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My dear Miss Peach how lovely! Your table boasts so fair You've chosen the finest bubbly Best porcelain plates and crystal ware Your handpicked guests are perfect They know just what to say They are prefects without defects With no real opinions per se Your parties are full of boasting With braggarts, blowhards and egos Pomposity excels in what they are toasting Meaningless, pointless placebos So Miss Peach I beg you not be stilted Or try in your best elegance to change What manner you provide is boring and gilded And matters not to bourgeois talk wearisomely deranged October 20, 2020 Completely Your Choice (30) Poetry Contest Sponsored by Brian Strand

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Date: 10/23/2020 4:05:00 PM
Your sense of irony is spot on, Lonna. I love "prefects without defects" and "pointless placebos". Congratulations for your #1 win this week! Enjoy your day ~ John
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Lonna Blodgett
Date: 10/23/2020 4:33:00 PM
Thanks John. I had fun with this one.
Date: 10/22/2020 5:05:00 AM
Yes! It seems the world has become more superficial as you have expressed so brilliantly in this poem. Many congrats on your top-notch win, Lonna. ~ Elaine
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Lonna Blodgett
Date: 10/23/2020 4:33:00 PM
Well, lol, at least they are texting now.
Date: 10/21/2020 3:37:00 PM
Sad steps one takes to impress their life upon others more than true, wondrously delightful, Lonna, my compliments on your 1st Place win, Aloha! William
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Lonna Blodgett
Date: 10/21/2020 6:32:00 PM
I have known so many that do not have the confidence to be themselves and live just to impress others. But, one could say that we live in a world of pretense. I am very happy to have found my words as you and other writers have. Thank you William!
Date: 10/20/2020 8:24:00 PM
Lovely, Lonna, and very affective . I have had a few friends like that. Enjoyed reading. Hugs Eve
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Lonna Blodgett
Date: 10/21/2020 6:33:00 PM
Hello Eve! Yes, I think we have all been subject to those experiences. Thank you for commenting. Wish you well and happy. Lonna
Date: 10/20/2020 12:41:00 PM
Thank goodness for COVID-19! No more of that! Aloha! Rico
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Lonna Blodgett
Date: 10/20/2020 2:16:00 PM
Lol!! You are totally right. Thank you Rico

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