Short Abstaining Poems

Diet Issue #4

Gooey candy the chewy-sugar spices craving… abstaining.


© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
February 14, 2010

Poetic form: Monoku...

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a venerable morning
scorning
the absence
of destiny
all for free
for naught
is me
abstaining
politely
from this
race of man
for all 
to see...

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Obtaining or Obstaining From Training

Right kind should always be obtaining,
Of training not requiring any straining;
Reading required;
Never expired;
Or from must  always be abstaining.

Jim Horn...

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Trump Trying To Devour

Discovered Trump trying to devour
Supporters' attention hour after hour
Some are abstaining from absorbing
And did determine he is disturbing
Has neither patience nor will-power.

That pretty well describes Trump.

Jim Horn...

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Wrestling with his conscience
Abstaining from verbal exchange
Regretting his words

Offended by obscenities
Forgetting his ticket

What is happening now?
Obnoxious little men
Rallying in no mans land
Dire Consequences
Spasmodic verbal abuse.



Related to the football match:...

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I don’t own Uggs and never will.
I’ve heard they’re super comfy; Still,

To pay so much for something ugly,
Even if it’s warm and snuggly,

Seems to me a tad absurd,
Though fashion has the final word.

When fads appear, so do the hordes.
Abstaining has its own rewards....

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Tried abstaining but my morals shifted
I observed that my curves were God-gifted
Hey, it ain't that complex
It all boils down to sex
I used to be Snow White but I drifted

Author: Mae West - One of the first liberated ladies
Quote: "I used to be Snow White but I drifted"
Frank's contest...

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they were born naked
and shameless blissful
replenishing the earth with
off springs caring for the soil
subduing the hungry animals
abstaining from eating the fruit
from the tree of knowledge of good
and evil till she succumbed to the pre-
ssure of temptation on a spring afternoon
an ostrich hides her head under the hot sand...

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Observe patiently the ways of one single fish.
then serve up savagery slayed for a dish.
Moving and seeking it,s own purpose in paradise!
Ending to a groveling alein race who sacrifice!
Awake!try abstaining from eating living souls.
Taste the earths wondrous miracles.
Bake!fry!boil!deep frozen bowls!
not a crust wasted on this earths cycles!...

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elephants dreaming of orange shaped fish
cornflowers surfing down pickle strewn paths
great crested grebes with thorns in their hooves
suitcases drunk in a queue for a stamp
bottles of trousers with books on their heads
welders in carpets abstaining from plugs
books in a curry with no one to flush
my dream is now over 
so tell no one,,,hush...

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Abstaining from anything to satisfy, 
Defenseful even resorting to a lie,  
Denial - you stray further and further from staying true.
Intense pleasing reaction,
Cause of senseless selfish satisfaction,
Time is wasting because of you.
Irrational placement with other priorities,
Obsession, depression, now the authorities, and still…
Never plan to go without. 

This. Is. Addiction....

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Once Sabbath is over,
Life resumes to being normal,
Jews gad about town
trying to get their chores done,
filled with exuberance and vigor,
gifts from G-d for serving him,
abstaining from living life on 
a whim, and restraining from
ungodly things,
After Sabbath it's time to be
present in life, until the week ends,
Then Jews around the world have to
do it all over again..............

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I don't want to
Hurt anyone or start any civil wars
I'm abstaining from posting
certain thoughts on Facebook
And do or say anything that will cause alarm...

I just need an outlet
That doesn't drain my brain
I know I have some talent
I can't be that completely deranged

I don't want to
Take a dump on any sites
Unload a feeling of blahness
Commit any crimes
I just want to be honest

And say what's on my mind....

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Our congress just loves to lament,
about waste when taxes are spent,
but say it ain't healthy 
to tax raise the wealthy
so they tax those that can't pay rent.
 
Roads and the schools need maintaining,
from taxes I'm not abstaining,
while the poor live on beans
its the ones with the means
that are doing the complaining.

I choose a career that won't pass,
just anywhere near upper class,
but I'll make my dollar 
with sweaty blue collar
The wealthy can all kiss my ass....

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