It was World Turtle Day last week.
I was a little slow off the mark
But I’m onto it now penning these lines.
I’d write a little more; trouble is
things are whizzing by , my head is spinning.
I’ve got to slow down, take a pit stop,
Pace myself a little. Whew!
I should be done by next World Turtle Day
But I wouldn’t want to stick my neck out.
John Malone 
Go man, go. But slowly.
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most of my poems, ironically, come in a rush including this one but shhhhh don’t tell anybody 🙂
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“Onto it now penning these lines.” A truly impressive choice of words, John. I didn’t know there was a World Turtle Day, but I’ve always admired turtles. My orthodontist had some sort of pet tortoise named Stanley. As a sassy, smart-mouthed teenager at the time, I told her she’d better put him in her will because he’d likely outlive her.
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we were both slow off the mark, like a tortoise 🙂 my granddaughter;s turtle is named Ginge; Stanley is a grand name 🙂
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Haha, yes! If I am ever blessed with a tortoise, I’d probably name him something sickeningly cheesy. Like Ageless Al or Timeless Timmy. Just to poke fun at his longevity and my shorter lifespan.
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Funny just done a post about world days. I missed off world turtle day. Stunning creatures
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we were both slow off the mark; appropriate for the topic, I guess 🙂
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We used to have a tortoise. His name was Trevor. He ‘ran away’ from home, soon after we moved him from his indoor tank, to an outside pond. I wonder, occasionally, whatever happened to him. He was named after the one time Commissioner of Taxation, Trevor Boucher. They both looked similar, around the jaw area.
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I’m sure Trevor ended up with 60 grandchildren and counting. All of whom gather on a yearly basis to listen to the old tortoise’s story of his escape, which gets more elaborate every year. 🙂
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Oh I sure hope so. There’s a river kind of near us, it’s about a kilometre or more away, as the crow flies, but Trevor is a turtle not a crow …
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As the famous words found in the movie, “Jurassic Park,” say, I’m sure “life found a way” for good ol’ Trevor. 🙂
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I certainly hope so.
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LOL :):):) that is priceless.
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