Best Gloss Over Poems

Raindrops roll on my window
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With a little bit of gloss
They are gods to those
Fooled by the pronunciation
Of a word
Or expensive clothes
Fit for a social king

How fickle are we
When a man's worth is 
Akin to his accent
And the vintage he drinks

Praise to the man that can hide
Himself so well as...

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my lip gloss is propen my lip gloss is cool i come to  school to brake the rules.
and you think you bad ya!
cuz  your a *** ya!
you need a rag 
to wash your ass....

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Golden water glittering through
delicate weeping willow leaves
Swans swimming on  the lake
Grand  house on top of the hill
neatly framed with many trees
Shingled roof  peaked gables
Large arched windowed eyes
Carpeted  flowers staircases
Marble floor,  chequered hall
Dining room living room den
Settee Louis XVI parlor chair
Deep...

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Peach colored lips but rose colored tears
Red apple cheeks but cherry colored fears

She painted her face
One stroke, two strokes, three strokes, four
A need to feel perfect was felt deep in her core

Cinnamon colored eyes but amber insecurities
A frosty glow on her nose to hide her...

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The city exhales steam like a tired beast,
its breath pooling in alleyways
where no one walks anymore.

Cold, wet cobblestones gleam
like the backs of forgotten coins,
each one holding a secret
you must step lightly not to disturb.

Streetlamps blink like they’re remembering
how to dream—
orange halos shivering on the slick...

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Polish
by Michael R. Burch

Your fingers end in talons—
the ones you trim to hide
the predator inside. 

Ten thousand creatures sacrificed; 
but really, what's the loss? 
Apply a splash of gloss. 

You picked the perfect color
to mirror nature's law: 
red, like tooth and claw.

I thought about titling...

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