#8: Time's Up
Renewed, a second, their forevermore,
a bobbing pin rethreads all in red threads,
the pedals are pressed up and down the floor,
the bobbing pin threads in and out all reds.
The Kids and Mom in Kress's Department Store,
Dad is somewhere eating candied popcorn,
Kids are reading comics at the bookstore,
Mom looking at patterned clothes to adorn,
The store is not in business, now a school,
Pattern clothes take time, best buy off the shelf,
The bookstore is closed and comics a-tool,
Sewing at home is passe like Santa's elf,
Be a dog--cause cats only have nine lives,
Do the numbers--dogs don't count--just survives!
Categories:
buy off, allusion, analogy, appreciation, fate,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Have you found your key yet?
The one that is useless to all but yourself,
One that you can't buy off the shelf,
Or borrow from an Elf.
Have you found your key yet?
The one that will open the many possibilities,
And increase the probabilities,
Of the full use of your abilities.
You will know when you have found your key,
For something you will see,
That you never thought could be,
That will suit you to a tee.
You will know you have found your key,
When you start looking forward with pleasure,
To things that you never thought to measure,
And never counted as treasure.
Once you have found your key,
You will always be looking forward to something,
That will give your day some meaning,
Even when your head is spinning.
Now you have your own special key,
Nothing to look forward to will be buried in your past,
Along with your last negative blast,
As finding something to look forward to becomes your new task
Now you have your key,
Looking back will hold no terrors,
As you are now at peace with your past errors,
And see only good things to look forward to in all your mirrors.
Categories:
buy off, analogy, birth, care, confidence,
Form: Imagism