by Elsie Duggan

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November 8, 2006

I Am Average, Maybe (PPOW)

July 06, 2008 12:34 AM EDT (Updated: July 06, 2008 02:18 AM EDT)

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Encourage me, encourage me

Before I have a tragic ending

I belong to the ragtime age

I am a straggler from the blending

I have storage in my memories

As in the steerage of a ship

I remember raglan sleeves

And Raggedy Ann, she was a pip

I have been pragmatic

and have seen scraggly kids

little ragamuffins I could hug

and those with overages on skids

I am not one who uses leverage

Not a paragon to be sure

A mirage before my eyes smells

fragrant like manure

Snapdragons above average

Are fragmenting by my garage

That fragrance is much better

Than the one in my mirage

I am very fragile, fragility is my courageousness

I have an entourage of children, not discouraged, three

that drag me like a dragon in rage , from coverage

I yell from my diaphragm , I've courage, can't you see?

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Comments: 29

Elsie Duggan Jul 6, 2008, 12:37am EDT

How silly can I get, above average silly I think, lol, just having fun with the key word
rag, Ernie, please , lol

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Kathryn E. Jul 6, 2008, 12:40am EDT

rag rag rag all you want, dear, Elsie, This is delightful.

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Kathryn E. Jul 6, 2008, 12:40am EDT

Do you want to send this to The Triple Name Club?

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Larry H. Jul 6, 2008, 12:42am EDT

very nice thanks for sharing.

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Laura C. Jul 6, 2008, 12:55am EDT

I really liked this alot!

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Cristina S. Jul 6, 2008, 1:59am EDT

RAGe all you like Elsie, it will still be a good read!

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Ernie (Author of DESTINY OF THE DIVAS) Johnson Jul 6, 2008, 2:59am EDT

I think it's all the coveRAGe you get by all of your fanfare Elsie. Nice job and cute. WTG...!

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Paula Love Jul 6, 2008, 4:12am EDT

teehee I love this! and you pic is great! you know

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Kathryn E. Jul 6, 2008, 4:32am EDT

Your article is Featured in the Triple Name Club.

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Fran S. Jul 6, 2008, 7:14am EDT

entertaining as always!

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Kimberly Ripley Jul 6, 2008, 8:18am EDT

So much fun to read! I wish I had my old Raggedy Ann.....not sure whatever became of her.

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Nana to Seven Cutiepies Jul 6, 2008, 11:31am EDT

Another delightfully funny piece.

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Fred Hose Jul 6, 2008, 12:01pm EDT

Hi Elsie
I enjoy every fragment of your sublime wit.
Elsie you are the Queen of Pow...you are so funny yet each POW reveals so much of you.
Bless you dear.

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Steph-in-NE ..... Jul 6, 2008, 12:52pm EDT

my dear you are average , normal, and above the rest... there you made it to the top..
thanks for the story love you and all your works

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Mary (diet dr pepper junkie) T. Jul 6, 2008, 2:53pm EDT

congrats on your win again Elsie.

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Marge H. Jul 6, 2008, 4:11pm EDT

Another delightful PPOW from you.

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Sassy Cat Jul 6, 2008, 5:08pm EDT

Excellent ! I love it!

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lynn a. Jul 7, 2008, 1:38am EDT

Too funny. I will giggle about this hours from now. Such a delightful PPOW. You did good, Elsie. This was just plain fun. Hooray.

And Happy 4th, even if I'm a little behind on the time.

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Virginia M. Jul 8, 2008, 9:19am EDT

Elsie, this is so funny...You mande me laugh aloud!!

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Sheila Deeth Jul 8, 2008, 12:58pm EDT

This was great fun. Glad to be back to reading your poems Elsie!

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sheila h. Jul 9, 2008, 11:29pm EDT

very funny..the poem and you!
some folks experience a mirage of paradise..
not our Elsie..her mirage includes "Smell-O-Vision"

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Alison Pearce Jul 10, 2008, 7:14pm EDT

Wonderfully done Elsie!

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Sue M. Jul 10, 2008, 7:28pm EDT

Cute one, Elsie!

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Angie O. Jul 11, 2008, 12:17am EDT

You definitely are above average Elsie. Good one. My mind is a blank this week or maybe just jumping from one thing to another to write.

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Sheila Deeth Jul 11, 2008, 8:17pm EDT

This was another fun one - definitely not average Elsie. Congratulations!

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Alison Pearce Jul 12, 2008, 12:43am EDT

Congrats Elsie!!!!

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Wilma M. Aug 15, 2008, 5:38pm EDT

Very funny. "Fragrant like manure"? I think you need a vacation!

I figured I had missed a lot of your writings over the last 6 wks. First I was out at the lake with the kids, then the trip to Everett and then on the coast along with all the stress. So I'm trying to go back and check out what I missed.

Please do NOT feel that you need to return all these comments. If I'd had time last month, they would have been made one at a time. I don't have anything to do today so am just reading.

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