Con Game Poems

Premium MemberBeware Fake God Men

...a fad, a cult, a kundalini awakening school
where the sacred is commercialised, trivialised
we are dismayed seeing how the blind lead the blind
later sharing deluded interpretations on the...
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Categories: con game, nonsense,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWhite Elephants

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White Elephants
Written: by Miracle Man
11-15-2019 

Our lives are now filled,
with “white elephants” today.
Objects desired by others,
 so we’ve given many away.

Possessions we h...
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Categories: con game, blessing, family, feelings, giving,
Form: Lyric


Con Game

...Ambush of a lie
North wind does it lie?
Or south leeward it lay?
Where does it lie?

Mounting evidence lying east 
A peaking testament laying west 
Gusty lies besiege down the crest
Why do Li...
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Categories: con game, animal, anxiety, bullying, corruption,
Form: Rhyme

Fake Fish

...Every where in the world
When you eat fish
In a restaurant

The restaurant owners
Claim it is salmon or tuna
Or other delicious fish

But the sad reality
60 percent of the time
You are eati...
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Categories: con game, america, angst, anxiety, fishing,
Form: Free verse

Rob My Heart

...I warned you that I’d leave.You’ve made your choice.
I’ve changed my phone number,so I’ll never hear your voice.
Did you really want me to be your wife?
You’ve betrayed my trust and ruined my life...
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Categories: con game, anger, angst, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Free verse


Don'T Burn Your Bridges

...I felt sorry for you when you cried.

I trusted you & you lied.

Your "I'm The Victim" routine was a success.

You'd make one hell of an actress.

Don't burn your bridges.

Don't give me di...
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Categories: con game, anger, angst, confidence, conflict,
Form: Free verse

Mask of Lies

...Everyone hides behind a mask.
Some use it for protection.
Others, use it to hide their deception.
I now see through that spectrum.

You wore a mask of lies.
Its fabric has become tattered.
The...
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Categories: con game, abuse, analogy, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

The Stalker

...A perfect man, he pretended to be.

Using a con game on the lonely.

She was trapped in his lies.

Until she saw the evil in his eyes.

"Be careful, you dazed walker. Keep your distance from ...
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Categories: con game, abuse, anger, anxiety, character,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberRemembering Neethu Panicker - Chapter 2

...Chapter 2

All her emails took months to reveal Chapter One
But the trust between us kept on growing,

On her part, perhaps getting that I really cared,
And for me, con game fear, was a caution...
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Categories: con game, friendship, grandfather, poetry,
Form: Verse

Premium MemberIf You Know What I Mean

...Testing his role as a friend,
he bluffs his way past mistakes.
Believing friendships end,
he oft gives less than he takes.

Much like a jester of old,
his wit is honed sharp and quick.
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Categories: con game, character, feelings, friend, identity,
Form: Quatrain

Premium MemberMomma Tell Your Son

...Momma  tell your son
                                  It's not about guns
                                It's not about the buns
                                on his sweet little huns
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Categories: con game, courage, storm,
Form: Rhyme

Cynthia

...She reminded mi of Liz thou prettier than Liz
She was engrossed in her smart phone... me relaxed
next to her chat chatting business... i could tell shes engrossed
not in her smart chats.... but in...
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Categories: con game, crush, cute love, dedication,
Form: Prose

Con Games

...this time of year
there'r  more there
tho theyer everywhere

some play insane
don't fall for this thing
some do it for fame
like writer a book
always look
its a
CON GAME...
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Categories: con game, adventure, confusion,
Form: Light Verse

Premium MemberWhen a Martian Landed

...A fledgling reporter discovered the story of a lifetime
Tim O’Hara came upon an alien aircraft that had crashed
He took pity on the sole survivor who’d committed no crime
Helping him out of the stran...
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Categories: con game, nostalgia, space,
Form: Rhyme

Lobo Little Man and His Boy Teka Long Tounge Maroo Part Two

...Then, he'll tell you how sweet they are, and how much they liked his wife's Beef 
Stew.   Awww shucks, them boys love it so much they had a second helping, Hot 
Diggity Dog going DoDo, and...
how ...
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Categories: con game, animals
Form: Rhyme

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