knowing what to keep…

He decided to start small,
journey of a thousand miles style.
So on Monday he rounded up
a few of them, the childish things –
that animals have no soul,
that catholics aren’t christian,
that talking is thinking,
that the missionary position is best.
 
He put them out by the curb
intent on gradually reaching
his goal of becoming a man.
Tuesday morning he watched the driver
carry them away, all but the last one.
The grizzled shadow paused
and yelled back to the house:
I’d hang on to that one, pard.
 
 
 
 

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4 Comments

  1. sethhaines on August 10, 2011 at 11:35 am

    You gave the beautiful it’s due, John. Here’s to mirror images…

    • thebeautifuldue on August 10, 2011 at 2:30 pm

      And you get the prize for having the cajones to comment on this one…thanks, Seth.

  2. Larry Shallenberger on August 29, 2011 at 12:11 pm

    This is becoming one of my favorite blogs to visit…

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