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dashboard madonna

photo by: Steven Kelly
           


what
i 
am to
you is just
a passing fancy
a quick thrill before the next leg

Rene ~ 2013
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  1. MaryAugust 25, 2013 at 9:34 AM

    Ouch! This one stings.

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  2. hedgewitchAugust 25, 2013 at 10:42 AM

    Ha! sharp plays on words, and quite the snappy retort over a cocktail, should one need it. Thanks for joining us, Rene. You didn't leave a link at the Garden, btw--but that may be how you want it so I'll leave that up to you.

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    1. UnknownAugust 25, 2013 at 10:50 AM

      Thanks! I thought I did...will correct that now

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  3. MarianAugust 25, 2013 at 11:43 AM

    whoosh!!

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  4. Sumana RoyAugust 25, 2013 at 12:21 PM


    wow!!

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  5. AnonymousAugust 25, 2013 at 12:38 PM

    damn. can nearly hear the withering tone and accompanying stare-down. ~ M

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  6. EllaAugust 25, 2013 at 12:39 PM

    Whoa...damn this is powerful!
    YOU snapped me awake ;D

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  7. HelenAugust 25, 2013 at 12:46 PM

    Whoo=hoo!!

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  8. Laurie KolpAugust 25, 2013 at 12:58 PM

    Ha! I've felt like that before.

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  9. Kathe W.August 25, 2013 at 1:27 PM

    haven't we all been there....nicely done!

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  10. Kerry O'ConnorAugust 25, 2013 at 2:19 PM

    Oof! Painfully precise!

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  11. GraceAugust 25, 2013 at 2:44 PM

    Ouch ~ That is a sharp one ~

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  12. Tess KincaidAugust 25, 2013 at 3:10 PM

    What I like best is the title...good one Rene...

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  13. Sherry Blue SkyAugust 25, 2013 at 3:45 PM

    Yoiks! Love the title Dashboard Madonna.

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  14. Indigo RothAugust 25, 2013 at 5:32 PM

    Hmm, interesting, and very effective. I was curious about the Fibonacci tag, tho...

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    1. UnknownAugust 25, 2013 at 8:28 PM

      all you need to know about fibonacci, indigo
      http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2013/08/weekend-mini-challenge-fibonacci.html

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    2. Indigo RothAugust 26, 2013 at 9:07 AM

      Hi Rene! I understand Fibonacci, but was puzzled as I was counting words, not syllables =) Thanks, Indigo x

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  15. steveroniAugust 25, 2013 at 10:45 PM

    THIS post is an attention-getter.
    Passing fancy!
    One-moment-stand?
    Well-writ....

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  16. Wayne PitchkoAugust 25, 2013 at 11:50 PM

    love it.....thanks for sharing

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  17. CadAugust 26, 2013 at 9:58 AM

    Brilliant! :)

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  18. christopherAugust 27, 2013 at 12:25 AM

    The never ending twist between the sexes...what is relationship for? The answers are often quite different men to women, women to men. But not always. This invites dishonesty as really the only solution and that cuts both ways. Men fear entrapment. Women fear being taken and used. Both positions of wariness are justifiable often enough that both women and men also fear being gullible or naive.

    To opt out of that game is possible but not without cost.

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    1. christopherAugust 27, 2013 at 12:34 AM

      I have watched women play at this all the time complaining about it and claiming innocence. :D

      Meanwhile, men are a touch more straightforward about playing the game, but not much because the dishonesty is essential. If you get caught out you are sent down the road unless she is open to playing it straight with modified men's rules. Some are.

      Me I deny playing the game. Not because I am so much better than those who do... but rather because I am not very good at it - why most of us who do not play do not play. People like me also don't get much action. :(

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    2. UnknownAugust 27, 2013 at 3:50 PM

      I would steer clear of anyone who is good at playing the game...but that's hard because you don't realize you've been played until it's too late.
      I love the mileage this short poem has gotten. It was originality titled "scenic overlook" and was intended to be a cutesy little play on words but then the dashboard madonna title popped into my head and I dug it, so I changed the title. Cutesy to Edgy in less then 6 seconds.

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  19. UnknownAugust 27, 2013 at 9:03 AM

    It would seem that you are being quite selective with your replies to comments. So, I probably shouldn't say anything that could be construed as being derogatory--huh?

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    1. UnknownAugust 27, 2013 at 3:41 PM

      where's the fun in that,Jerry? Let me have it...

      PS. Truth be told I have the worlds worst smartphone. It is excruciatingly painful to send the simplest text, hence the lack of replies and comments.So I generally don't comment or reply. But I made the exception for you. It took me a half hour to type this, but I did it for you. :)

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    2. UnknownAugust 27, 2013 at 5:24 PM

      I'm sorry you are having so much trouble with leaving replies and comments. Whoa, it must take you several hours to publish even such a short piece as your Dashboard Madonna!

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    3. UnknownAugust 27, 2013 at 5:35 PM

      Hours. Days even

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  20. gautami tripathyAugust 27, 2013 at 11:58 AM

    Hits hard....

    Loved that title...

    cries inside the mind

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  21. Jennifer WagnerAugust 27, 2013 at 1:30 PM

    ha! Perfect!

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  22. Carrie Van HornAugust 27, 2013 at 4:00 PM

    You tell it like it is Rene....the title rocks! :-)

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  23. TruedessaAugust 29, 2013 at 9:12 PM

    dashboard madonna...has a sting to it..

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