Shawn L. Bird

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poem-tortoise March 13, 2016

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 9:30 pm
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In dreams

I have been gifted with a tortoise.

A slow moving friend who will live long.

When I wake, I google

whether tortoises can lived in a backyard

through Canadian winter.

before I realize it was only

a dream.

 

4 Responses to “poem-tortoise”

  1. Rajiv's avatar Rajiv Says:

    Very long indeed

  2. Insulate the shell, and the cold will not be long in passing.


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