<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367016" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Close Family II</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The meerkats posed together close, <br>All staring straight ahead, <br>Each youngster with a twitching nose<br>Though healthy and well fed.<br>Their beady eyes like polka dots, <br>Were blinking all the time, <br>Yet they were cherished tiny tots<br>And thought of as sublime...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some families are known to part, <br>To wander far and wide, <br>Yet meerkats haven't got the heart, <br>So they stand side-by-side.<br>Together, like the China wall, <br>United, good as gold! <br>It's all for one and one for all, <br>Like musketeers of old...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If only humans were the same, <br>All friendly as can be, <br>Not seeking wealth, not seeking fame, <br>Just glad that they were free.<br>Just sharing what God gave Mankind, <br>This Earth that spins in space...<br>Like meerkats, I believe we'd find<br>A smile on every face...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, April 2011.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Close Family II'. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">More Stephen Gayford poems here: <br>denis-martindale-dot-blogspot-dot-com</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367016" data-title="Close Family II de Denis Martindale" data-description="The meerkats posed together close, All staring straight ahead, Each youngster with a twitching nose Though healthy and well fed. Their beady eyes like polka dots, Were blinking all the time, Yet they were cherished tiny tots And thought of as ..."></div> </div> </div>

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