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Topsy-Turvy World

It's a topsy-turvy world
  Once-straight hair's now curled
From a putrid drop does
  a precious newborn unfurl

Pry open the menacing clamshell 
  to remove a shining pearl
 Swoops in an airborne twister
  even rocks and boulders do whirl

Today mere commoners become
  princesses, duchesses or earls
Benders transform lumps of food
  into refined, delicate swirls

But poor girls' dreams die
  in doughty aprons of working girls
burying rich visions of
  fancy ballerinas who twirl

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Heidi Sands

Date: 1/11/2019 11:58:00 AM

Congratulations for your win Gershon :)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/12/2019 8:03:00 PM

Thank you so much, Heidi! :) gw

Line Gauthier

Date: 1/11/2019 1:15:00 AM

Lovely poem, Gershon. Your last stanza has a particularly strong impact. Congrats on your top win.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/12/2019 8:03:00 PM

Apppreciate your support, as always, Line. Best wishes, Gershon

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 1/10/2019 2:38:00 AM

A marvelous mono-rhyme that caught me unawares and surprised me happily along the way. You are such a deep thinker even when you are throwing down a whimsical write.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/10/2019 10:22:00 PM

Thank you for your positive feedback on this one...Worked hard on it, truth be told. :) gw