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Detail Has a Tail

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By Rowan Finley Published 5 months ago โ€ข 1 min read
Word art completed by Valerie Balogh who doesnโ€™t have a tail unless she forgets to tie her bathrobe of course.

I canโ€™t seem to make heads or tails of the pails of random tails.

Are they real or fake?

Did someone collect them with a rake?

To find them all, how long did it even take?

Tails that are fluffy,

Tails that are rough,

Tails that have briars and stuff.

Tails that are fancy,

Tails that are thin,

Wild swirly tails, that make you grin.

Severed tails,

Longer or shorter tails,

Tails that resemble sailboat sails.

Tails that are reddish,

Tails that are brown,

Tails that probably would make you frown.

Tails that are mysterious,

Tails made into hats,

Tails that likely came from rats? ๐Ÿ€

Next time you notice a detail,

remember that it has a tail at the end of detail and an โ€œlโ€ at the very end of detail. Also, if you bend the โ€œlโ€ ever so slightly, then it looks like a tail too!

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About the Creator

Rowan Finley

Father. Academic Advisor. Musician. Writer. My real name is Jesse Balogh.

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  • Jamye Sharp4 months ago

    Cute. But also instructive. Everything has a finish.

  • Archery Owl5 months ago

    But what kind of tail entails a tale that pales to veil all the details?

  • Colleen Walters5 months ago

    I've seen de tail on de rat before. So many de tales about de tails .. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿคฉ

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