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I got a paper cut today

It was sharp and unexpected

Despite the fact that I knew the paper was there

Saw it approaching my finger in slow motion

I was still shocked when I felt a tinge of pain

And than I forgot

My hands got too busy doing mundane tasks on a mundane Monday

And I forgot

Until I settled down and was still

Until the moment I was all alone

Then it stung ever so slightly

This paper cut of mine

 

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

its right on the side of the knuckle and everything! worse place for a paper cut best place for a metaphor... a metaphor about what you ask...you tell me... ;)

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last updated 7 November 2013 - 4:23pm
©5 November 2013 - 4:39pm — running_with_rabbits
7 November 2013 - 4:15pm — Beavis
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;-)

Hmmm....Why isn't this in recommended reads?!?!?!

7 November 2013 - 4:21pm — running_with_rabbits
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>:)

because I wanted to see if you were payign attention ;)

Much Love

Ashley

7 November 2013 - 4:26pm — Beavis
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:-D

<p>I usually like to read your poems once, a careful swallow, savor the flavor for a bit, come back for a few more sips, enjoy the nuance or bouquet, take in all it has to offer before swriling the glass and holding the last sip in anticipation...but this! Mmmmmmmm!!!! Excellent!!!!

8 November 2013 - 9:34pm — running_with_rabbits
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:)

:) I now have this image of you stumbling drunk from my words into the arms of a beatiful women saying "will you kiss it better" ;)

Much Love

Ashley

6 November 2013 - 7:02am — bishu
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That my dear Respected RWR was the unkindest cut of them all

That my dear Respected RWR was the unkindest cut of them all.......Popped Eye Smiley shrapnel-stung

©bishu 

 

6 November 2013 - 2:43pm — running_with_rabbits
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:)

the best thin about paper cuts...they heal quick...hardly hurts at all now

 

also noticed I have two on my middle finger that I didn't feel :/

 

<3 thanks for the read Bishu! It is always a pleasure hearing from you.

Much Love

Ashley

7 November 2013 - 4:12pm — Beavis
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Not the deep ones...

Not the deep ones...

7 November 2013 - 4:20pm — running_with_rabbits
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:)

oh Beavis my love, the deep ones are not paper cuts...they are battle scars!

Much Love

Ashley

5 November 2013 - 4:55pm — Poetic_Eyes (not verified)
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i like how...

i like how you took something seemily ordinary and made it into something special by making it a metaphor. well done.

5 November 2013 - 4:58pm — running_with_rabbits
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:)

thanks eyes 

its fun to just write and let a poem show me it's own meaning rather than have a menaing designed for it..you know?

 

Much Love

Ashley