{"id":6473,"date":"2011-07-29T09:22:16","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T15:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snarkitupfuzzball.nexiliscom.com\/?p=6473"},"modified":"2011-07-29T09:22:16","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T15:22:16","slug":"circle-of-life-not-on-my-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snarkitupfuzzball.nexiliscom.com\/?p=6473","title":{"rendered":"Circle of Life? Not on My Watch!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark has finally found his way home, and he and Rusty are doing chores around the old homestead.\u00a0 Which means, Mark goes and meddles with what appears to be a wounded Canada goose.<\/p>\n

Did the goose ask for assistance?\u00a0 I doubt it.<\/p>\n

Is Mark intent on helping it (sort of a “pay it forward,” when Senora Momjeans helped him)? You bet!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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And as an homage to an Irish Renaissance poet, Greek mythology, and classy types everywhere, CC’s bourbon babe, unbuckled<\/em> has tweaked one of Mr. Yeats works:<\/p>\n

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Mark Trail and the Goose<\/em><\/p>\n

A sudden blow: the gray wings beating still
\nAbove the bellowing naturalist, his spit-curl tousled
\nBy the sudden move, his arm tangled in its feet,
\nHe falls boldfaced and helpless into the grass.<\/p>\n

How can Mark\u2019s perplexed pink fingers push
\nThe Canada glory from his raspberry blouse?
\nAnd how can writer, laid by That Old Goose<\/strong>,
\nBut feel the mad heart beating where it lies?<\/p>\n

A shudder in the loins engenders there
\nThe LoFo cabin, the punching and the kicks,
\nAnd facial hair askew.<\/p>\n

Being so knocked down,<\/p>\n

So mastered by pissed-off waterfowl,
\nDid Mark put on the knowledge that it\u2019s stupid
\nTo try to talk sense into a crazy-ass goose?<\/p>\n

(apologies to W. \u201cB is for Boldfaced<\/strong>\u201d Yeats)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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