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Great imagery!

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Thanks, Trudi! πŸŒžπŸ™πŸΌ

Not my normal poetry effort. I dust off one of these every now and then just for fun. I like these for a type of fictional storytelling. 😊

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It’s a great idea! I really enjoyed reading it.

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I know I have one or two more online, saved in emails, etc. Might have a couple still in handwritten form. I know one of them is lyrical, titled Elizabeth Hurley... Based on the concept of the film BEDAZZLED. πŸ˜…

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Oh yes I remember her

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Great poetry John! I love the clever twist at the endβ€”β€œit’s why you don’t play games with the devil” 😈 A caution of temptation. Nice!

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I was curious if you would get a chance to see this one! I thought the card playing and magical aspect of the story might catch your eye. 😁

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The Once Very Naughty Nurse approves of the occasional deviation 😜

She also never dates left handed men anymore πŸ˜‚

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We lefties are the only people in are right minds, blah blah blah (though, some might question my sanity, but...) and whatever else they might say about us. πŸ˜‚

I admit, I'm semi-ambidextrous. I surf "right-handed" ... I bat right-handed, a few other things, but mostly left-handed.

And I have to say .... this isn't the first poem (and doubtfully the last) where I cast the Devil as a woman. πŸ˜‰

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Well both of my husbands were left handed and that’s all I’m going to say about that 😈

Rob is a righty and if he sees this he’ll laugh.

By the way I’m also highly ambidextrous, I used to like to punch walls, but I find this to be a very useful skill when starting IV lines.

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Hey, fellow wall puncher! **high five**

LOL ….

I remember you had mentioned your disdain for lefties before. Kind of stuck in my left-handed brain. πŸ˜‚

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It’s more of a fascination I’m sure I don’t have to list the names of the many great left-handed minds, umm hello Ben Franklin πŸ’‘

Just a personal pattern of mine I picked up and lessons learned the hard way. 🀣

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This list of left-handed people is insane. I'm in good company!

A couple notable omissions here : Einstein, Newton, and a handful of others.

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https://primate.sitehost.iu.edu/left.html

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Yeah, you can’t beat the devil 😈

Awesome! πŸ‘

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I have some older ones like this … not sure where they are … I think those older ones are based on concepts from the Led Zeppelin song Dazed and Confused, and the movie Bedazzled with Elizabeth Hurley, where she plays the devil.

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