morning, January 1
#1
morning, January 1


The streets are quiet, finally.
Hopes and dreams litter the sidewalk
alongside beer bottles and party favors,
neglected clichés clinging to one another
as I sweep them all away.
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#2
I like that one,old camel
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#3
Me too, sweep mine away while you're at it. Smile

Happy New year, CJ, been missing your posts.
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(01-05-2015, 11:17 PM)srijantje Wrote:  I like that one,old camel

thank you  Smile

(01-05-2015, 11:30 PM)ellajam Wrote:  Me too, sweep mine away while you're at it. Smile

Happy New year, CJ, been missing your posts.

thanks Marcella. i been missin this place too...life has been a bit crazy as of late but i hope to be around more now that things are settling. i'll get to sweepin!
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(01-05-2015, 08:54 AM)cjchaffin Wrote:  morning, January 1


The streets are quiet, finally.
Hopes and dreams litter the sidewalk
alongside beer bottles and party favors,
neglected clichés clinging to one another
as I sweep them all away.
Hey CJ. I like this one. I do think there is some ambiguity in the punctuation. If I am reading it correctly, I think the comma after "favors" needs to be a semicolon. 
If not, and "beer bottles, party favors and neglected cliches" are all one list, then I think you need a comma after "bottles" moving the "and" to before "neglected". Hope that math adds up.
Thanks for sharing,
Paul
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hiya Paul. thanks for the read. i think i see what you're getting at there with the punctuation but i'm not sure that works.
i'll take another look at it here shortly and see if i can make it make more sense. thanks!
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