Loss Games Poems

I had a duck named Sylee.
She was little when we met.
I loved her and she loved me.
She became my perfect pet.

She grew fast, then grew...

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I made the bet on who’d win the game
the Bulls looked great; my team played quite lame
dressed in clown’s clothes
with a red clown nose
the whole...

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Desertion is a way o' death
That language of darkness loop
 the babe of Seth
Sparked within confines o' wood
Coffins of Being misunderstood
Expression became a way of...

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Monopoly
by M. Griswold
10312020

Have you rolled the dice and played the game?
You know, that one that's in the hall of fame.
Where one travels the board at...

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The best and most beautiful things in the world
cannot be seen or even touched—
they must be felt with the heart. Helen Keller


 

White glistening soft...

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Game that grabbed my time,
When this was no crime;
Now I'd a tree climb
Or a drama mime:
That of chef with thyme,
Curse of plates with grime...

But to...

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Who am I
to give Light's sway
to Earthly kindness?

Who am I
to praise
love's bold told synergy?
sun sung soprano 
diva voiced

Through life's more challenged
LeftBrain capitalized energies
fearing dark base...

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Triggers are red,
barrels are blue.
Smith and Wesson
I love you!

Targets are set,
guns are sighted.
In my hand,
I get excited!

Bore snakes out
Hoppe’s too
be good to them
they’ll be good...

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What do you see from dot to dot,                 ...

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The papers headline on the furgal page
Spoke of The Albacrises defeat in Eden City
People were angry there champions had fallen.
The team had been undefeated for...

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Much has been felt
then written
about loneliness at the top

Less written,
yet perhaps far more often felt,
about claustrophobia in the center.

Problems with delegation,
boundaries,
predictable timelines,
responsive management focus,
follow through...

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We are nearly all macro-economic capitalists
Yet micro-economic cooperativists
with those we trust

S/he said
while burning up
and out.

Yet,
a Patriarchal Capitalist
has also fully monopolized
his LeftBrain lessons
and monotheistic idolizing faith
in...

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Xx, my figure's curved.
Xy, your strength's outward.
Xany is our new love.
XO, let's kiss and hug.
Xylitol gum we'll share.
Xaern, love fades away.
X-es we soon become.

7-4-2022...

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Of all the games I’ve ever tried
The hardest one, I think, is chess
It leaves me dazed and half cock-eyed
  Each time I play ~...

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Happiness for Sale?

‘Twas happiness I thought money could buy
‘Till its very essence led me to cry,
For using my fortune to gamble and play,
Penniless, I am...

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