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spilt milk and honey badgers don't cry


feast in the house of Simon,1610, El Greco 

enjoy what's spilt
leave hold all
your pseudo first
world guilt

breathe it in and
don't let's start
soon there'll come 
a worse part 

just ignore this 
squandering
chase your loyalties 
wandering

let the lady sing

past the salad days
come the bitter grapes
grown to stomp your
trifling



© 2014-Rene
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  1. Kathe W.March 16, 2014 at 10:28 AM

    excellent take on this painting....especially the last verse!

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  2. The Blog of BeeMarch 16, 2014 at 11:17 AM

    A feast of a read.

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  3. Magaly GuerreroMarch 16, 2014 at 11:18 AM

    I'm with Kathe, the last stanza gave me a pause. The bittersweet taste of future hope...

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  4. revelationsMarch 16, 2014 at 11:57 AM

    loved the prompt with the painting... the theme of this struck a chord...

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  5. Dana DampierMarch 16, 2014 at 12:22 PM

    The last stanza definitely my favorite! Awesome!

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  6. Sherry Blue SkyMarch 16, 2014 at 12:39 PM

    Ooooooo, this is brilliant! LOVE the "cosmic first world guilt" and letting the lady sing because "bitter grapes are swiftly trampling in." You knocked this one out of the park!

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  7. BerowneMarch 16, 2014 at 1:42 PM

    Bitter grapes are made for trampling... Well done.

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  8. LynetteMarch 16, 2014 at 1:45 PM

    "Let the lady sing..." My favorite line.

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  9. Laurie KolpMarch 16, 2014 at 3:48 PM

    I really like this... especially the ending.

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  10. HelenaMarch 16, 2014 at 6:10 PM

    I'm in complete agreement with the bunch above!! Bravo!

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  11. Irish GumboMarch 16, 2014 at 6:24 PM

    Gimme some of that old time religion…and I like the sly hearkening to They Might Be Giants in the second stanza. Molto bene, mi bella!

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  12. Stafford RayMarch 16, 2014 at 7:02 PM

    Yes, indeed! Hits many buttons.

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  13. Silent Otto March 17, 2014 at 10:36 AM

    Yeah, he came with kind and wise words which boiled down to " the next two thousand years is gonna suck " ! ....cheers mate

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  14. Buddah MoskowitzMarch 17, 2014 at 7:03 PM

    Amen! I love songs like this. Great, pithy poem.

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  15. RajlakshmiMarch 17, 2014 at 7:36 PM

    I loved the imagery of salad days and bitter grapes. Well written.

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  16. AnonymousMarch 17, 2014 at 7:45 PM

    This is fantastic. I don't know of anything I can say that hasn't already been said. I loved it.

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  17. Cait O'ConnorMarch 18, 2014 at 10:35 AM

    I love it too. Let the lady sing and the last verse especially...

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  18. Tess KincaidMarch 18, 2014 at 7:08 PM

    Yes...please let the lady sing...it's not over until...

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  19. 21 WitsMarch 21, 2014 at 10:20 AM

    Yes, quite lovely, do let the lady sing!

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  20. Joanna JenkinsMarch 22, 2014 at 10:11 PM

    Ditto on all of the above!
    Well done.

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