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Wait Loss



Patient Hope is on a stoic decline
The celluloid tread mill 
is crybaby set 
on an aorta sob incline —  
A cardio faithless, vertical whine

Shouldering the weight of personal decisions,
is seen nowadays 
as an irresponsible, bulimic activity

Cares of the world
will surely take an unkind toll 
on the body and soul

Lust obesity trick imagery
is a mirror mirage 
of illusory, measured wait loss

But how much wasted time 
in your slouch sofa life did it cost?

For a slimmer waistline,
Vanity became your sin slave boss

Phat pocket dreams
binge bought on a lottery coin toss

Puffed up pride made you take a wait loss

Virtuous self-denial sacrifices
is a lost art — 
an unpracticed part
of flabby moral muscle shedding

Taut bellies of bloated importance 
(attained through artificial,
sweaty palm wait loss)
is a self-absorbed sin of indulgence

Rash prayers desiring rushed results,
be a twig spandex figure 
uncertainty marred by obese doubt

And discarding of the necessary, 
healthy heft of navel faith
is a wait loss ...

Unnatural mental womb aerobics,
that an anorexic spirit 
chose to exercise 
at a flatline metabolic rate

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 10/14/2018 4:44:00 PM
A lot to read into with this one Freddie. Well done :)
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Date: 10/14/2018 2:11:00 PM
Powerful words my friend... you write about life and reality so well..
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Date: 10/14/2018 1:48:00 PM
"Shouldering the weight of personal decisions, is seen nowadays as an irresponsible, bulimic activity"; this would certainly seem true. "Unnatural mental womb aerobics, that an anorexic spirit chose to exercise at a flatline metabolic rate"; love that ending. Well done.
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