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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Carry On Tuesday #19

This week our prompt is a complete quotation from the Nobel Literary prize winner Albert Camus

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Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.


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Pick whichever piece of it you wish and use it within your poem or prose. Then leave the url of your post (not of your blog) with Mister Linky and a comment

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Here's mine:

REGULAR GUY

He walks like a woman

when he waddles across the road

and he points and he pirouettes

and he tries to forget

that he’s still in the closet

and he’s not coming out yet

don’t walk behind him if you

really want to be his friend

but he pouts and powders his nose

and shares his sister’s clothes

and he stops the traffic when

he walks up the frog ‘n’ toad

he’s up and he’s up and he’s high

like the moon in the sky

and he thinks that no one knows

that he’s no regular guy.

But I’ve been told that he talks

like a woman from the street

he walks like a woman

when he waddles across the road

and he points and he pirouettes

and he tries to forget

that he’s still in the closet

and he’s not coming out yet

don’t walk behind him if you

really want to be his friend

but he pouts and powders his nose

and shares his sister’s clothes

and he stops the traffic when

he walks up the frog ‘n’ toad.

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12 comments:

  1. Brilliant Andy! I certainly wouldn't walk in front of him either!

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  2. Luckily I'd be quite safe walking behind OR in front!

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  3. Excellently done and great fun.

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  4. Hands in pockets, careful not to drop anything!

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  5. Good one Andy. Ejoyed reading this.

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  6. Good one Andy. Ejoyed reading this.

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  7. Sounds like a song - it really rolls along.

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  8. Yes, walk with him if you want to be his friend. Everyone has a right to be whatever that "be" is. I'm completely for LGBT rights.

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  9. "and he points and he pirouettes
    and he tries to forget "

    is just brilliant.

    This poem was such fun. :)

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