The Pastor Letting Go (CTG)

The Pastor Letting Go

After a lifetime on the move,
you've found your final sinecure,
comfortable with your flock.

I discover you, old friend,
among your leatherbound books.
You delight to sniff their musk.

You sit with your steaming cocoa
warm in your plum carpet slippers
as we converse by the log fire.

We avoid the sarin of politics.
Still, our old aggravations linger,
like a grain of sand in an oyster.

Christopher T. George

Nice one Chris.

Thank you all for your "thanks". Much appreciated.

Chris :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

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Originally Posted by ChrisGeorge

Thank you all for your "thanks". Much appreciated.

Chris :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

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Ha, looks like I got the thanks Chris. You toil all night trying to get it all together, and I get the thanks.

Where's the justice in that.

That'll teach pab's....thumbs redirected!

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Originally Posted by dazza

That'll teach pab's....thumbs redirected!

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But I earned it !!!

Turd....

Sorry Chris my thanks have been re directed to you , it was a wonderful poem , and made me want a friend like that too .

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Originally Posted by Debra

Sorry Chris my thanks have been re directed to you , it was a wonderful poem , and made me want a friend like that too .

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At least you left mine on. So you're not a turd.

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Originally Posted by ChrisGeorge

The Pastor Letting Go

After a lifetime on the move,
you've found your final sinecure,
comfortable with your flock.

I discover you, old friend,
among your leatherbound books.
You delight to sniff their musk.

You sit with your steaming cocoa
warm in your plum carpet slippers
as we converse by the log fire.

We avoid the sarin of politics.
Still, our old aggravations linger,
like a grain of sand in an oyster.

Christopher T. George

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An excellent piece Chris. I can almost smell those musky old books as you describe so vividly the scene with your good friend. He sounds like a man well worth being with for an hour or three.

I love sniffing old books , new ones have a nice small too though . I love sniffing leather too .

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Originally Posted by Debra

I love sniffing old books , new ones have a nice small too though . I love sniffing leather too .

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Ha. Thanks, Debs. My wife Donna and I were over at the house of my poet friend Dave Eberhardt and his wife Cathy and while Dave showed me his collection of books and botanical prints he had a sniff of the books! :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2548/...88e4440638.jpg

Chris & Donna with Dave Eberhardt Dec 11 2009, photograph by Cathy Eberhardt

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Originally Posted by ChrisGeorge

The Pastor Letting Go

After a lifetime on the move,
you've found your final sinecure,
comfortable with your flock.

I discover you, old friend,
among your leatherbound books.
You delight to sniff their musk.

You sit with your steaming cocoa
warm in your plum carpet slippers
as we converse by the log fire.

We avoid the sarin of politics.
Still, our old aggravations linger,
like a grain of sand in an oyster.

Christopher T. George

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Its not my style, but there is something there I like very much. well done,

more please.

mixing with the Hoi Poloi Chris. Love it.