The Fatuous Philosopher
I am a philosopher
Of great mental acumen
I like to blow my own trumpet
As nobody seems to mention
While enlightening people
Of all hues, I think not twice
Morning to noon and noon to night
I love when people seek advice
Questions myriad on one's
life, future, and future wife
If their foreseen future is bad
Will better halves manage their life
Questions keep getting
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Categories:
fatuous, allegory, allusion, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
fatuous, dark, fate, humorous, life,
Form: Epigram
Unabated Fatuous
Living isolated in the shadow of defeat,
piece by piece I place the pieces,
giving up mates then weed I had to beat,
released from deceit so nothing reaches,
driven ungraciously weak in my retreat,
teased by grief from fallacious impeaches,
drifting at pace injudiciously indiscreet,
displeasing unabated fatuous speeches
* i was going to call this my struggle, but then i remembered
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Categories:
fatuous, conflict, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
In Fatuous Cupidity
I have a cupid, all my own, he’s not the best around
I would have chucked him long ago … but he’s the only one I’ve found
His wings look like two dusters that have hung around too long
The feathers have no luster and the way they flap’s … just wrong
His actions are too stilted and his
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Categories:
fatuous, love,
Form: Rhyme
Fatuous Frivolous Love
Segregated by your callous posture
Serenaded by your soft, sensual voice
Seduced by your feminine mystique
Subdued by the fragrant aroma of your silky skin
Sheltered by your caressing stare
Shackled to your warm embrace
Surrendering to your beckoning bosom
Repulsed by your recoiling movements
Enraptured with each panting breath
Impounded by your entreating distress
Freed to enter your throbbing estate
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Categories:
fatuous, love, sensual,
Form: Light Verse