I started to say something
There were gasps
I forgot we are not supposed to use the word masks or Covid-19
Did I apologize? No.
the name Hitler slipped out a couple of times
Luckily, no one remembered who that was.
They loved it that our new leader reads Mein Kampf
Not knowing what this playbook means.
I said the word “exclusive” and they began getting a rope ready
They were going to hang me.
They chased me around the courtroom.
“Exclusive!” I yelled. “Not inclusive!”
That was the last time I was ever seen or heard from again.
Between Campfires and cockroaches
there has been no interaction
Though that is about to change
in a novel reaction
Rebelling against ‘unhealthy marshmallows’
campers worldwide will be ‘roasting roaches’ *
~ starting tomallow
*An 'excellent source of protein.' ~ USDA
(PoetrySoup Format)
Somehow,
I find myself
content,
confident
and
intrepid
. . . intertwining the interval,
these dimensions,
and the embroidery
that sets us apart
Even though,
there’s an ache to know
you,
and occupy
your personal space
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a connection unbroken
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Right now,
contentment
confidence
and timely dimensions,
enable me
to be,
proximate
________________
(Tender thoughts) - softly reminding me
* * We're Always a Whisper away * *
. . . and our hearts echo in the wind
Most of the places judged Exclusive
A keen observer impress as Elusive,
Doors firmly closed to The Intrusive,
Their sweet airy windows inclusive...
From these I'd try statements conclusive:
Fate not changed by one being intrusive
And, clearly,not by being submissive
In relation to the Exclusive
Kept by a body damned cohesive
With dumb hatred for The Permissive...
The whole thing,here on earth,instructive:
Look more inwardly: be constructive
Or soon thou shalt be The Promiscuous
For just wanting to be conspicuous.
Category,cry,money, people,wisdom
In the mountain of music and art
The summit turns into zenith of fame
Some climb to become celebrities
In number of steps that seems ordained.
Feeling the talent getting drained out
There they collapse at the call of fate
Or are intoxicated with elixir of success
Meet the self-imposed end.
The steps measured on the track of time
Spanning twenty seven years
Create something of a mythical aura
Around the icons when they die at 27.
With untimely departure from the scene
The flair immortalized by achievement
In rather romantic circumstances
They enter the exclusive 27 club.
________________
September 2, 2022
Contest : The 27 Club
Sponsored by : Anthony Biaanco
“I, who am strong, must bear with you, who are weak.
I can mentor if it’s strength and wisdom you seek.”
“I, who am weak, must bear with you, who indeed
think highly of self and just some Scriptures heed.”
April 26, 2022
entered in the Killing with an Epigram contest
Sponsor: Margarita Lillico
Exotic elephants excitedly
Enclose Eastern entertainers
Entering exclusive environment;
Expeditiously excluding entry
Every evening except Easter,
Exceptionally expedient exposure
Ensures elephant’s environs.
March 23, 2021
On one knee he held up the ring and popped the question
"will you marry me?"... more as a plea than a suggestion
holding his breath he scrutinized her facial expression.
A smile lit up her angelic face, as she shouted yes
and unlocking her heart granted him exclusive access
for her unbridled joy was impossible to suppress.
(Poetic Triplet Tercets)
09, 30, 2019
(Poetic Triplet Tercets)
Brevity Poetry Contest No More Than Six Lines
Sponsored by: Caren Krutsinger
Eve’s serpent is no competitor for Dotwin.
Dotwin betrays your trust faster than she can learn your hair color.
A trickster, she glories in people’s misery.
“Oh, sorry,” she says. “I did not know that was a secret.”
Spreading bad news faster than the Internet,
She sneaks around at work, listening to private conversations
That are now never private. Making up part of the story
is also part of Dotwin’s exclusive charm.
All conversations cease when she enters the lunchroom.
Not noticing, she proceeds to readily fill the gap with self promotion.
She has been trying to find a new job for six months now,
Unfortunately, her reputation has preceded her.
