<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=540743" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Thing Is?</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The thing is? <br>A matter of speech<br>It also sits alone on the mantlepiece<br>Just out of reach<br>The thing is? <br>A matter of words<br>A feeling condensed<br>In a texture and touch<br>A familiar sight<br>Or a smell or sound<br>That you love/hate too much<br>The thing that is hanging around is? <br>A private thing<br>A certain eccentric comfort<br>A childhood memory<br>It is both loved and despised<br>A hidden piece of you unmarked unpriced<br>In the disguise<br>Of <br>A favourite cup with an elephant's head<br>A purple cushion for resting your head<br>An old pair of shoes<br>A strange hat<br>Or some gloves<br>A one legged teddy <br>A old saucepan circa 1980<br>A jelly baby <br>A wind up chick<br>A notebook of songs<br>An old walking stick<br>A set of grandads dentures<br>That don't fit<br>A smell of orange peel<br>Some old tin foil<br>A potted plant <br>The smell of soil<br>Barry Manilow, yes 'Barry Manilow's greatest hits<br>Don't ask me why, <br>He made me cry in circa 1979<br>The thing is, that's just it!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Yvette+Smith">Yvette Smith</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=540743" data-title="The Thing Is? de Yvette Smith" data-description="The thing is? A matter of speech It also sits alone on the mantlepiece Just out of reach The thing is? A matter of words A feeling condensed In a texture and touch A familiar sight Or a smell or sound That you love/hate too much The thing that i..."></div> </div> </div>

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