Best Sparing Poems

The line was long; I snagged a stall.
Before I locked the door,
A voice called out, “You’ll need this,”
And my faith it did restore.

For clutched in someone’s fist, which reached
Beneath the wall we shared
Was a wad of toilet paper
Which my neighbor had prepared.

I realized there was...

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I wore my spare shirt bowling, took me two tries to get all the pins down...

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Sparing


Spare the rod, spoil the  child
Sayings are short-hand stories 
Sensible people support and encourage sensitivity
Selflessly give seconds, minutes, hours, days
Sow the seeds of empathy
Save their souls because it's not worth,  
spoiling the ship for a ha'porth of tar.





24 June 2022...

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