Long Promptness Poems

Date December 31. 2040

Damian Stood on the ground floor
Of the new Mansion while 
GrandDad Hakim rested In the
Living room watching TV.  The
First level was half complete. 
Damian thought the pace needed
Quickening. He would have...

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Date. August  2023 

Damian turned 22 and Moved  from his
 family's estate Into his own
 duplex apartment, 5 bedrooms.
One master bedroom and 
1 and a half bathrooms. 
Down town West Virginia. One night...

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I was going to be late to work again, as it was one of those days,
When one small mishap after another, made for way too many delays.

Lateness had become a genuine problem, to a person...

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......define the moment or the moment will define you....
      
                    Quote...

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I tried so hard, but you were too fast, clicking gracefully on high heels down the 
shady block, laughing at me plodding in saddlebacks:  Can't you keep up?
I tried so hard, but you were...

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Among the hearing participants, some stayed put, some cast curious eyes outside with craned necks, some stood up and began to pace around or away, but nobody was seriously scared, nor were there any corporeal...

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It is just a dog, a common cur
The scabs, the sore upon the eye.
O the rattled temper
And the garbage bins tottering 
Under the mischief of its paws.
It is just a dog, a common cur
And more...

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I'm that my words and pen can't express my weakness.
Nobody could have foreseen I felt such happiness.
My bald secret is now included in my poetic liveness. 
I'm at a loss for words to define my...

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ARIA- BY ACKER BILK

Rushing home after doing a week's hard graft
The lads running ahead, as the lasses laughed

Washed and scrubbed best party frocks & suits 
Alas some young men no shoes still wore boots

Then that...

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4/3/15


Is it wrong if
You're the only one always causing conflict

Is it wrong if
You knew, but didn't warn others before the bomb hit

Is it wrong if
You sat there and let the entire song skip

Is it wrong...

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Brace For Impact

           Brace for impact with tact
              and promptness
  ...

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THE MANSION

        Mr. Philip wanted to build up a mansion.
       Hindrances put him in adverse situation.
      ...

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Uncle Sam demands you file your taxes timely,
no excuses accepted...he will impose a fine; 
don't think of committing the perfect crime...
court appearance and jail time await the sly!


As anyone can see, honesty and promptness are...

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Not a cruel master; a humble assistant;
To visit or not, cannot be done by his choice.

Always carries a portfolio under his arm,
A pre designed schedule saying when and where to attend.
He comes not, though invited;...

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Smiles in the sky come flying your way.
They will arrive just in time singing,
 “Happy Birthday” 
Wings glide on the breeze, gifted among clouds,
Suspended above trees with promptness avowed.
The horizon is bright silhouetting their flight.
Delivering...

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