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Melanie Bettinelli's avatar

The opening image of Tevye dancing on the roof!!

The ending is also a delight.

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Tania Runyan's avatar

Thank you, Melanie!!

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Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

Oh, that's lovely. And I am such a sucker for anyone referencing "Fiddler on the Roof." :)

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Tania Runyan's avatar

It was one of the first movies I saw in a theater as a kid!

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Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

We had it “on tape” when I was little (oh the days of recording movies off of tv) and watched it over and over again, commercial breaks and all 😁. I bet it was epic in the theater.

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Tania Runyan's avatar

I watched so many movies recorded off the TV! One of my favorites was Airplane. Not for many years did I know about all the really "naughty" parts that had been cut for the TV version!

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Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

😁 The first time I showed my children “Grease,” we had to shut it off early on because I didn’t EVER see the original version as kid, just the TV version…

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Tania Runyan's avatar

I don't think I've ever seen the original, either!

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Megan Willome's avatar

I love how this one turns.

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Tania Runyan's avatar

Thank you, Megan!

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Unapaulagetic's avatar

I just love where this lands.

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Tania Runyan's avatar

Thank you, friend!

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Rebecca D. Martin's avatar

Holy bananas, that turn at the last stanza! I love this poem and also raccoons.

"Don't you know, my dear masked ones

scratching and chomping

through the architecture of my heart"

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Tania Runyan's avatar

Thank you, Rebecca! I definitely learned more about raccoons as a result of writing this. The babies are ridiculously adorable.

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Darlene Moore Berg's avatar

My favorite line is “You can make your nest in my heart anytime “.

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