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Tuesday

I drink tea on Tuesday only after two. Charity is done with the utmost sincerity on Mondays, Thursdays, and every other Saturday. Chidren? Should be seen and never heard interrupting their elders every word these days. Two children. Dutiful doctor of a daughter. Successful senator son. Wall street husband well planned years. Board meetings, ballet class, soccer games conference calls, late night correspondences of letter and lace. Entree's of solitary dinners. Delicate. Crystalware set upon the table for two tasted by one. All is as it should be. Dutiful, delightful daughter who heals her patents well. Know her by her cell and e mails. A stylish, successful son. Whom I groomed, greased to pristine perfection. Replaced on his arm by a shallow shiny vixen. But. All is judicious just adequate mediocre. Following the rules of conduct guarantees contentment commitment. Commitment contentment the rules will bring home, husband crystal ware. I drink tea on Tuesday. Charity is done with sincerity. moments of melancholy despair? Only on Thursday at ten, after I drink tea on Tuesday.

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Date: 1/30/2012 8:00:00 AM
I like this because you use different forms of peotry in your poem.
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