Best User Poems

"User name" and "password"
That's all you need to know.
Type them in , press "enter"
Then you’re  fine to go.

Sounds quite simple really,
Till your memory starts to wane,
You trawl the deepest caverns
Of your tired and aging brain.

You thump the keyboard harder
As your temper starts to fray,
And...

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Gimme, gimme, gimme
Take, take, take
But when it's time to give,
"I don't have it. Not today"

The only giving I know
Is when others give to me
Forget other people
It's all about my needs

If you have what I want
I'll do what I can
Just to allure you,
Then trap you like...

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I am not a robot
I am not made of steel
I’ve a mind I’ve a brain 
I can think, I can feel
Through my frame courses blood
Deep inside beats a heart
I am not a robot
Don’t tear me apart
You could never repair
The parts that get broken
You haven’t the...

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9/8/16


Are you a Mac user or PC?

Do you prefer Justin's or Reese's?

A few times, I saw the movie "E.T."
And I once slept in a teepee

Shouldn't be sleazy
Or greedy

Got to get after it daily, weekly
Monthly and yearly, routinely

You can wish for a lamborghini
But you got to...

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I thought we made a promise to each-other when we made it official.
My idea of a real relationship was completely off.
I assumed that you would always be faithful.
Neither one of us seemed to be happy.
I just thought that the kids would keep us together.
One day,...

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Unveil the unpleasant
The ultimate urge, an ulcer in today's urban undertaking
Unavoidable but still unmasked, underlining an unrealistic utopia for the unhappy
The unappreciated upgrade
Utilizing uppers to untangle from their upsets while the unpopular upload to upscale and unite
The ugliest kind of uplifting in our upbringing
Unconscious upstairs...

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two cell phones ran into each other on some street
friends I think world has changed though
and stood side by side known yet unknown
an awkward greeting then sliding into silence
like an old western gunfight suddenly
a duet of ring tones that has taken music hostage
they reached for...

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User Beware

Words flow through the pen to the paper, like water raging down a river to the sea.
Thoughts in my head aching, like a caged animal, yearning to be free.
Sentences become verses, bringing it all to life.
Sugarcoating sweetness in a heart, or piercing like a...

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 If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
               So why do so many people abuse it?
               A...

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with hammer hits to 
                                       construct and...

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Someone saw me digging through the trash this morning
And gave me five bucks
The embarrassed gin-mace of the nursing home volunteer
Plastered to his face 
For the three seconds I could see it 
Before he looked away

Everyone is more human than you'd imagine in these streets

So I...

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I had been a user but not in a way that I knew, 
Thoughts I once criticized, had meant so much to you. 
I had not known then that your heart broke under my bitter tongue,
I regret the moments when I ignored your setting sun....

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look at my photos, look at my photos, do you like what you see?

i’ve spent hours posing and editing, just to get the perfect shot for instagram, can’t you see?

listen to my stories, listen to my stories, do you hear my voice?

i’m sharing all the...

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When you left, you left me a shambles.
Up was down and down was up.
You were so matter-of-fact.
“I’ve found someone,” you said.
After eating a meal I had prepared
And paid for.

While I languished in hospital
You were seeing her.
What did you tell her?
That we were over?
Not entirely true.

So...

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Here
You May
Have it All
I am glad to 
Give

What?
Again?
You’re always
So willing to
Take




Written 03-02-2019
Contest: Light Up The Page - Lanterne
Sponsor: Joseph May...

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