Long Curiosity killed the cat Poems

THE SENTINEL
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS

					

I took the elevator to the lobby of the small hotel
I’d been here six days the ennui was starting to tell
I’d been sent to cover an international gathering
Sessions so long and dull...

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What am I supposed to say when you leave me without a trace?
You rejected our commitment of adoration right in front of my face
I wish you well in all you do…do me a favor and...

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Staring into the mirror looking your self into the eyes is said to be a window to the soul. What do you really see? When you glare into the battered abyss of the emptiness of...

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*Aphorisms/ Idiomatic expressions*
(Short, pithy, instructive sayings passed down through the years)
Composed: by Tom Wright
7/12/2018

The man who coined the aphorism “Seize the Day”
Didn’t always mean “The Ends Justify the Means” but may.
Many have said “Rules Were...

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Dragon! Dragon! … He’s in the air… There’s trouble on the way.
Duck your head, and keep on running… He’s the UPS Guy, today!
Now, Federal laws may be broken, as a few packages: well… go up...

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My cat never cared, 
was never bothered, never scared. 
Till that is, when one day, 
beside the cats litter tray, 
another bowl lay beside, 
In big letters labelled 'CYANIDE'. 

And what did my old cat...

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Inevitably...
Insecurity walls are closing in on me 
I'm trying to give credit to all who has dealt with me at this present time 
I'm grateful...so thankful as you can clearly see or feel at the...

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What's your worst fear?
Are you able to name one?
Death should; obviously be the result, wouldn't you think? 

Nah, dying is easy.
Everything else in between; well...
That's where fear is.

Where is fear?

Everywhere
Anywhere
Nowhere—

I've looked fear in the eyes.

Touched...

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--Fly away.
We were compelled to believe that all men are created equal,
But they lied to our fore fathers and we are just the sequel.
You can turn back the page and gaze at what the truth...

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I ask myself 100 times what is true happiness
When is true peace of mind too much and when is it to late to fix the 
problems that once were not there
When is the relationship over
What...

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Curiosity killed the cat, well that makes sense. I know the guy, practically my best friend. Well, let me tell you how curiosity saved my life. Maybe curiosity taught me how to love. In which...

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nature has a way to sooth the inner sense
the mere simplistic brevity which permeates a reason
a hand to hold the heart will mend
the soul is kept in a tight grip of the hand of excellence
soaring...

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As children, we are taught to not question those “above us”
We’re taught to stay quiet and to stay in our own lanes,
But why is that?
Why do we have the saying “Curiosity Killed the Cat?”
Is it...

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big bulbs flashed like a discotheque strobe light.
it’s always midnight.
his breath filled the cavernous abyss.
his heart at risk of jumping to its death.
the shell of his flesh colder than a poikilotherm.
shudder of his lens.
 a...

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I’m treading on thin ice.
Misplaced my safety net.
Captured in this crooked paradise.
Your pants are catching fire.
Curiosity killed the cat,
Cause he thought he was a tiger.
Glued to your filthy habits,
You can say that again.
If you don’t...

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P-oetess, who is so GREAT and LOVELY
O-n  the pedestal, I look up at her with so much glee
E-verything she writes are splendid and they all inspire me
T-eaching  me unique writing styles, drawing me...

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When I was young it had often sparked,

My curiosity to walk along so very care free..,
Although, we would often live in the land of make believe..,
Still there are many of us together today who long...

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I fear letting you go
means some part of me goes too,
gone with you out the door
and forever down that road.
A road I can not follow,
you'll just leave us all behind,
and it kills me just to...

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My countenance, a melancholy 
After strange footsteps possess our balcony,
Close to my two-room apartment,
Now limitlessly a source of contentment..

I do anxious listening,
The hairs on my skin glistening;
My ears coming alive, a-twitching:
Those of an eavesdropper soon...

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Everyone has a soul mate; Are you with yours?

Is it fate, Predetermined?

Is it possible to pass them by accidentally and stupidly, Or can it be fixed? 

Is there a too late, Or can destiny take...

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So many thoughts running through the brain
They are hard to train
So they run free
Shifting so fast their hard too see
Wonder why
Think on the questions I do Try
Can't sleep
I'm in so deep
It is all the same
This...

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You were anticipating shallow water
Instead you fell in the deep end
This water’s a shade of blue you haven’t seen before 
You forgot that curiosity killed the cat
Explains why you would you go and do a...

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We look up in wonder at the stars,
We ponder on there being life on Mars,
And so we've sent a craft to see,
A marvellous thing called "Curiosity".
And on the surface of the big red rock,
The last...

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Curiosity killed the cat
How far will we go
To perpetuate self-destruction
Wallowing in self pity
Until our throats close up.
Staccato sounds and guttural groans
Unintelligible murmurs
Morse code on my shoulder
Giving way to the last request 
For open communication.

Curiosity killed...

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Many of my sleep dreams do fade
Like the soaring birds in flight,
But there's one that seems replayed-

I inherit a house from who knows who.
Old furniture with many drawers fills each room.
Some are open and some...

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