Why feel so poor and strange?
Dare to count on change
More comes to greet you
Shape fondly grand dues
Ignorance seeds dark
Watch poverty spark
Knowing not much here
Not enough of cheer
Fear clusters more fear
Feel lack squeeze more tears
Do you feel this mood?
Leeching of all good
Sad story in slack
Gain ample more lack
Mad xenophobia
Grips peniaphobia
Why not good enough?
Yes you deserve stuff
See your wealth increase
Peace of mind brings ease
Leon Enriquez
01 March 2018
Singapore
Xenophobia is the fear of strangers
Ephebiphobia is the fear of teenagers,
Obesophobia is the fear of gaining weight
Octophobia is the fear of the figure 8,
Odynophobia is the fear of pain
Ombrophobia is the fear of rain,
Photophobia is the fear of light
Noctiphobia is the fear of night,
Peniaphobia is the fear of poverty
Metrophobia is the fear of poetry,
Hagiophobia is the fear of Saints or Holy things
Hierophobia is the fear of Priests or sacred things,
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of long words
This one just kind of popped into my head.
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