Asked & Answered, Again~135

...Poetic Prey ...in 12 lines

Hilldale Quilting Circle's Guest Poet

"We are, each of us, a would-be lover," Byron Posey reads,

 "in sweet hope of being one with another."

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"Pretty words, Byron," Elsie heckles, "but isn't it true you 

do these readings in hopes of an afternoon's coupling?!"

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"Behave yourself, Elsie," he retorts, "this is the Hilldale Seniors 

Quilting Circle! It's couplets I compose!"

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"Who do you think you and your sagging couplets are, 

God's Gift?"

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He winks. "What say we discuss this over a couple of Earle Greys 

back in my room, Else?"

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"Uh Huh! I'm on to you, you would-be rhyming Don Juan,

I say you and your couplets don't turn me on!"

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