Summer Sail

SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY
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SUMMER SAIL

Oh the blissful cool of sails

When the summer heat prevails.

Just to see them overhead

Makes the red-heat much less red!

You may say you prefer a tree

With all its leafy majesty!

You may sneer at this man-made

Attempt at offering some shade!

But see the patterned filigree!

We can enjoy both sail and tree!

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                          Frans Moretlmans

An Arm And A Leg

(An acrostic explanation)

A Carpenter in days gone by

Never merely made a chair

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Also included were extra 'limbs'

Representing, each, a spare.

Money was scarce in those far-off days

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And nothing was neglected;

Nothing was 'throw-away' back then;

Decades of wear were expected.

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As arms and legs might wear out first

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Leaving the owner short

Each Carpenter supplied the spares;

(Gaining profit, I'd have thought!)

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