Dave Smells the Roses
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As the year closes, Dave smells the roses
To his girlfriend Dina he proposes
Though he thought 'Nothing's wrong'
Dave had waited too long
On Dave's roses Dina soon foreclos...
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Categories:
forecloses, addiction, marriage, proposal, rose,
Form: Limerick
Prejudice
...It clouds the vision of its proponents
Causing them to see things that are not.
It mixes their minds into components
To which rational people give no thought.
It dismisses those whose eyes are ...
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Categories:
forecloses, discrimination, prejudice, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
The Grip On the American Dream
...Are there efforts so bleak?
Grumbling stairways and windows that need paint
Utility bills comes first and food for the meek
That’s what they’ve become striving each day
Mortgage rates hit the...
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Categories:
forecloses, life, loss, people
Form: Rhyme Royal
The Sweetest Sorrow
...Tomorrow begets tomorrow begets tomorrow
Until the deadbolt day of sweetest sorrow
When discordant bells chime frost on spiral stairs
And time forecloses on it's borrowed wares.
The days be...
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Categories:
forecloses, introspection, lost love, love,
Form: Verse