The Fake and the Phat

His picture was fake, but she was truly PHAT,
Liking her, he messaged her to chat back ASAP.

While chatting, she was shown the guy's true image: “WTH?”
she texted back to her gal pal, throwing in - SMH.

Acting all nice, she told the guy, “BRB.”
Privately she was wearing a BEG.

He believed for a short while that the girl was simply AFK.
Instead that PHAT ended up completely MIA.

March 25, 2021
for the Acronyms In Couplets Poetry Contest of L. Milton Hankins

PHAT = Pretty hot and tempting
ASAP = As soon as possible
WTH = What the heck?
SMH= Shaking my head
BRB = Be right back
BEG= Big evil grin
AFK= Away from keyboard
MIA = Missing in action
(I tried to match syllable counts per individiual couplet pairings, with the PHAT of the last line counting as four distinct syllables)

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Date: 3/28/2021 12:40:00 AM
This is brilliant, Andrea:)
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Date: 3/27/2021 5:04:00 PM
Excellent. Love this. So clever. God Bless, JB
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Date: 3/27/2021 12:18:00 PM
Well penned and good luck in the contest.
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Date: 3/27/2021 11:54:00 AM
I don't think you need luck when you are endowed with skill. ;0)
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Date: 3/27/2021 9:47:00 AM
Oh... this is fun Andrea... I knew only ASAP in this... Lol... BW... HAGD... Hugs.. ~ Ani
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Date: 3/26/2021 10:07:00 PM
You are better at social media acronyms than I am - I knew only a couple, but will now definately use BEG :)
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 3/28/2021 2:18:00 PM
oh heck, I knew less than half of these. google has great lists!! BEG certainly can be useful!
Date: 3/26/2021 9:01:00 PM
That's so cool... I have never heard of some of these... Learned something new today and the content was so good and a bitter fact ... Good luck in the contest...
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Date: 3/26/2021 5:49:00 PM
Looks like a strong contender for the contest. Good luck with it.
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Date: 3/26/2021 10:14:00 AM
People sometimes do post phony photos when looking for dates. When I sent a photo of one fella to a friend, she told me, "That's not a dater; that's Antonio Banderas." It was! Love the way you use all the acronyms. Milton should like this one. Best wishes in the contest! Hugs, Carolyn
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Date: 3/26/2021 5:11:00 AM
This is fun Andrea, good luck i the contest! ;0)
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 3/26/2021 8:39:00 AM
thanks, I need it!
Date: 3/26/2021 2:55:00 AM
Lol, glad you put the idiot guide below, id never heard of any of them. Tom
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 3/26/2021 8:31:00 AM
I knew only half of them before I did the poem. At least I knew that much. haha. Now I have to look up the meanings of the ones Quoth the Raven gave me underneath here!
Date: 3/25/2021 8:31:00 PM
Andrea, ROTFL this poem is OTH, I really think GTMA. Left me CQTS. BFN.. -Richard
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 3/26/2021 8:38:00 AM
Looked up OTH (off the hook), GTMA (Great minds think alike) and BFN (bye for now). But I cannot find the translation for CQTS, what is that one? It can't be Close quarters tactical sight!!!! (like I found)
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 3/26/2021 8:33:00 AM
I only know ROTFL Will have to look up your other ones!!
Date: 3/25/2021 8:11:00 PM
I never knew what PHAT stood for, and now that you've educated me, I wonder if I'll ever stop laughing... Thanks for the yuks, Andrea!! Smiling away, gw
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 3/26/2021 8:32:00 AM
Yes, that one I heard a few years ago and just HAD to find out what it tmeant!!
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