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Best Bribing Poems


Bribing the Devil
Leaving nothing to his children but cowardly shame,
his back turned toward the light 

His memory the captor of a traitorous scheme, 
capitulating through the fight

His legacy broken, his endowment recalled, 
his reputation scorched and burned

Offering to the Devil his original sin
—with redemption twice suborned 

(Villanova...

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Categories: bribing, sin,
Form: Rhyme
Bribing the Gods
I have a nail,
I havd a screw
I have a "Pot 'O Gold",
But I don't have you...

Each day I awake,
I stumble down to the shore,
I've done this for many years,
I'll do it many more

I throw a gold piece,
Into the sea,
Hoping Posiedan
Will bring you back to me....

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Categories: bribing, fantasy, girlfriend-boyfriend, hope, inspirational,
Form: Ballad

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