1000

[Pete]

So many lines to take on board
To welcome and to greet
These sentences and captive words
Expensive and dirt cheap

And now I find I'm looking back
At ones signed with a 'Pete'
Too many posts to keep on track
A thousand postings deep

The aim is true, the aim is high
To contribute and reap
To be composed and not too shy
To laugh, to smile, to weep.

I haven't always joined the fray
And sometimes press delete
And frequently lose my way
A thousand postings deep

And sometimes when I may be slow
And days turn into weeks
I trust that I can always show
A thousand postings deep

But I'm still here to age some more
A millenium of posts to keep
Never needing to restore
This unassuming feat

But if the 1000 doesn't move
Awake me from my sleep
And put me back into my groove
Another thousand deep

And sometimes when I may be slow
And days turn into weeks
I trust that I can always show
A thousand postings deep

[damellon]

Congratulations, Pete. One more and you can clean a big big carpet. But not for less than half a crown.

[Jimmy O'Connell]

DaMellon...
You sure are showing your age!!!!!

[damellon]

You wouldn't say that if you could see me

[Jimmy O'Connell]

We'll sweep that one under the carpet...

[damellon]

You brushing aside my comment? Pulling the rug out from under me? Doesn't mat ter to me.

[damellon]

Pete
Can you confirm that the first sentence doesn't refer to an illegal substance?

[Red Poppy]

That is BRILLIANT. Isn't it mickey?

[lizzytysh]

Wonderful, celebratory posting, Pete .

You've brought a lot of pleasure over the years . May you have thousands more.


~ Lizzy

[Pete]

I'm not a carpet cleaner
although this is 1001
nor am I illegal
the 1000 has now gone

Thankyou to Red Poppy,
Lizzy and Damellon
comments very welcome
as I write this 1001

but this 1001
is only a prompt and a cue
to write another post
which I'll label 1002.

Pete
(obviously with nothing better to do on a Sunday afternoon)