<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367183" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Group Hug</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The meerkats looked and looked and looked, <br>But nothing was in sight! <br>Yet all day long, the sun had cooked<br>And fried and fried and fried! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They'd stood their ground, while standing tall, <br>Through teamwork, each was safe...<br>When evening came, I watched them all, <br>Defiant, noble, brave...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then suddenly, they huddled close, <br>Like bugs upon a rug...<br>Now crouched up tight, each cuddled nose<br>Caressed in their group hug! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've never seen the like before! <br>So intimate, so sweet...<br>A parable I'll not ignore: <br>Love makes our lives complete! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm not the sort to cuddle folks! <br>Most folks don't seem to care! <br>I'd be the butt of countless jokes, <br>If I should ever dare! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yet should I envy the meerkat, <br>With friends on every side? <br>Oi, you! Watch out! Whose foot was that? <br>Be careful, pal... all right? </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, September 2010.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poem is based on the magnificent painting<br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Group Hug'.</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=367183" data-title="Group Hug de Denis Martindale" data-description="The meerkats looked and looked and looked, But nothing was in sight! Yet all day long, the sun had cooked And fried and fried and fried! They'd stood their ground, while standing tall, Through teamwork, each was safe... When evening came, I w..."></div> </div> </div>

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