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Thread: The chippies request
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13th May 2010, 05:24 PM #1
Dendot
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The chippies request
Not sure if I have shown this before, but if so, please ignore- otherwise enjoy.
It's not really a joke, but I don't know where else to put it
THE CHIPPIES REQUEST
Ash and Beech and Oak and Lime,
I've worked most timbers in my time;
Morticed, dovetailed, mitred ends
Coves and mouldings, curves and bends.
Sturdy frames all screwed and halved,
Or scrolled and pierced and neatly carved.
Finials for someone's bed,
Tutrned plates and bowls to hold ones bread.
I've sawn and planed and chipped and drilled,
And glued and screwed and stained and filled.
With every type of finish toiled,
Limed and olished, painted, oiled.
And when the time comes, as it will,
When I can't hold a plane or drill,
And hands can't follow head or heart,
And joints, once strong, now fall apart.
Then take these aching bones of mine,
And lay them down in polished Pine,
And ask the Master Craftsman please.
If I might sleep beneath his trees.
-------------copyright D.F.M.The collecting of facts is not the gaining of wisdom, or even knowledge; knowing that the earth is round does not prevent our falling off the edge of it.
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14th May 2010, 08:04 AM #2
Novice
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Re:Chippies request
Thank's for sharing this poem
Breslauer~~~I can not change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to
always reach my destination~~~
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