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Goodbye, Fireflies
I said I was going to a new home of mine
somewhere in Groddle away from the bogs.
They said who will keep us company?
I said the butterflies and the hogs.
They said the butterflies have all died
I said just the piggies, then.
They said they won't be good company.
I said, there's also the hen.
They told me, You used to be here all the time.
Back in the day in the past.
We had fun. We played tag. We made patterns of light.
Those boggy days went by so fast.
I sighed and went up to another room
but they followed me, saying, don't go.
I said I have to pack. I'll be leaving soon.
They made patterns of light and said, No!
I said you can't go with me.
It's a forest, not a bog, over there.
And you know you can't travel outside anyway.
You can't go anywhere.
The fireflies dimmed. I put my things in a bag.
Then they said, what about jars?
And that's when I realized that they were right.
So now my new home is filled with stars.
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- Very nice :)
- Awwww! Fireflies are the best! ^^
- Awww, cute.
- This is beautiful :)
- Awww, so sweet.
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oh... such a lovely poem!
Maybe one day we can imagine fireflies again in the Over There. - Sororia Rose - this is a lovely poem and a touching sentiment. I love the jars of stars in your new home - such a lovely idea. Thank you!
- Aww that's so sweet!
- :`)
- Parts of this poem reminds me of a similar atmosphere in Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
- nice :) I'm fond of fireflies too.
- :)
- Aww...got me a bit misty eyed that did.
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I asked TS staff about the availablilty of fireflies, barnacles, etc, being a firebog dweller myself and loving it. Devs replied these will be incorporated in later housing releases, along with the ability to create "round rooms" according to another answer. How close we can get to re-creating our old dwellings I do not know.
One thing I found more disturbing was that the new homes do not have an address... I will not live anywhere which I can point to on a map... but that's imagination for you :)
ps I loved the poem.. like something out of Alice in Wonderland... and made me feel a bit sad. - This is lovely! Thank you for sharing.
- What a sweet, beautiful poem. Thank you for expressing so well the feelings of many of us bog-dwellers.
- So very Lewis Carroll in sentiment...love this!
- awww, lovely. thank you
- That's just lovely. Absolutely adored this. <3
- Thank you!
- Very sweet. :)
- Lovely :)
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I love this.
<3 - Beautiful.......
- Wonderful poem! Thank you, I enjoyed it very much!
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lovely poem , thank you for shariing.
Altho it is a bit sad that , for now, they must be cooped up in jars rather than flying free in a pretty bog house! - very nice i felt so sad for your FFs until the end... Then was like, "YAY!" :D Glad you found a way to take your friends with you to your new place.
- This is pure brilliance. Thank you for sharing this.
- +1
- Awww, that was lovely! I like the fireflies so much that I can never make bricks or crystals...
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awwwwww. that was lovely.
i will miss the house-freedom of the fireflies.
but jars will do for now. - Lovely poem - good solution!
- <3 I'll have to do this soon!
- you're going to make me cry!;(
- Awwwww! This was awesome
- I was inspired to do something in preparation for the Great Housing Change (I shall miss my Bog Home very much!)....
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This poem was beautiful ;w;
Too bad I can't see the images tough. ImageShack LOVES to block my IP. - Awwwww poor fireflies! We need to start a "Free Fire Flies" campaign so they can fly free in our new homes too!
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Lovely. :)
Abbey Rhode, it reminds me of this that I found (and left in place) recently:
pastebin.com/Fu9NEWBx - Abbey Rhode - another poetic Glitch! I would be so happy to come across a poem of yours!
- @kevbob & @Kookaburra: [blushing furiously!!!] Well, what else is one to do when riding the subway?!
