homework 8/9 - Downsizing

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homework 8/9 - Downsizing

Post by Ron » Thu Aug 28, 2014 10:08 am

Downsizing

One of life’s most satisfying pleasures
Collecting a wealth of treasures,
Comes a time though for hardened …downsizing
And there ’tis hardly surprising;
Memories, from when they were bush babies!
Are items on the pile of ‘maybes’.

But grown now with adapted superbia,
From the heart of suburbia,
So many things, once deemed worth a fortune,
Are sorted then, in order for attune,
And are assessed now as, just bric a brac
As sentiment gets clouded... looking back!

© Ron Boughton
Aug. ‘14
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Re: homework 8/9 - Downsizing

Post by Heather » Thu Aug 28, 2014 1:24 pm

I'm sensing that somebody is over the dusting! ;)

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Re: homework 8/9 - Downsizing

Post by Ron » Thu Aug 28, 2014 5:06 pm

It's not me!! :o

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Re: homework 8/9 - Downsizing

Post by Neville Briggs » Thu Aug 28, 2014 8:24 pm

The question arises Ron, if we haven't used things for years, why did we need to get them in the first place. :lol:
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Re: homework 8/9 - Downsizing

Post by Ron » Thu Aug 28, 2014 8:57 pm

So true Nev, I guess we thought we needed those things in the days when the world was wider! :)

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Re: homework 8/9 - Downsizing

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Thu Aug 28, 2014 9:21 pm

As we get older I think we realize that we don't need 'stuff' . It's amazing how it accumulates - I like your Poem Ron :D Good use of the prompts.
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Re: homework 8/9 - Downsizing

Post by Ron » Fri Aug 29, 2014 7:31 am

Thanks Maureen. :)

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Re: homework 8/9 - Downsizing

Post by Neville Briggs » Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:23 am

Thanks Maureen. ;)
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Re: homework 8/9 - Downsizing

Post by Heather » Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:28 am

Thanks Maureen :lol:

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Re: homework 8/9 - Downsizing

Post by Neville Briggs » Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:41 am

Heather is bored :o she should be out spraying those weeds.
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