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Different strokes

(Our differences are like the pieces of a puzzle called life)

What does humanity want from life, it’s puzzling to know
Peace signs, Daisy cutters, find Jesus in the afterglow 
Seek out seventy two virgins, priming fuses to blow?
Come together in jannah, with a godlike libido

Write painstaking poetry, devoid of human ego
Kill every known disease, have a chat with a mosquito
Build a chocolate empire, watch fatty deposits grow 
Start a protein only diet, get ripped from head to toe?

View b movie stars at night, (censure) the matinee show
Have no more hangovers, enjoy life utterly blotto
Bring back prohibition, replace it with a pink benzo?
Smoke marijuana safely, vaporise tobacco

Play chess at home with the wife, or away with a bimbo
Give a hand to starving wolves, then go howl out the window 
Let a child get carried away, not by some wild dingo?
Set the bar high enough, flambé for a life of limbo

Copyright © David Kavanagh | Year Posted 2024

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I Am Anaya Date: 1/18/2024 4:53:00 PM Each puzzle piece IS unique, great humor, and choice of differences! David, is the bimbo still a bimbo if she plays chess? Login to Reply I Am Anaya Date: 1/19/2024 10:37:00 AM Lol. I haven't played chess in years, my partners not interested in learning, perhaps not being taught by me. I still have my miniature chess game; it's missing a piece. lol. "Different Strokes" is amazing I'm sure it will place highly. David Kavanagh Date: 1/19/2024 1:11:00 AM Heya Anaya! indeed each piece of the puzzle is unique, that was always my point, diversity in life will always throw up a puzzle, as for the bimbo it all depends on how she plays chess lol! Cheers David

Victor Buhagiar Date: 1/15/2024 1:11:00 AM Lovely rhyme and poem. I am abandoning rhyme mainly. Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 1/15/2024 2:58:00 AM I’m a rhymester at heart Victor, thank you for stopping by with kind words, cheers David

Constance La France Date: 1/15/2024 12:45:00 AM David, love your poem, a mix of humor and reality, well done, best of luck in the contest, blessings, Constance Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 1/15/2024 2:56:00 AM Thank you Constance, indeed you sum my poem up well, sometimes humour (dark perhaps) is needed to shine a light on reality, cheers David

Tom Cunningham Date: 1/14/2024 2:12:00 PM If we were all the same life would be boring with the same old same old. That said some people's choices leave a lot to be desired. Now where's that flyswat lol. Good luck in the contest David, enjoy your week ahead. Tom Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 1/14/2024 2:34:00 PM It certainly would be a boring world Tom, I know circumstances differ from country to country, but come on some of the stuff out there I will never accept, although I do understand why it happens, I’ve put my swatter away for winter lol, cheers David

Tom Woody Date: 1/14/2024 1:00:00 PM I had a chat with a mosquito yesterday. Then I swatted him. Thus, the meaning of life in a single encounter Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 1/14/2024 1:56:00 PM I’ll have to get permission from my homeboys first, so it’s a rain check for now! You have no idea of the bureaucracy involved, I’ll be right over Tom Woody Date: 1/14/2024 1:49:00 PM Now, show yourself appreciative and give me an honest appraisal of my latest. Don't worry about what your homeys might think. They'll survive it David Kavanagh Date: 1/14/2024 1:38:00 PM Thanks so much! You have absolved yourself for the mosquito episode! Tom Woody Date: 1/14/2024 1:34:00 PM I see the inherent value of a certain level of poetic cynicism and humor. Some inventive rhymes and unforced, which is the sign of a competent poet David Kavanagh Date: 1/14/2024 1:26:00 PM I’ll go for the obvious, did you enjoy the poem? Tom Woody Date: 1/14/2024 1:24:00 PM Yes. Next question David Kavanagh Date: 1/14/2024 1:10:00 PM Ah but can you live with blood on your hands!