Long Free advice Poems

Additional free advice to those* who would be King from the THIRUK-KURAL with Commentary
[*like presidents, prime ministers, dictators of declining (falling or fallen) nations or even empires]

K442: urranOy niikki uraa amai munkaakkum
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More free advice to those* who would be King from the THIRUK-KURAL with notes
[*like presidents, prime ministers, dictators of declining (falling or fallen) nations]

K386: kaadchikku eliyan kaduñchollan allanaal
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Free advice to those* who would be King from the THIRUK-KURAL with notes
[*like presidents and prime ministers of declining (falling or fallen) nations]

K381: padaikudi kuulamaiccu nadpuaran aarum
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The day my life went ape ‘chit’ in no more than three-hundred words

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch counts

And pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis works wonders

When I am asked to write a poem that is either precise or reductionist


Thus I report from my personal...

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We all have buttons,
But we all have them in different places,
Almost impossible to find by looking at our faces.

The best way to find them is to build on the relationship,
And get them to trust you...

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'Tis well known that when medicating cats they can become rather crabby,
So, this free advice is provided when feeding pills to the family tabby.
As if holding a baby, cradle the cat in the crook of...

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Welcome to the illicit villa
Where people come and go
A brief warmth of the palm 
A touchy heart, a hearty laugh
Then out through the elusive door
Customary customers they are called,
All young and old

Accommodations are provided
Free advice...

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These days it's clearly the fashion
To tell college grads: "Follow your passion."
Yet consider this quick note of caution:
  Make sure with your passion you'll cash in.

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I can't live in mystery
I'm waiting with bated breath
Where and when I'll stand or fall --
The hour of my death --

The facts of life are meaningless
There is no moral code 
There may or may not...

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THE TALE
Walking down the street with my bare feet
The thoughts of Mahatma, Nelson Mandela, and Osagyefo
Pumping my blood towards the course of Emancipation
Freedom! - Is the word
The one true legend which opens up all minds
To...

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Does anyone else agree with me
Don't you just hate to answer the phone
When you're sitting down to eat at night
They just cannot leave us alone

I'm talking about all those people 
Trying to sell things all...

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It's up to you so choose it.
You see which way to go.
How good a person are you? 
Is it the high road or the low? 

You're faced with many options
that only you can choose.
Some will...

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Sticks and stones will break your bones
But hard liquor will kill you quicker

A penny saved is a penny earned
A dollar lent is a dollar burned

Free advice doesn't cost a cent
But it won't help you pay...

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I've always heard
about the New York minute
But nobody ever told me
about the New York hour
I'm speaking on the time of the day
when it seems like half the city
is out walking their dog

Everybody is aware,
everyone understands...

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My life is in confusion
Because of ones like you
Who tried to do the best for me
But were doing the best for you.

I may not know everything
But I do know what I do
I’d rather make my...

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The Plump needs Enduring Exercise 
To Excess Weight shed and check size, 
I tell you: need to questions ask
For a just confronted task;
Navigator’s Compass arrange
For voyage that over seas range:
Your two legs straighten and back...

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All I need, to make me high,
Is a bright sunrise, or sunset sky.
I feel no yearning to be broke
From smoking pot, or snorting coke.

All I need, to make me high,
Is the laugher of a little...

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