brisk, bumptious squirrel
bouncing on limbs, teasing leaves
until a dog barks
A man was born to dignify
Deserving every piece of respect
For the fantabulous of intelligences
For the bright shine of mindsets
Of the pure and sharp eyesight
And of the facile and sturdy hands
Finely handles with delicacies
While the decency of the manners
Bestowed its glamourous graces
Of these evidence for the grades
Of its freedom and dominance
To be owned by a respectable man
No third parties could obstructing
Nor the contrived defer his shining
Of its presence as a master of men
With rights legitimated by nature
Rather, by artificially made with power
Into a headless minion of followers
Harvesting the man-made bumptious
Though, may success for glossing face
But deemed meaningless in a man's eyes
Breath sounds as loud as a gong
Ultra-aggression so young
Match this act, the bee has stung
People’s ideas, next to dung
To others, dry is their lung
Importance, made by the tongue
On the same level is wrong
Upsetting power is hung
Staying on top is the song
I wined and dined you but you wined at me,
you wound so much, it corked.
then when we sniffed the cork of love:
you popped my cork,
my; what a corker!
fruit you said: and rang the glass to chill report
Oh!.. never was there ruby depth like this before.
thus another trip to the cellar I thought/lost in
wine’s bumptious nose
Cheese? …only when selling ..never when buying
I’m sold on you Delilah!
steady boy/hold the glass: Shiraz is calling.
hold your trousers and their fighting dog at bay,
save the passion/ Syrah has its sweet way!
we’ll let the sun pour forth. Bachus show the way!
Written for contest 14/8/15
Power of a fancy
over good reason,
My imagination !
A force of nature
trust or truth,
delight of an immature?
No war no red earth
no remonstrance,
A fascination ?
Bumptious or chagrined
deeply possessed neurotic,
an absconding notion ?
Pulling me in pool of love
then announce exile,
Inchoate insight ?
My imagination
makes me a fool,
A weird hallucination ?
Written by Dr. Upma A. Sharma
on 21/5/14
Sponsor- Dave wood
contest- Imagination
Awarded 6th place
Now for contest- One word title (new / old)
Sponsor - SKAT A
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