Testudo

Cherry

By lenchenelf

Wed, 09 Feb 2011

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6 comments

Slow moving, self protective, a carapace for parliament.
Shields raised; hide inner resentments, fleshyparts and body odour.

Thrust reasoned gladius, ensure that a man with scroll or papyrus
stands near, scribes your every encounter, winning grimace, pens

a heroes saunter to his spoil. Yet after, stubbled jaws mouth questions;
why not interlock, as armour, Lorica segmentata, each move dependant

on the other, then we could all go home.

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minor eds. 02.04.11

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Gosh, Lena...you had me

Permalink Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on Wed, 2011-02-09 17:00

Gosh, Lena...you had me rummaging for my dictionary with this one;-) A brilliant write, as ever. And dictionary or no, the vocabulary makes 'wonderful sounds' if you know what I mean;-) Tina

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ScoZen Elf. Never, ever,

Permalink Submitted by ScoZen on Wed, 2011-02-09 18:01

ScoZen Elf. Never, ever, trust a man with a scroll or a papyrus. regards

ScoZen

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Baffling and brilliant.

Permalink Submitted by fatboy74 on Wed, 2011-02-09 20:45

Baffling and brilliant. Well deserved cherry for Melange as well Lena. :-)

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Thanks Tina, Scozen and

Permalink Submitted by lenchenelf on Wed, 2011-02-09 23:49

Thanks Tina, Scozen and FB74, your comments are, as always, much appreciated. 1st edit added now atb and thanks again Lena x

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Yes, very good. Conjured up

Permalink Submitted by rjnewlyn on Thu, 2011-02-10 23:21

Yes, very good. Conjured up all sorts of odd images. Rob

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Thanks Rob, appreciated atb

Permalink Submitted by lenchenelf on Thu, 2011-02-10 23:28

Thanks Rob, appreciated atb Lena xx

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