Gauntlet
Cold as ice, brittle as bone.
Lethal as a well-aimed stone.
Nonetheless, it’s you I crave—
calculating, clever, brave.
Though you fit me like a glove,
you’re not predisposed to love.
How long will your memory linger
as you’re peeled off, finger by finger?
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Well done~! just a sticky rubber glove, protecting you from evil, or a rabbit skin that feels so good and keeps those fingers warm only when badly needed, both then discorded and abandoned~?.
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Of course he was the glove I removed to throw down the gauntlet! Ironic, no?
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Great comeback~! You win~! After all the other descriptions, IRONic~! Good Night, bought myself an early birthday present, Now I am going to sleep to dream about it.
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What was your present and when is your birthday, Sam?
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I can’t say,,,, It is a surprise present to me from me, but you will see it later this month. 22 Oct. That got you questioning more than when I said that I had fallen flat on my face~! nobody worried about that.
You are turning out some great enjoyable poetry and prose lately~! I think that sabbatical to Arizona renewed your energy, (or cleared your mind), now slow down and take your time… (that is what they tell me~!!)
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I have to slow down. I can’t leave. All the entrances to the Raquet Club seem to be sealed…as is the carretera. By the landslide.
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must really be raining hard this season~! Be careful, I know you like to slide in the mud and water, but there are big rocks too.
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It’s been a good many years since I enjoyed sliding in the mud. Now when I do it is usually a fall!
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Me too,,,, That is what happened last week~! I went into my koi pond to get a close up of that blue lily and all was well, even got a nice photo of the yellow lily and a couple of BIG spiders, but then when I was getting out, my feet went out from under me.. and I landed with my feet in the water my belly on rocks and my face near the ground,, Holding my camera out in front… It has been worse, I am learning how to fall~!
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Be safe. So glad you didn’t end up in the pond.
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well my feet did, will post tomorrow…
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A great metaphor
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Thanks, Derrick. You are a sharp reader.
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🙂
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Wow, Judy. This is somewhere beyond clever. I love your metaphor. I mean, I love metaphors in general, but this is just top notch!
❤
David
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I’m rather fond of them myself, as you may have guessed.
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A wonderful poem!
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Thank you, thank you!
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This made me smile: the peeling off is probably a good idea!
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OH! That last line is a stunner, a new take on “throwing down” the gauntlet, or glove. Wonderful.
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You got it, girl!!!
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Discarded like a disposable glove. I love it.
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This is so well crafted! Wonderful poem.
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Thanks, Kate.
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