Outdated, Inflated

   The truth is outdated
      Falsehoods inflated
    With hyperbole
      created…

    Fishing poles baited
      wriggling worms slated
    to reel in us guppies
       addlepated…
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Buehler Avatar
August 26, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Great poem, Gershon. Thanks for the laugh. :D
Jones Avatar
August 26, 2024 at 11:35 AM
You think quicker than I do! lol can’t keep up with you! Fun write!
Wolf Avatar
August 26, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Aw, I don't know about that, Karen. It takes a quick thinker to recognize another thick quinker...
Greenhough Avatar
August 26, 2024 at 9:27 AM
We have a new reality. That guppy might be your whiole meal in the future.
Wolf Avatar
August 26, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Gulp!
Maverick Avatar
August 25, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Hyperbole that word always reminds me of a Tree.?? Anyway back the the (whole of your bole) lol)) we can't get too down G W.' yet it is So calculated and what have you.? Yet these Masters of the uni-verses...By this I mean the Trans-play and other word devices at use in the arena that in Truth only God controls..So chin up my friend.!
Wolf Avatar
August 26, 2024 at 7:26 PM
I'll try, Joe. But at 100 pounds over my 'playing weight,' I can't even do one chin-up anymore. lol.
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