Catch as Catch Can

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This is what happens when you're thinking of poetry lines. I hope I don't bore you too much. Poetry lines come and go as they desire. It’s up to you to catch them if you can. Poetry Lines I walk the treadmill a lively pace My bored mind spirals to scenes far away To lines of poetry that forms in the air Of silver tailed deer at home in their lair Chipmunks of brown in warm cozy nooks Haunted trails and fairy tale books Zany lines of weird poetry said Sweet gums and maples turning to red Fairies and goblins deep in the woods Pastures of cattle chewing their cuds They keep me walking briskly in place Lively as children they chatter and play At last I am finished and off the clock I hurry on home a jump and a hop Get out my tablet of paper and pen To write it all down from where it began My meaningful words of beauty divine Skittish as minnows swim out of my mind Fragile as clouds floating in the blue sky Dwindle dismember and away they fly I must weave my lines of dull scanty gray My loveliest treasures have faded away Words will not wait to be hammered in lead Its catch as catch can before they have fled