Dead Heat With Delusion

Dead Heat with Delusion

I write prolific poems and am no stooge 
You can tell after reading the huge deluge
Of poems as they start entering your mind
Which I am writing while I try to unwind.

Whether facing North, South, East or West
You will find that my poems are the best
So start reading and continue on and on
Until late at night from very, early dawn.

After you have absorbed each one and all
And Congress finally waited until next fall
Would someone really try to be so kind
Telling me exactly what was in their mind.

As usual you too continue to be confused
Always feeling mishandled and misused
And have come to an astounding conclusion
Congress had been in dead heat with delusion.

James Thomas Horn, Retired Veteran
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Roberts Avatar
April 6, 2015 at 10:48 AM
Lol what indeed....Seren
Horn Avatar
April 6, 2015 at 8:54 PM
Seren, Just learned a lot from Anne's comments below. Words just come out and I write them down as I think about them. Jim Horn
Andresen Avatar
April 6, 2015 at 6:17 AM
- It is not always easy to understand what "the poet" have in their thoughts by a poem - I, who have not English native speakers must now and then "jump over" poems because the words being used.. I do not know - Hope Easter has been a great week for you James - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
Horn Avatar
April 6, 2015 at 6:33 AM
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dead+heat Anne, Here is an example of what I am talking about. They always have answers for everything so it seems. Jim Horn
Andresen Avatar
April 6, 2015 at 6:31 AM
- Yeah, that's what I mean :)
Horn Avatar
April 6, 2015 at 6:29 AM
Anne, This definitely gives me something to seriously think about. It is always too easy just to go ahead and assume something. American English and Great Britain English all have their own idiosyncrasies. Without spellcheck and Google Search, things would be extremely difficult. It seems like you are often on your own when it comes to writing poems. What you say and how you write and read it may significantly vary from poem to poem. Jim Horn
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