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Jan 5Liked by Joshua Doležal

Reminds me of the saying: “close” only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades ☺️

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Trying to flip that here. Close is not good enough for the speaker of this poem!

Close also counts in slow dancing, as I recall 😂

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Jan 5Liked by Joshua Doležal

I understand! But it’s what was evoked for me.

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It felt as though you had captured a moment in my own experience of tossing horseshoes at dusk. Goosebumps.

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Thank you, Jill!

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Josh, Where is the next stanza? You left me hanging!

Very evocative of the moment.

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Thank you, David! I suspect that this poem must finish in you 😊

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I love the dusk setting. There is so much determination (and for me, humor). This fellow could be out there awhile! 😂

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