BOP
2024.08.20
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2024.08.20
Good morning that wonderful way.
Abe barks at eagles in the sky.
Feel that ought to be the whole entry.
A cryptic one liner masked in direct observation.
But he really does.
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Birds of prey go away?
Or a hello?
There's a little growl to it. Maybe he doesn't want them chasing his fun away or eating his fun.
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All the small woodland creatures Abe chases are food for the Great Plucker Uppers of the sky, also known as: Birds of Prey.
Wonder if birders call them BOPs.
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If I were a birder, I'd most definitely call them BOPs.
Another BOP in the sky.
Oh, what kind of BOP?
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(I'd use the word BOP as often as I could, if I were a birder.)
There's a name for birders, a scientifically important sounding one. Maybe something with the aviary prefix to it. I'll look it up later.
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An Ornithologist is the professional name.
Lots of other fun slang versions... search, if you'd like.
Sometimes he barks at the sky for no apparent reason.
I, too, can spot a BOP high up as a BOP can go.
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But what about birder dogs? How high can they see?
Perhaps it's a satellite.
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Now that's a good start to a story, a dog that can spot satellites in the sky.
That raises a lot of questions.
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Any time you can start a story with a dog, or a cat, you should. You're guaranteed a reader for at least a few more paragraphs.
So, Abe the Dog
(I'll specify in case you're not familiar with the site and don't know. Abe is the hound I rescued from Texas. Longview, Texas ironically. Which ironically, ironically fits with the blog. Which, if you read you already know, and have no purpose for reading this parenthetical. Which, I not ironically, most unfortunately, should have mentioned in the first sentence of it. Precious time presses for time! Onto the next!)
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How to bring this entry around to make some profound poetical insight into the world?
Something about friends sometimes being able to see what we can't?
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Something about the soul matched with the knowledge of dogs and cats and why would they ever choose to come live with us?
That's another route to take towards purpose: Talk about, what we've so sonorously unfortunately started calling 'fur-babies'.
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The Institution of Fur Babies.
(Probably the Title) ^
That's a great saying: "The lunatics are running the asylum."
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It means: Watch the nightly news after you've looked up synonyms for birders.
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Synonyms for Birders
(Another good title.) ^
"He's not really saying much this entry, but I keep reading. Not quite sure why. It's not the pictures. That's just a quick scroll to see fur babies."
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I ought to say something to help your day.
Perhaps I'll just work here in the sanctuary of pretty prose and keep it to myself.
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Pregnant potential! That's a way to end. A Great Phrase.
Or I'll just leave it open for you to infer what it all means.
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Afterall the best way to say something, sometimes, is to say
Nothing at all.
(A much better title) ^
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+he Ghos+
S. Wynn
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