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Poems - Oyster shell

Oyster shell

by Essex68

I found a little oyster shell
washed up on the shore
Though I looked so very hard I
couldn’t find no more
I knelt down and washed it in the
salty seaweed sea
And looked at my reflection, where a
pearl might once of been

I found a little kitten once, he was
cold and lost and scared
He didn’t have no collar on, no tag
nor number there
I took him home and made him
warm, I fed him this and that
Tuna, chicken, beef and lamb, now he’s
the fattest cat

I thought I’d found an angel, that had
fallen from the sky
But when I looked a second time her
heart was full of lies
She ate my food, and sucked my blood
and left me in dismay
She healed her wings, then when I looked
she laughed and flew away

I found another oyster shell, it looked
just like the first
But the other half I did not keep, it was
cast amidst the surf
If I could find it once again, and let those
fragile edges meet
I’d have the perfect house of pearl and
life would be complete

W R Baker

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Re: Oyster shell (Score: 1 )
by Pujakins on Monday, May 21, 2012 (22:19:01)

A nice poem this is. I like the story told here, though the grammatical use puts me off a bit--it keeps bringing me up short and interrupting my train of thought. However, I expect you have a good reason for it, so I'm just giving you my observation, not criticizing. Thanks for the good tale well told, Warmly, Tasha

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Re: Oyster shell (Score: 1 )
by MoZark on Monday, June 04, 2012 (20:42:21)

Pujakins was right, in a way, but she should have looked deeper. Very clever of you but may have cost you a comment or two. Have a grand tomorrow…Jack

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