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Sharecropper - my teddy says thanks!
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 20, 2007 at 10:59 AM
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teddy bears
good stuff, tony. i especially liked this one.
posted by
sharecropper
on April 20, 2007 at 7:14 AM
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That's a great answer, Tony.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on April 18, 2007 at 11:30 AM
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Yes, Muser - a teddy does impress the discerning chick!
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 18, 2007 at 11:02 AM
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Shadow - you need to join an online teddy-finding agency!
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 18, 2007 at 11:01 AM
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Teddys are a child's best friend! How clever of you to use your Teddy as a
chick magnet... Teddy Bears will be coming out of their boxes!
posted by
muser
on April 18, 2007 at 10:16 AM
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Tony - How brave of you to share your bedtime secret with us...
and Teddy taking preference over beautiful college girls? I think he definitely spoiled any chance you had throughout your younger days. You should have kept him locked up. haha
Maybe I'm just jealous because I haven't a Teddy for a bedmate, nor anyone else for that matter. shhhhhh
posted by
shadow-pen
on April 18, 2007 at 8:35 AM
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Yes, Bhaskar - I appeal to the teddy (or glove puppet) in all of us.
Let us meditate on our teddies. Surely then there can be no room for hatred?
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 18, 2007 at 8:33 AM
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Hee hee - he was in exile to the gulags for a few years, Proc...
but he has been rehabilitated. Well done - I wish I'd thought of that analogy when I was writing it!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 18, 2007 at 8:32 AM
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I'm glad it made you smile, Mary - you can't go wrong with a good teddy!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 18, 2007 at 8:30 AM
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Hi Tony
Growing up together with the gloved puppet, Teddy ...or. is he a childhood friend of your's? Whatever, loved your love.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on April 18, 2007 at 7:30 AM
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He sounds delightful. Thank heavens you are in touch with your
softer side
, otherwise teddy would have been banished to the Siberia of adulthood.
posted by
proc
on April 18, 2007 at 6:37 AM
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Tony
This is lovely! Thank you for the morning smile filled with quiet joy. --Joy!Mary
posted by
FoliageGold
on April 18, 2007 at 5:23 AM
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No, I'm not TeddyPoet (nor was meant to be...) - oh, i see, you mean
MY teddy. Thanks, Chili - you'll have to meet him some time!
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 18, 2007 at 5:19 AM
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Teddy....
posted by
Chilitree
on April 18, 2007 at 1:16 AM
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That's right, Saul - I have plenty of intangible ones too.
Luckily, they take up less room!
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 18, 2007 at 1:03 AM
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Hi Kabu - I know - all the credit goes to my teddy for this one!
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 18, 2007 at 1:01 AM
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Thanks, NewMoon - sweet of you, too!
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 18, 2007 at 1:00 AM
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Thanks Afzal - not preserved perfectly though - he's a bit ragged!
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 18, 2007 at 12:59 AM
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Thank you OTA - and a kiss from my teddy
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 18, 2007 at 12:59 AM
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Troosha - oh no - your poor stuffed animals! I want to cry...
And the pink blanket? That... that's unbelievable. How could you???
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 18, 2007 at 12:56 AM
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We take our tokens of security with us throughout our lives,
Tonyzonit. Some of those tokens are a little more tangible than others.
posted by
saul_relative
on April 17, 2007 at 10:19 PM
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Tony that's so cute.
posted by
Kabu
on April 17, 2007 at 8:38 PM
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Yes, very sweet! (Sweetness is good!) NewMoon 
posted by
syzygy
on April 17, 2007 at 5:57 PM
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Childhood teddy remembered and preserved so well
posted by
afzal50
on April 17, 2007 at 5:18 PM
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Tony
what a sweet poem.. you always surprise me
posted by
Blue_feathers
on April 17, 2007 at 4:51 PM
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Aww..... Tony still has a Teddy
and isn't to proud to share that with us.
I think I got rid of all my stuffed animals and even last year I bravely waved farewell to my "pink blanket" which dried a good many tears or warmed a broken heart or two.
posted by
Troosha
on April 17, 2007 at 4:32 PM
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Spirit bears in the city, huh? And Spirit batmen?
This reminds me of a couple of years ago when they had flowery cow sculptures in various strategic places in the city centre of Manchester. Excellent stuff. And in Liverpool they had a lamb banana - the head of a yellow lamb and the tail of a banana. Yes, honestly. I'm not sure if it's still there or not. Well, thanks again, Neil - as you know, i've enjoyed your posts too, along with many others, some but not all of whom are in my People section. I don't list the Poets there because that seems too divisive. I read virtually all the poets. Ta ta, mate.
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 17, 2007 at 4:10 PM
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Or this guy? so long tony
http://www.spiritbearsinthecity.com/images/th_022_BatBear.jpg
either one, keep warm till Blondie Babe gets home to your arms. Neil
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on April 17, 2007 at 3:59 PM
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I can't wait! (Only to hear the juicy details form Thee, my friend)
Good to see ya. BTW--you, TAPS. Troosha and Bhaskar are my favorites when I have time to play and stay and open a way to deeper moments. Otherwise, my daily bread remains at the bakery of Lady Cee, Kat02, Mneme, afzal, Richinstore, and our favorite poets, of course.
shalomfromneil
IS this your teddy, or........
http://www.spiritbearsinthecity.com/images/th_celtic.jpg
http://www.spiritbearsinthecity.com/images/th_BearlyNight.jpg
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on April 17, 2007 at 3:57 PM
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Thanks, Neil - yes, it is perversely heroic. What a man I am!!
In my defence, I will soon be spending the nights with my lovely-looking blonde wife again!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 17, 2007 at 3:47 PM
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Love the BUTTon irony. Not butt on irony. Lovely way to snuggle if a lady's
not available. If yr teddy is like mine, she does not snore. Both her eyes and butt shine. Thanks for sharing--takes a hero to disclose he goes night-night holding teddy tight. shalom my friend. neil
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on April 17, 2007 at 3:20 PM
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