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The Eclectic Pen - SEARCH AND DESTROY

By: Barbara P. (gotchagal) - ,   + 19 more  
Date Submitted: 5/7/2010
Last Updated: 5/7/2010
Genre: Literature & Fiction » Poetry
Words: 747
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I admire your good rugged face across the table from me at breakfast at Cindy's Your blue eyes are warm, showing obvious pleasure in being with me. I like the height of you, the breadth of you and your intelligence. At the moment I am hopeful, but the time is young yet. Give me enough of it and I'll find something to cool my core. By 3:00 I am beginning to store up demerits: your taste in music, judged by the tapes in your car, the too many martinis you consumed too early and in place of lunch, your open and obvious dislike of Jimmy Carter who I don't even care enough about to defend. Our second date brought additions to my list I am seeking faults, cataloging them. Despite what you say, you are too rigid, too sure that you have all the answers. You are too conservative, you are too old, you are also canceled. My fault-finding mission is now finished. Once again, I am successful in destroying the possibilities. Barbara Gregory (Pearlman) c. 1981

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