Best Bloat Poems

Villanelle : Those whom the gods disdain bloat tough in hubris

Those whom the gods disdain bloat tough in hubris
Vesuvius sank isle strung duckweed in Mid-Sea
Tectonic plates clash Zeus’ curse sinks Atlantis 

Tough talk across Atlantic makes Olympus hiss
Triumphant magnate tandem with pale Yin on knee
Those...

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beer bloat
morning after
football Sunday 
am I, or the bar
the consumer
I don't know
I had a good time
shot some pool
cracked some jokes
flirted with girls
not half my age
so vain
so pointless
so fun

journey coming
soon, so
shutting it down
redirecting energy
focus
vision
to what I want more
than football Sunday
a different land
a different people
I hope at...

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a bloat
of hippopotamuses
zoo restrooms beckon...

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It’s not as easy 
As you may know
Food is legal 
And can be 
Gotten to go
I find myself
In the same 
Old Bloat
We eat when 
We're Hungry
Or in a
Deep mote 
But...
Hard 
As it is 
To dig out
Of the rut
We all can 
Do it
And have
A good
Gut...

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The Big Bloat

It’s Not as easy 
As you know
Food is legal 
And can get
It to go
I find myself
In the same 
Bloat
We eat when 
Hungry
Or in a
Deep mote 
But...
As hard 
As it is 
To dig out
The rut
We all can 
Do it
And have
A good
Gut...

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