What happens beyond ‘They lived happily ever after’?
Ever since Pinocchio lied to the customers 9-to-5,
under the terms of his employment contract.
Now his nose doesn’t provoke peals of laughter,
Pinocchio’s settled down and even has half a mind to wive.
Yes, Pinocchio achieved everything… but something he has lacked.
That’s why on Sundays he secretly runs away to the wood,
leans against a tree and whispers silly tall tales.
He strikes roots, he revels in blissful repose…
And with foolish raptures, like in childhood,
Pinocchio looks at two magpies with long tails
that have nestled down to gossip on his branchy nose.
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
© All rights reserved 2016
unbolt me 
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Thank you! 🙂
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You’re welcome:)
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This is Beautiful. ^_^
Wish this was Spun further🙊
The ride down memory lane would have been longer
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That’s a fair point. I think Tati meant to leave the reader wanting more though, so I guess it kind of worked really! 😀
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Haha. This is nice!
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Yes, it’s really rather sweet, isn’t it? 🙂
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Yeah!
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I love to read something that satisfies, yet also makes me want to read farther and know more. This is so open to personal interpretation, too…
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Tati will be so pleased to read this, Malakki. Thank you for your kind words! 🙂
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So fun! I like the whimsy of this.
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Tati’s awesome with the whimsy. This has become one of my favourites actually. 🙂
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Interesting visions…
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Tati thanks you, TA! 🙂
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You’ve taken a great approach with the theme of Pinocchio.
Fantastic imagination, detail performance in the imagery of the readers mind.
I’m blown away by this poem. Excellent writing. 🙂
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Tati thanks you, Charlie! You’re most kind! 🙂
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You welcome sir. Every poem you vision you produce it always brings a smile to my face.
🙂
P.S I got a new poem up. I think you’ll be happy with that I came up with. 🙂
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Ooh! Can’t wait to see it! 😀
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Haha! This is the reason I love blogging!! Loved it! Happy to connect ❤
Do check out my writings too, will appreciate your reviews 💕
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Ooh! Lots to read there! Consider yourself followed! 🙂
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Yay! 💕
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Awesome!! I love the idea of Pinocchio going to the woods to lie in private lol
Also, are you Russian?
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Thanks for reading, LAW! (Tati’s from Ukraine by the way.) 🙂
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Cool, i was there many years ago.
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Oh wow! Was it for business or something like that? I long to visit Ukraine myself. 🙂
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I was just a kid, travelling through with my family. Some of the kindest people I’ve ever met.
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Nice! This took me way back to my childhood … guess we never grow up and lose our inner child’s habits! 🙂
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I agree. And keeping that inner child alive is no bad thing at all. 🙂
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I totally agree!
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