Posts by margaretwalther

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By on Sep 12, 2011 in Poetry | Comments Off

    (Everyone needs a dog to adore him, and a cat to bring him back to reality – Anonymous) My sister, looking at the poster, Reine de Joie, exclaimed, Wow, this guy looks like my poodle looks, when I kiss him.  Of course, Toulouse-Lautrec’s woman is a prostitute — note the sinuous scarlet dress, the cherry-red lipstick — and the person being kissed on the nose is a rich, fat banker, while my sister is straight as they come.  But her dog adores her.  When he hears the can opener operating, he practically drools.  Then my sister shovels the food...

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