Best Off The Rack Poems

POTD 30th August 2018 

The gently swaying branches of the old oak should elicit calmness
And yet a sense of foreboding permeates the midnight air
Wild imaginings?  Or did shadows flit across the leaf strewn path?
No time to dwell ~ She must make haste
Long afore the...

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When that jolly red man with a sack
brings your wishes to you off the rack,
no late Christmas night
for first frosty light,
warm the car up and take it all back....

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My suit of self-loathing no longer fits
The mirror of compassion tells me so
Years of bad-intentions held back growth 
After a time, the length of my sleeves bind
I didn’t realize I’ve become over-sized

These angry pants are fit for a small child
How silly I look with cuffs...

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You chose me off the the thorny pine lake
                                    And...

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Who, Why, What, Where, When?

Take a meme, and make it clean by belief, engagement, 
God meme, Santa Claus or denim jeans are fundamentals, 
They offer a magic carpet to all partakers into fulfilment, 
When we endorse the concepts behind these credentials. 

Like god, belief in...

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My pride is not of presidents
their monuments or halls,
I’m proud of the nation’s people
the working class with balls.

Owned forever by the bank
with interest rates so cruel,
looking in the showrooms
at things that make them drool.

Clothes are off the rack
never owning a new car,
taking home a case...

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Friday May 13th 2022
By Franklin Price
05/13/2022

It's odd that I just noticed
It is the thirteenth day of May
The day is also Friday
It's unlucky some may say

Watch out for all the black cats
And those ladders off  the rack
Don't step on any sidewalk joints
Or you may break...

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don't hold back
take it off the rack
if its facts
its that time
to leave going back behind
SPEAK YOUR MIND...

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I decide to take the plunge, internet dating is all the rage
My loneliness grows, I decide it’s time I try to engage 
I join several dating sites, cynical of what I may find
Hoping it’s someone sweet, who’s honest and kind

I write my profile and describe...

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If i could summon you to my perception
Or host you whole to my being 
Only then 
Only then would you fathom the wreckage 
And take a dip in my alcohol thoughts
Or come watch me redeem my aggravating flaws 
Hues from my mouth dripping void ,...

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Cleaning out the closets
 in the autumn time of year
Old shoes fell off the rack,
 worn and faded from use.
How many steps were taken
  with that very pair?

Steps to work and shopping
 then back home again. 
New shoes may replace them
 taking different steps...

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its was snowing
wind blowing
it began to make stack
we took shove off the rack
when out back
it was snow ball fight
we had fun doing the night
we were happy not sad
WE DID
THE KIDS SNOW
MOM AND DAD...

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As I come to the end of the year
it's always good to take a look back
see the ups, the downs and their effects
learn from mistakes to get off the rack

Many lovely holidays we did enjoy
the highlands in January at Crieff Hydro
then in April to lovely...

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Cindi! Cindi!
Wipe your tears, Cindi!
You’ve been given no rights.
Somewhere life made a wrong turn.
Your heart is made of glass.
Your reputation shattered,
when dear, old daddy, departed.

She wasn’t a princely wife.
She brought her bratty baggage,
tolerated your twinkle-eyes and laugh.

Attic locked up tight,
every squeaking mouse in sight -
they...

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The boy will come and tell you that
It's going nowhere fast
He just decided he don't want you
Written in his past
Not that you aren't sweet and warm
But that's too much to be
He'd rathar he was standing on 
The side of being free
So pick yourself
Brush a tear...

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