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Two old crows

Journal Entry: Mon Feb 6, 2012, 5:57 AM
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Two old crows sat on a fence rail.
Two old crows sat on a fence rail,
Thinking of effect and cause,
Of weeds and flowers,
And nature's laws.
One of them muttered, one of them stuttered,
One of them stuttered, one of them muttered.
Each of them thought far more than he uttered.
One crow asked the other crow a riddle.
One crow asked the other crow a riddle:
The muttering crow
Asked the stuttering crow,
"Why does a bee have a sword to his fiddle?
Why does a bee have a sword to his fiddle?"
"Bee-cause," said the other crow,
"Bee-cause,
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B-cause."

Just then a bee flew close to their rail:—
"Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz             zzzzzzzzz             zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ZZZZZZZZ."
And those two black crows
Turned pale,
And away those crows did sail.
Why?
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B-cause.
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B-cause.
"Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz             zzzzzzzzz             zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ZZZZZZZZ."


Images: :iconmarkus43:.:iconkatworks-paints:
Words: Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)

CSS Journal Coded by ~FleX177

  • Mood: Content
  • Listening to: Leonard Cohen's new album
  • Drinking: coffee
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:iconmarkus43:
Ah Richard! Thanks somuch, what a treat!
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*RichardLeach Feb 7, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Glad you like it, Mark! You are most welcome! :handshake:
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=katworks-paints Feb 7, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
ohh, how nice. these two go well together! :nod:
love the words too :aww:
thank you so much! :hug:
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*RichardLeach Feb 7, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
you are very welcome and i'm glad you like it! :aww:
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:iconpiarvi-recherreen:
ohh i first thought the words were yours, i have the feeling that they could have been yours, so it's a bit of a disappointment to find out that they're not :lol:

but anyways, it was a pleasure to watch and read :nod:
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*RichardLeach Feb 6, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
i was thinking maybe i should put the author at the top for just that reason :lol:

Lindsay was an influence on Langston Hughes who was an influence on me - so there's a connection :D

and thanks, i'm glad you liked it :aww:
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:iconpiarvi-recherreen:
well, if it would have been a journal by anyone else, i would proably have checked the end of the journal to see if there was an author reference

but as you usually write words in your journals yourself ... :lol:
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*RichardLeach Feb 7, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
:nod: occupational hazard of being a poet :D
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