Cherub - A Partially True Fairy Tale
“I like it; go get it and stand it right there.”
The ‘It’ was a concrete bird bath
It was heavy as hell; about all I could bear
I struggled… my wife had a laugh
She’d seen it online; it was selling ‘as seen’
A gift bought for our feathered friends
Those birds seemed quite wary, why might that have been?
I
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Categories:
partially, fantasy, horror,
Form: Rhyme
Lessons Partially Learned
Parents
and teachers,
economic program
and social service leaders,
government administrators
and legislators,
listen up
and downstream
We too often act
and feel
the reverse is more quickly
and convenient
through rigid control,
or at least should
or could
or would like to be enlightened true
more than disempowering false:
Empowering cooperative ownership
arrives slowly
but resonantly
and more resiliently
through enlightened cooperative management
experience
and win/win resonant tenure
And not so much the other
entitled
and self-righteous
stress
and vindictive trauma
competitive way
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Categories:
partially, education, health, integrity, light,
Form: Political Verse
A Partially Seen Sign
A partially seen sign, broken in half.
I think it said Prance.
Dance.
France.
Mance.
I roll my eyes at their guesses.
They are such children.
It probably said entrance, I say.
They are eight, nine and six.
Entrance does not rhyme with prance, one of them says.
He is the six year old.
He knows more than all the rest of us put together.
I
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Categories:
partially, life,
Form: Prose Poetry
Partially To Blame
I can no longer pretend
the lies you tell me are true.
And if they don't quickly end
our relationship is through.
Expecting kisses and beers
you can't make sense of it all.
For you are greeted with tears,
and an emotional wall.
You claim you never cheated,
acting like someone deranged.
And I wasn't mistreated,
citing the vows we exchanged.
Tears choreograph the dance
as forgiveness is
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Categories:
partially, anger, angst, emotions, feelings,
Form: Quatrain
Partially Unclad Barely a Reveal
erotic red!
colored
partially unclad
barely a reveal
a pole dancer
standing provocatively
exposes the mold
dances the wall
on the lap of the paint
peeled raw to the grain
she tugs at your groin
rattles your pallet
revs the engine of your pristine thoughts
shoves your brain into the ground
erotic read!
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Categories:
partially, red,
Form: Free verse
A Partially Clothed Mouse To a Partially Clothed Bear
Oh Winnie the Pooh
Why don’t you wear shoes?
Don’t your soft yellow paws hurt?
Do they get covered in dirt?
I myself wear clogs
As they help me to jog.
While wearing my boots and red britches
And I can jump all around and over ditches
Whereas I know you will slowly pad along
Before you stumble over a log
My dear, dear Pooh
Why
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Categories:
partially, baby,
Form: I do not know?