There is an enormous gumball machine in this hair cutting place.
It was probably gleamingly shiny and beautiful once.
Possibly held three hundred thousand gumballs.
Yes, Virginia, it is that big.
This machine is pathetically empty now.
There are only enough gumballs to fill the bottom inch of her bowl.
I feel sorry for her.
Greasy grimy gritty grievances
grabbed grandma’s gleamingly glitzy glasses
Giving griping grousing grandchildren gruesome
glimpses of Grandma’s gleaming glitzy glasses.
Awesome autumn and glorious golds,
outstanding oranges and rufescent reds
combine colors and quilts quiver
as whispering winds and lamented leaves
shower scenes and layer lands-
profusely paint and gleamingly gift-
blaze of autumn before winter pall.
November 8, 2021
Contest: Alliterisen - 7 Lines Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Joseph May
Used Sequence #1
Syllables: 9 11 8 10 7 9 9
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