I like to make it up as I go along
like a kangaroo, not putting a foot wrong.
Some say I’m flippant, a little shallow
but I’m mellow yellow, baby. quirky as a quark
and when I’m hopping mad, I bark.
*pic courtesy of wikipedia
As I Go Along
I like to make it up as I go along
John Malone 
Organic and natural
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I can picture all of that 😂 clever, John. They don’t move backwards, no? Useful trait.
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🙂 thanks K; no, I’ve never seen one hopping backwards — that would be a good party trick for a ‘roo 🙂
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thanks Beth; the poem sort of hopped along and I hopped with it , just to keep up 🙂
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You said a lot in not a lot of words. Good poem!
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thanks, Neil 🙂
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quirky as a quark -fantastic!
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thanks, Bob: you don’t get much quirkier than quarks 🙂
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I love this one!! I’d say it’s pretty hard to come up something that’s kangaroo like 😂🤪
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agreed; the image of the red kangaroo hopped into my head 🙂
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No wonder I love Kangaroos! 💛
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when we go for a walk along the river we sometimes see a mob of them basking in the sun like seagulls 🙂
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I’d love to see that view, John!
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I’ll see if I can snap a photo next time 🙂
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Such a beautiful and odd-looking creature, not unlike your poem! 😀
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that’s a brilliantly inventive way of describing my hop of a poem 🙂 thanks
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Very strange. I’m wondering if you go in just via the URL or via a blog link? My views have been way down of late, so I suspect it may not just be you John. 😦 Thanks for letting me know though. Will continue trying to fix.
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I go in via a blog link; I’m going to try now, now I’m back from sabbatical 🙂
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Eden, it’s happened again; where has your blog gone?
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I’m beginning to think it might be country specific. I really don’t have anything against Oz, I swear!
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you may be right, Eden; tried your blog just then, nothing 😦 no trouble with other blogs though; strange ?
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Love the rhyme and the subtle warning. haha! Great writing, John. 🙂
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thanks, Terveen; it just rollicked out of my head onto the page, hopping merrily along 🙂
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