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Pests
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Missy Cross
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Rated "PG" by the Author.
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We recently discovered, to our astonishment, a family of rats living in the wood pile behind our yard. There are no sources of food back there whatsoever, so we figure the only thing they could possibly be living on had to be the doggy "treasures" that we had gotten lax about cleaning out in the wintertime. Needless to say, we were less than thrilled, but the Muse found it useful.
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Pests
My thoughts scamper madly
like the rats behind the wood pile
scrounging shit and cedar shavings
to exist.
Your thoughts claw and scrabble
like the rats behind the wood pile
I can see the scars and punctures
from the fights.
We surviving scoundrels
like the rats behind the wood pile
who find love in shit and cedar
to exist...
Now confront the carnage
like what's left behind the wood pile
of the poison meant to kill the
other rats.
© 2006 Melissa Cross. All rights reserved. No part of this poem may be reproduced without the express permission of the author.
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| Reviewed by Mark Rockeymoore |
3/20/2006 |
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| wow. now that was something else, on multiple levels. great writing, i appreciate your ability to take a mundane event and create something multi-layered and extremely meaningful. |
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| Reviewed by Regis Auffray |
3/18/2006 |
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Metaphorically most effective, Melissa. Thank you. Love and peace,
Regis |
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| Reviewed by Janet Bellinger |
3/15/2006 |
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The rats become a metaphor for your thoughts and relationship. The poisonous arguments come through.
Janet |
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| Reviewed by Birgit and Roger Pratcher |
3/9/2006 |
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Amazing how you twisted your pests into an adorable write!
Birgit and Roger |
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| Reviewed by Paul Berube |
3/9/2006 |
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Melissa,
They say, " one man's junk is anothers treasure " but also, " one animals waste is anothers pleasure." Well written piece. |
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| Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader) |
3/9/2006 |
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| Gotta love all that shit 'n shinola stuff dere, Melissa, and yep, when God made our love machine near our shit machine, I'm wonder if maybe he didn't have a good sense of humor. |
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