Glad you got it Hannah, you always seem to relate to my spirit of writing. Very nice too.

Ray x

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Beautiful, sad.
The songs of life, then death.

Hannah

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Thanks Martin I appreciate your thought.

Thanks David, see above!

I'm very pleased you like this Big Sal. We have a different way of expressing ourselves, so respect there.

Taylor, that is a compliment. I do that if I'm drawn in to a poem.

Avishek Jon and Rachel, thanks for the flowers!

Ray

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Hi David. It's fortunate when you know a person on a deeper level than is possible just online, and can explore the light and shades of meaning in poetry, which as you say we got to grips with. My use of the word "nipple" was the sticking point and some may consider rightly that it has a overtly sexual connotation out of line with the poem. My point was that with an intimate bonding there became a greater descent at the end. We agreed that!
Babies come about through sex, and get gratification and bonding from the mother. How can it be otherwise?
I'll leave it there, thanks everyone!


Ray

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Beautiful poem Ray, read it twice and thrice..?

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Beautiful with bathos injected into it for good measure. Excellent poem very much worthy of its namesake.

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Ray this definitely reads like it should be a folk song and a very fine one at that

Nice one

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