We may be stuck with the only teacher who has ever
Smashed a brand new computer to prove to the computer techs
That it can be smashed, during the introduction seminar
Where one announced it was a resilient child-proof computer.
Child-proof, certainly.
Dotwin-proof? Not so much.
Conducive and Exclusive
To affect things hope they are conducive;
When so we did decide to do an excusive;
Trying to find;
Had left behind;
People with problems and being abusive.
Jim Horn
Trump wanted to peek at gorgeous geek,
As on his lush bed she had started to leek;
Was stunning;
Shower running;
Pollution was found when going in creek.
Jim Horn
To Trump's Avail and Him Prevail
What Trump does is always to his avail,
Being kind of a person who will prevail;
A definite loser;
Woman abuser;
Great big wind with mouth size of a gale.
Jim Horn
Gads. Past daily ten again.
I'll not visit my old haunt
If you say that's what you want
If someone here who's also there
Might help me judge my contest fair
Remind me to focus on task
This is one thing I might ask
Some of my poems would only there live
If that's the word that you should give
If it is your desire, I will not visit the site
But email them to me one of you might
Say the word and I shall be yours
Closed to me are all other doors
I do hope my love to prove
I know we will find our groove
Your Exclusive Magazine
By your exclusive magazine we are enchanted
And all the many flowers people have planted
So we can watch everyone of them bloom
Then place into vase and put in every room.
Read about prisoners in war they abhor
In state that southern soldiers still do adore
Maybe might be a story about a musician
Or what has become some Big Foot superstition.
In middle of Carolina are most of the smartest
And we're sure you'll love to find a local artist
Or us under an umbrella on a bright beach
Watching seagulls strut and hearing them screech.
James Thomas Horn
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How is this one? Clamming and looking for shells sounds a lot more relaxing to me too.
Hope "Our State NORTH CAROLINA" magazine will like it. After all!!! It is about them.
If you don’t know chemistry
Here’s some on reactions
It may not be much
But it’s still a good fraction
I don’t know where to start
So I’ll begin with this
An element plus element yield compound is synthesis
Decomposition is multiple products from a single reactant
Usually formed when energy attacks it
“It” is a compound, just to get it out
It can be replaced, what is that about
It’s about single or double, which are replacements
Any real scientist would concur to this statement
Because of the complexity, my favorite replacement is single
It’s really easy, if you and chemistry can mingle
One more reaction, so lets take a turn
If oxygen is a reactant, you may have a burn
Combustion is the name
And it’s known by the flame
Production of heat embarked its fame
A hundred on this project is the grade that I wish
I don’t know where to stop, so I’ll yield like this
A camera flashes upon a scene of hell.
Seared flesh glowing red and orange.
Bodies within preform a lavish jagged dance.
Gyrating corpses with flame for tongue.
A camera flashes upon a scene of hell.
Smoke curls, eyes glow, teeth grimace into smiles.
Fire licks lustfully at head, belly and limb.
Sticks and stones strike brutally against souls.
A camera flashes upon a scene of hell.
Come one, come all, and get your story here.
Step right up says he, a sneer and smirk at his lip.
Do not fear the sting of my tail or the branding of the flames.
A camera flashes upon a scene of hell.
Panic roles in their eyes, shivers on their spine.
Cries of the damned at the tortures of their souls.
A camera flashes upon a scene of hell.
Strike a pose, face me here small minions of mine.
Give them away, pass them out on street corner and curb.
Exclusive first photos from hell.
Summer Gratias
Your excuses are so lame
I’m tired of playing your games
And every minute I spent
I regret
Being non-exclusive.
I’ve been wasting my time
Chasing this guy
Who wants to be non-exclusive.
I’m tired of being your secret
We cant’s kiss in public
You say no one has to know
Are you embarrassed
Or do you just want to
Have sex with other girls.
What happened to you
We used to be friends
Then came benefits
And I don’t want to be
Non-exclusive.
What happened to us
We lost the trust
Replaced by lust
And I don’t want to be
Non-exclusive.
This is what get for falling in love with unavailable men.
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