.
She teeters on the log
in the middle of the stream
and wavers
as it bobs and spins.
“If you fall
you’ll only get
your ankles wet,”
he laughs.
“Ah no,” she says,
“it’s deeper than you think.”
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(c) 1995, 2017 Betty Hayes Albright
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(a re-post from 2012)
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Seasonings 
As are most of life’s situations! 🙂
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Indeed! 🙂
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This made me laugh, Betty. Who knows how deep that water is?
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The poet knows. 🙂
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Another deep one, Betty. Don’t fall in. 🙂
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I already fell
and remember it yet,
the waters were fine
and I’ll ne’er regret.
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Well now *that* kind of fall is fine of course. 🙂
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