she's still not over the fact that she is under the ground she speaks in rattly, clattery hissing voices whenever they come around "I'll reach right up and turn your ankles you unforgivable gits, for burying me, prematurely, over a spell of the coughing fits" so angry with her new residence and bored a deeper shade of blue she's knocked over her marble marker and broken it clean in two. Boo! ~ Rene 2010 To join Magpie Tales click HERE For another take on this magpie please check out "The Song Of The Stone Healer"
Comparison kills, anyway.
ReplyDeleteThat is definitely the best approach!
ReplyDeleteOh this is BRILLIANT!!!!! Put this sign up at every border crossing!
ReplyDeleteOn both sides :)
DeleteMaybe that way of thinking would change the worldl
ReplyDeleteeach problems to his. I wish people stop comparing
ReplyDeleteYes fence sitting is a stuck position - a powerful write...beautifully condensed and meaningful
ReplyDeleteThe thinking is always greener, on the other side...
ReplyDeleteI love this! A must-see!! A must-be!!
ReplyDeleteExcellent!
ReplyDeleteThe grass is greener on the other side... powerful write :)
ReplyDeleteHmmm ...ephphatha in the Bible Expand. the Greek form of a Syro-Chaldaic or Aramaic word, meaning "Be opened," uttered by Christ when healing the man who was deaf and dumb (Mark 7:34). It is one of the characteristics of Mark that he uses the very Aramaic words which fell from our Lord's lips.
ReplyDeleteWell done!
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Nicely said! (And thought.)
ReplyDeleteinteresting allusion.
ReplyDeleteHow to we spread this notion to the general population?
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