Ajar

MAGPIE TALES

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AJAR! 

'The door's ajar!' she snapped at me!

In her normal hectoring tones.

Her voice was like a discord

Seeping right into my bones!

'Oh is it!' I quipped back at her,

'It looks like a door to me!'

'I suppose you think that's funny!'

She shouted 'Well, tee-hee!'

Of course I closed the errant door

For I always do her bidding,

But I'd reached the end of my tether

And I knew I wasn't kidding.

There, on the table stood a jar

And I began to muse

On where I'd really like to be;

The way of life I'd choose.

I'd like to soak in hot water

With a good crime book to read,

With glass walls all around me!

That's all that I would need.

The vision that I conjured up

Was so, well, darned seductive,

That my present life seemed untenable

And completely unproductive.

'This is a jar!' I shouted out!

'And I am sitting in it!'

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A life of freedom lay ahead! 

And I was about to begin it!

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Which word would he prefer?

HARBINGER

'The robin is the harbinger of Spring!'

Great sentiment!

Great visual picture!

Awful word!

Use 'harbinger' for 

The looming threat,

The fear of the future,

The symbol striking terror to the soul.

But for Spring? No!

'The robin is herald of the Spring'.

'The robin is the forerunner of the Spring'

'The robin sets the stage for Spring.'

Harbinger is a hard word,

A strong word,

A black word.

Maybe my choices are crass and obvious,

But at least they are

Soft,

Welcoming,

Balmy.

Like Spring itself.

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