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Friday Afternoon
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"...escape to our sanctuary"


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Friday Afternoon

renovation rumination

Friday afternoon and I await brown rice
Which takes awhile but is well worth waiting for
The mail came and went and it would have been nice
To get my Vanity Fair or something more
Than advertisements not really meant for me

Or better still I could have gotten a book
That hardcover edition I want to see
And have handy that my guests might have a look
At what I do here while time flies as it lies
Couched upon the coffee table casually

Tonight a new student will ring at my door
But at least he is not coming by surprise
I suppose a softcover will have to do
Autographed yet presented with modesty
I hope he rents a room but wish he were you
I have a secret new telephone number
Which only you and a chosen few may know

The garage is stacked with all sorts of lumber
And we make daily progress however slow
Toward building a stairway to heaven that we
Can use to escape to our sanctuary
High up in the ghost rooms above everyone
From the university down here below
We two can play up there when our work is done

Leave the students and their cares behind downstairs
Having done our homework now let them do theirs

+Steven Curtis Lance



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 Reviews of "Friday Afternoon"
Reviewed by Chrissy McVay
Reviewed on September 19, 2006
Sounds like true sanctuary...

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on September 14, 2006
Very nicely done, Stevie. I love the ambiance created via your verses. Love and peace to you,

Regis

Reviewed by Lew Duffey
Reviewed on September 9, 2006
I really enjoyed this one, Steve. About those unwanted magazines in the mail. At my age what do I want with Victoria's Secrets? Do they think I will have fantasies about those young girls in underwear that does not really cover much or do they think I will want some of that for my wife? They really don't know who they send them to, do they?

God Bless,
Lew

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on September 9, 2006
Now this was a great read...got to love it...teatime???

Love Tinka

Reviewed by F William Broome
Reviewed on September 9, 2006
Again, you show mastery of your craft in this new offering. It takes your reader into a shallow mystery of the get away plan, and as one, I'm ready to follow... Crafty and delightful. - Bill

Reviewed by Rafiriio Daniels
Reviewed on September 8, 2006
Hey this was very nice, I enjoyed reading your work....


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