Monday 26 September 2011

Magpie 84, Numerology 3. Faith, Hope and... whatever happened to Charity?


















Why did you cause the rain to fall?
Right now? Dear God, do you recall?
We prayed to thee,
Magpie and me;
“A full moon for the Willow Ball!?”

Pic of bedraggled woman and bird courtesy of Tess at Willow Manor.

An afterthought:
(In the bilge of my steel yacht, while scraping away at corrosion)
“In God we rust”.
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18 comments:

  1. Tess Kincaid26 September 2011 at 5:52 am

    Giggle...in light of my adoration of patina, I adore "In God we rust"...stay tuned for the Willow Manor Ball coming up in October...

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  2. kaykuala26 September 2011 at 5:53 am

    Stafford,
    In God we trust, that we must! Is it too much to ask?

    Hank

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  3. JJ Roa Rodriguez26 September 2011 at 6:22 am

    things will be according to His time... I always believe in that...

    JJRod'z

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  4. Chronicles of Illusions26 September 2011 at 6:29 am

    i love this :)

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  5. Friko26 September 2011 at 8:08 am

    I always like funny.
    You're funny.

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  6. Jane Healy26 September 2011 at 8:27 am

    This was my favourite picture of all the paintings posted so far!

    Enjoyed your take on it - is it a Halloween Ball?

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  7. Stafford Ray26 September 2011 at 8:55 am

    Jane, the Willow Ball is whatever you want it to be. You see, it is totally imaginary, It can be Halloween ball, a meat ball or a screw ball... (um, perhaps I should rephrase that) but is as real as so many other allusions and delusions in this Human life.

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  8. Helen26 September 2011 at 10:47 am

    Love your creativity - as always. Wonder if the Willow Ball will be a 'masked ball?' Get your costume ready just in case!

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  9. Liz Rice-Sosne26 September 2011 at 3:18 pm

    The first part charming ... the second made me chuckle out loud.

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  10. Isabel Doyle26 September 2011 at 3:27 pm

    Hope Magpie has a snorkel, and that the rain is warm.
    Here's to rusting!

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  11. Brian Miller26 September 2011 at 10:48 pm

    rust is rather beautiful...and a timely color being fall...lol. perhaps the moon will yet be full....

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  12. Kathe W.26 September 2011 at 11:45 pm

    you always make me chuckle and grin! and THAT aint a sin!

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  13. Suz27 September 2011 at 12:06 am

    I can see it...your take on this prompt
    funny as usual...with a bite

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  14. Anonymous27 September 2011 at 6:50 am

    Dear Stafford:Definitely this one quite the lunatic wanting a full moon when she knows dam well it's going to be a new moon this Friday for The Willow Manor Ball. Love the plug, hope you have one in that yacht of your funny guy!:)

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  15. Tumblewords:27 September 2011 at 9:02 am

    Laughing. Oh, yes, the Ball, the Ball.

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  16. hyperCRYPTICal27 September 2011 at 7:00 pm

    Giggles indeed. Lovely stuff (including the afterthought).

    Anna :o]

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  17. Helena28 September 2011 at 6:21 am

    Ahhhhhh! The Willow Ball - a year past already? I'll be attending with my favourite Australian partner in tow again this year......!

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  18. Anonymous28 September 2011 at 9:14 pm

    A rainy day
    A rusty scow.
    Ask what yu may,
    I'll decide; when and how.
    rel

    the funeral was a tragedy to end two tragedies.
    A follow up prose piece will follow as part of a creative non-fiction course I'm taking.

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