Friday 23 July 2010

Found Out!







The Crime
Love in the Afternoon

The Scene of Crime

A Bed in a Room under the Eaves, 
Flooded by Sunlight

The Evidence
Sheets Disturbed in Wild Abandon
And Left Exposed to the Eyes of the Accuser

The Accused
 Repeat Offenders,
Unlikely and Unwilling to Show Remorse, 
Therefore Likely to Re-Offend
At any Time.

The Punishment
A Life Sentence




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43 comments:

  1. Pondside23 July 2010 at 00:13

    As they say 'don't to the crime if you can't do the time'.
    I say 'bring on the sentence'!

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  2. Helen23 July 2010 at 00:21

    You are so right about the life sentence ... one should never go there! Great Magpie!

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  3. Suz23 July 2010 at 01:10

    Oh lordie that was sweet!
    no rumpled sheets in the writer
    no rumpled sheets in the reader

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  4. Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.23 July 2010 at 01:12

    Life sentences are WONDERFUL - if they are with the right person! :-)

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  5. Eric S.23 July 2010 at 02:32

    A life sentence indeed, so much can be read into just that. Loved it.

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  6. Vicki Lane23 July 2010 at 02:41

    Clever take on the prompt, Friko!

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  7. steven23 July 2010 at 03:07

    nice nice nice friko!!! funny and sad and crazy-making 'cause you know this happens more often than not! steven

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  8. Marilyn & Jeff23 July 2010 at 03:15

    Wow - this is wonderful!

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  9. Rinkly Rimes23 July 2010 at 03:59

    A home-invasion! You certainly captured the invasion of privacy!

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  10. Cloudia23 July 2010 at 04:04

    well done, stranger :)



    Aloha from Waikiki

    Comfort Spiral

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  11. Vagabonde23 July 2010 at 04:42

    Love in the afternoon – how could that be a crime?

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  12. Anonymous23 July 2010 at 06:58

    Conjures up all sorts of memories - nice post!

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  13. Deborah23 July 2010 at 10:31

    Bravo!! I love these! Is there room in the nest for me too?

    I laughed when I saw the title on my dashboard, followed only by 'The Crime...love in the afternoon'. Earlier this week I was contemplating what I could do with something that an old friend once said about a woman she knew... 'C'est une fille qui n'a jamais fait l'amour l'après midi'

    The other thing that occured to me was that your appointment today had something to do with this....

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  14. Anonymous23 July 2010 at 13:58

    yep that about sums it all up...very nicely done!

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  15. CHummelKornell23 July 2010 at 16:45

    You made me immediately think of 'Same Time Next Year' a play I truly love. Thank you!

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  16. Arian Tejano23 July 2010 at 17:28

    WOW! i never encountered such a stark piece.. i really love the form-- original and unsentimental.

    - noiseless patient spider

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  17. Kathe W.23 July 2010 at 19:56

    wonderful post! Especially the life sentence!!

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  18. Laura Paine Carr23 July 2010 at 21:25

    I do love this. Completely.

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  19. Jenn Jilks23 July 2010 at 22:16

    delightful!!!

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  20. Tabor23 July 2010 at 22:39

    Well, not everyone gets a life sentence...some are released on patrol...I mean parole.

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  21. Helena23 July 2010 at 22:48

    What a brilliant post...! I love the structural humour of it. You're a joy to follow, Friko.

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  22. Kathryn23 July 2010 at 23:52

    ...and no one hit their head on the wall?
    Can't be my house!

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  23. Gabriela Abalo24 July 2010 at 00:04

    Great, creative Magpie

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  24. Linda24 July 2010 at 03:36

    A life sentence is not always a bad thing. ;) I liked this different format. Mines a bit different this tie around, too.

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  25. Renée24 July 2010 at 09:22

    so solltest Du öfters posten, Friko! Und von wegen, nichts von einem Amateur, kann ich hier finden! Du bist so bescheiden..!
    Da Du aber im übertragenen Sinne über "crime" sprichst und ich die Stimmung und die Schönheit Deines Schreibens immer geniesse, habe ich daran gedacht, dass ich mir gerade die englischen Filme (crime!) so gerne ansehe. Sicher wirst Du "Morse" und "Lewis" kennen - und das sehr interessante und schön intellektuelle Oxford?!
    Renée

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  26. RA24 July 2010 at 09:45

    A life sentence... I love! :)

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  27. Doctor FTSE24 July 2010 at 11:44

    Where are those lovers now?

    Reminded me of lines from a poem by Lawrence Durrell

    "Rice powder on a sleeve, and two dead pillows
    the telephone shook and shook
    but could not wake."

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  28. Carrie Van Horn24 July 2010 at 18:55

    Love what you did with this Magpie! Brilliantly different! Witty, fun, and true!
    :-)

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  29. Cloudia24 July 2010 at 19:24

    i like Willow's too

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  30. signed...bkm24 July 2010 at 21:46

    nice style and I am glad he got caught and life...great magpie...bkm

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  31. RLM Cooper24 July 2010 at 22:03

    Hooray! You did not write about death! This was refreshing. Very nice.

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  32. Tumblewords:25 July 2010 at 01:42

    A wonderful piece!

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  33. Rhondi25 July 2010 at 03:15

    What a fun post!

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  34. swputh25 July 2010 at 15:33

    Man, that sounds like the judgment of my story!

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  35. Paul C25 July 2010 at 18:01

    Riveting. Stark discovery and sentence.

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  36. chiccoreal25 July 2010 at 18:37

    Dear Friko: If Love is a Crime, I'll be sentenced to everyday love in the afternoon! Beats conjugal visits! Very Creative juices here! Fun!

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  37. Lyn25 July 2010 at 21:04

    A sentence that one must say yes to..

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  38. Frances25 July 2010 at 22:04

    Friko, I knew that you'd posted several times and I wanted to read your words, yet did not have enough time. I waited until my eyes were not tired and my head was not clogged up by daily build up.

    How glad I am to have waited.

    The hedgehog tale is great reporting of how you and your gardener are again working together to save a life. The pictures are perfect. I wonder if hedgehogs carry memories.

    The poem about stepping out of the line took my mind to many memories.

    This life sentence post has taken my mind to many other kinds of memories.

    Thank you for your fine writing. Again, you've got me thinking about some future conversations I do hope we shall have.

    Best wishes.

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  39. Wisewebwoman26 July 2010 at 00:02

    How life affirming. How imaginative. How sensual.
    Lovely work.
    XO
    WWW

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  40. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall26 July 2010 at 03:48

    unforgettable,
    you have done an excellent job...
    intriguing tale!

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  41. Friko26 July 2010 at 15:08

    Forty Comments for this little effort!

    And I thought I'd have to produce something deep and meaningful to get you all to leave your friendly appreciation.

    Thank You.

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  42. Tess Kincaid26 July 2010 at 18:47

    Life sentence! That's wonderful.

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  43. Kristen Haskell26 July 2010 at 22:40

    A quick moving and fantastic account of our deepest indiscretions.

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