... enjoyed the read.. Richard
Proprietress of Crimson Hearts

Proprietress o…

17 years 3 months ago

wow, Chuck,

you always write with such a light feather... you are the best that could happen to this heavy, dreary world. always a pleasure to read! in gratitude, Kata
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Conect11

17 years 3 months ago

perhaps

it is my mood, but I loved the wry sense of sadness. Now don't get me wrong, Chuck, your whimsy is as fluid as ever, but I'm injecting my own melancholy here and yes I know that's criminal to project our feelings onto another's poem but by golly I'm loving it. And you better get your shoes back. Mark W.
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barbsdad2003

17 years 3 months ago

Those darn shoes ...

they're too heavy for the dryer to accommodate; and after Buster's all though with 'em, they're wet inside ... and out. Takes forever to get 'em dried out enough for me to wear 'em. Again. Thanx, Chuck
infinite_dwarf

infinite_dwarf

17 years 3 months ago

Chuckles

This is a clever write. I got a little hung up on the he said, she said, I said, thing but the material (and the image!) more than made up for it. That little 'un is just too cute! What can I say... I 'quacked' up... ~Jess K. ---------------------------------------------------- -"Handle every situation like a dog: if you can't eat it, or screw it, piss on it and walk away!"