Thanks, Max. Yes, foolishly I answered the phone. Grand daughter
wanted to come around and watch play school on tv. Moonlight
interruptus ... Andrew
2008/9/16 Max Richards <[log in to unmask]>:
> Moon in our bedroom window
> reflected off the mirror,
>
> cheeky bugger to nose in,
> drew an X on the carpet -
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> buried treasure there?
> nearer treasure wife's thigh,
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> where my hand moved, paused -
> phone rang - who'll answer?
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> let it ring, however urgent
> less than this so urgent call...
>
> But I spose you did answer the phone, Andrew
>
> Quoting andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> I like, Sharon. It matches the moon in our window last night >g<
>> Cheeky bugger reflected off the mirror and drew an X on the carpet
>> with moonlight. I thought of 'x' marks the buried treasure, but maybe
>> it was a giant kiss symbol (my waking thought). I rested my hand on my
>> wife's thigh - Then the phone range ... Andrew
>>
>> 2008/9/16 Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]>:
>> > Brilliant, beautiful, lovely, poignant, tender, and sociably lonely,
>> Sharon.
>> >
>> > Thanks once again for the joy of Poetry,
>> >
>> > Judy
>> >
>> > 2008/9/15 sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]>
>> >
>> >> I wake to a bright night, moon resting
>> >> on the swell of the mountain.
>> >>
>> >> Geese pass noisily overhead, barking
>> >> like a herd of schnauzers.
>> >>
>> >> A storm spins past Galveston
>> >> another spins out of Washington
>> >>
>> >> and yet another from Wall Street,
>> >> each leaving loss and debris
>> >>
>> >> in its wake. I listen to love songs
>> >> on the radio and try to remember how
>> >>
>> >> that felt. It's time for the long nightgown,
>> >> the flannel sheets. Time to close
>> >>
>> >> the windows against autumn. The stars
>> >> of my generation are dying off.
>> >>
>> >> Somewhere, someone is bringing in
>> >> the crops. Long ago, I helped with that,
>> >>
>> >> prepared meals for the field hands,
>> >> bacon sizzling, the women talking,
>> >>
>> >> shelling peas, canning peaches. Now,
>> >> I lift my food from the shelves. It has
>> >>
>> >> nothing to do with me.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ~ sb
>> >> http://www.sbpoet.com
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrew
>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
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