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3 Little Words

3 little words
By Michelle Morris
08/11/2022

More dangerous than an nuclear explosion
More contagious than a pandemic virus
More abused than this planet we live on
More confused than humans about life

I love you
3 little words
Loving
Caring
Passionate
Appreciative
Friendship
Compassionate
Considerate
Manipulative 
Abused
Misused
Misunderstood
Feared
Revered
Politicised
Monetised

I love you
Like a loaded gun when you're playing Russian roulette
Choose your words carefully
So that you don't live with regrets

© Michelle Morris, 2022

Premium Member Clerihew Pissaro

Politicised painter Camille Pissaro
so reclusive don't you know 
A fine impressionist
though poor& an anarchist

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