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Sartorial Self Portrait
Poetic Form: Sonnet
Contest Judged: 2024 June 20
Sponsored by: Jaymee Thomas
Sartorial Self Portrait
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Ex Hotelier hangs I, We've Vacancies,
closet not quite empty, merely absentees,
the clothes that sort out--hang like memories,
of guests gone--front door, yards from Seven Seas.
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R R R R E E E E T T T T I I I I R R R R E E E E D D D D
Spaced air fills--their heart and soul ... 'minds me best,
start whiles fresh--ere end, 'familiars' chose.
Clothes: suits, trousers, waistcoats: here it's a vest,
I 'un' prefix: changed old address to close.
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R R R R E E E E T T T T I I I I R R R R E E E E D D D D
Three-piece suit, daily polished shoes; discharged.
Unfamiliars stayed, changed weather, scenes,
locale, lifestyle, minus people emerged,
keds, heaps tees, and shorts; comeback kid hang dreams.
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R R R R E E E E T T T T I I I I R R R R E E E E D D D D
Proper, primed, and polished fine ... 'yesterdays,
wink naught to lose those bright golden hue days.
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