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Bionic Betty: Another True Tale From the Mental Ward
Betty was bonafide crazy. She had shot her husband after a night of drunken quarreling, and was in the state mental hospital instead of being in the slammer. She'd shot the louse in the stomach...

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Categories: playing possum, crazy, woman,
Form: Narrative



Two Hand Clap
I've got a fist full of Buddha,
And a fist full of Rand,
A pocket full of Jesus,
And the other's filled with sand,
That's in case I need to make some glass,
As it will proceed my foot in...

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Categories: playing possum, america, anti bullying, celebrity, change, emotions, hip
Form: Free verse
Matricide/Mother Earth
I have come to accept the possibility
that I, myself, may be partially to blame       (my compost pile of shame)   

that I may have stroked the very wheel...

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Categories: playing possum, nature, people, slam, visionary, mother, may, mother,
Form: Lyric
Playing Possum Poker

Politics is a cat-and-mouse poker game,
	     Some play it well,
others not so much
Amateurs show their hidden hand,
they got an easy-to-spot tell
But the old pros are the best cons,
selling you wet dreams...

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Categories: playing possum, corruption, political, truth, wisdom,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member My Spring Garden
My garden is unfolding before my startled eyes.
Each blossom as it opens is a welcome, glad surprise.

The daffodils are blooming and spread sunshiny cheer,
While the tulips are struggling to hold up their heads this year.

The...

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Categories: playing possum, seasons, garden, daffodils,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member I'll Forever Be Your Ex-Wife
Shikata ga nai Poetry Contest
Silent One




My Dear,

The sun will rise tomorrow 
And there will be some sorrow
For I'll be out of your life
And I'll forever be your ex-wife

It saddens me to let go
However I need...

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Categories: playing possum, break up, divorce, loss,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Never Poke a Sleeping Bear
never poke a sleeping bear
he may be playing possum
waiting to turn you into
a morning snack quite awesome
who can calculate 
the cost of any scratch
without putting a value on
the itch it has to match
could one hand...

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Categories: playing possum, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Playing Possum
Playing possum
            to an Alaskan grizzly
            barged into his tent, 
  ...

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Categories: playing possum, adventure, animal, horror, imagery, nature, recovery from,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Autumn Emblazon Pigments
Emblazon pigment leaves in autumn 
    Sun's lull shadow playing possum.

Autumn rich hues of amber, anticipating
  Slowly trembling, slowly falling,
    Descending, creak and shudder,
    ...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: playing possum, autumn,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Crimson In Sunshine Or In Shadow
A vision, crimson wave
full of laughter pushing through
manor shore, stunning roses
in its beauties grace flew.

Yesterday not forgotten
lay infectious from bottom blossom,
up like leaves in autumn
sun's shadow playing possum.

Fragrance braced the darkest
harvest night with a tempest...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: playing possum, autumn, rose,
Form: Free verse

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