Hypnotist

I listened as you spoke
Gums flapping in the breeze
Words slipping off the tongue
Expressed with so much ease

Your verbal gymnastics 
Deserve a perfect ten
I ask you one question
You repeat it all again

Your words enchant me
I listen while you sell
Some kind of hypnosis
I respond to your spell

I bow to your persuasion
Your rythm my blues
I want what you're selling
This thing I won't use

As I open my checkbook
The spell starts to break 
My brain starts working
When my hand starts to shake
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012


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Date: 10/3/2015 9:43:00 AM
So clever, love the rhyme and flow. I'm starting at the end and it may take weeks, but I want to read all of your rhyme ... CayCay
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 10/3/2015 9:48:00 AM
Thanks Cay Cay, I appreciate your interest.
Date: 1/15/2015 9:33:00 AM
Thanks again Cynthia, I had forgotten about this one.
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Date: 1/15/2015 9:23:00 AM
Yeah. They think they've got us . . . but, we've fooled them. MUHAHAHAHA LOL Loved reading this Richard. *S* Cynthia
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Date: 8/1/2014 11:46:00 AM
Close call! I really like this piece. Didn't expect the ending there. Another great one! Always, Laura
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/1/2014 1:52:00 PM
Thanks again Laura.
Date: 6/20/2014 7:22:00 PM
I hope you purchased the extended warranty too. ;)
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 6/20/2014 7:30:00 PM
Sure did!
Date: 5/14/2014 9:01:00 PM
Really enjoyed this, Richard!!!. So glad your first Poems are available here. I'm definitely coming back to read your old poems. Best wishes, -- ivo
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Date: 1/2/2013 11:22:00 AM
Love it. Like - "We're friends to the end." "Lend me five." "This is the end." Congrats on the selection. daver
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Date: 11/21/2012 2:42:00 AM
LOL, funny stuff. I'm going to assume that the check didn't get written.
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/21/2012 6:49:00 AM
You are correct. Thanks for commenting Jon.
Date: 10/24/2012 10:26:00 AM
Haha cute poem! Well done! :)
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Date: 10/24/2012 10:10:00 AM
love it, well done xx
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Date: 10/24/2012 8:38:00 AM
This is so awesome the reader stays engaged with each and every line in this poem from start to finish. Good job!
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