One Minute Ramble: Rust

Creaking, flaky, eroded and weathered;
Are terms I thought wouldn’t describe me, ever
Although creaking maybe… more likely flaky…
Hardly partly somewhat eroded…
And slightly weathered, maybe…
But not me.
Now.
Not me, now.

I’ve just compared myself to rust
And in the same breath didn’t.

Just…

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10 responses to “One Minute Ramble: Rust”

  1. Inside the Mind of Isadora avatar
    Inside the Mind of Isadora

    Copper artwork is still part of my business … love the rusted patina of it. I do hope my bones rust in that type of way. But much, much later. 😉

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar
      Tom Merriman

      Oh, most definitely much later…

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      1. Inside the Mind of Isadora avatar
        Inside the Mind of Isadora

        ~~~ : – )

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  2. Dale avatar
    Dale

    I wish I could write like this…

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar
      Tom Merriman

      Oh, you can, Dale!
      I just put words together.

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      1. Dale avatar
        Dale

        Aww thanks, Tom. But you put them together so well!

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        1. Tom Merriman avatar
          Tom Merriman

          Well, I try… 🙂

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          1. Dale avatar
            Dale

            You do it well!

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  3. Beth Younker avatar
    Beth Younker

    Lovely, lovely, the poetry. There is power in the verse, or in the ‘verse as my hero Captain Reynolds says. Funny how I read this after I wrote something about not being old, even though you actually beat me to it.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar
      Tom Merriman

      That happens to me quite a lot, Beth… I write something, and then find that someone else in my blogging circle have written about the same thing! I love coincidences.

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