Wrought by the hands of Aphrodite
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Wrought by the hands of Aphrodite this tale begun.
With sunset glaze and infinite rythem.
Had Apollo composed this melody?
For this has been my only remedy.
This longing can't be quenched n...
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Categories:
rebates, god, grief, heartbreak, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme
Full Moon
......lights the path to plays
only the night graces.
Boys, leaping on feets,
tapping shadows of girls
bridling fires beneath
the supper pots.
Ghost of one
whose promise rebates.
Grace of one...
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Categories:
rebates, africa, memory, moon,
Form: Free verse
Buying Time
...In debt to the moment,
invoice inscribed…
tomorrow defaulting,
old debits a lie
The hour upon us
whose present awaits,
all payments in cash
—forever rebates
(Dreamsleep: October, 2021)...
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Categories:
rebates, time,
Form: Rhyme
Doing Sweeties Chores
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Satire
Doing Sweeties Chores
7-9-2016
My wif no longer cuts the grass
And goat jus died from eatin glass
Her old string trimmer is most gone
She’s upen left so I’m livin alone
O...
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Categories:
rebates, funny, satire,
Form: Lyric
Little Dollar Debbie
...Little Dollar Debbie, loves to thrift store shop,
her pocket full of dollars, she doesn't want to stop.
A place of splendid bargains, stacked so ever high,
wanting almost everything that finds her...
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Categories:
rebates, fun, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
The Sun Pays Taxes
...The Sun pays Taxes
People look at the golden rays of the sun
And doubts his richness unlimited
Though he doesn’t work nor does any business
How he owns such a real estate.
Impossible to g...
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Categories:
rebates, sun,
Form: Free verse
Life's New Horizon
...In youth's frantic clutches
Addicted to vapid touches
Love children spawned in shaded hutches
Existing on euphoric highs, painless crutches
In middle age, lust morphed into longing
Spent body ...
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Categories:
rebates, hopechildren, self, children, self,
Form: Rhyme
The Haiku Corral - Part 3
...Haiku Licentioso
('They who quaff this cup shall see god
and The Magdalen')
with the *powder
that goes in the tea
comes the instructions:
''dump into the brew
mix salaciously
drink licentiously
and...
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Categories:
rebates, funny, life,
Form: Free verse
What Am I
...People look at my golden rays
And doubt my richness unlimited
Though I don’t work nor do any business
But I own such a real estate.
Impossible to get proofs
That I have the black money.
But I...
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Categories:
rebates, introspection, mystery,
Form: Free verse
God Blesses My Soul
...God Blesses My Soul
God blesses my soul every day in very many little ways.
And He answers my prayers: yes, no, or wait a few more days.
If there ever is: discord, contention or dissension.
I...
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Categories:
rebates, faithme, me,
Form: Couplet
Freedom
...Freedom
Bitterness seeks to squelch freedom with words.
Take not up thy rifles, loathsome trifle.
Liberated hearts, expressions conceived.
Observe! Speak! Be heard! Please, never stifle.
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Categories:
rebates, life, social, uplifting
Form: Quatrain