Short Attendees Poems

Top-secret meeting
Attendees remove their masks
  ~ Who invited them?...

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Speech after speech, the summit dragged on
   though all agreed every nation had won

Then on the day when the bomb descended
   and life on Earth as we know it ended

Indignant attendees were up in arms
   ~ for climate change had done no harm...

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Meeting Attendees
They arrive at seven.
The morning early birds.
Hoping for donuts probably.
There are none.

Two slide in the back visibly late at 7:40.
This meeting ends at 7:45.
One says she overslept.
The other makes some inane excuse about going back home for her lunch.
Same two every week, same excuses....

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On
their couch
through mirror
he saw sun and
moon and all astral beauties glare agape
at them while forgetting their worldly tasks,
claiming they do
their work by
serving
them.


 inspired by John Donne's "The Sun Rising"

Oct. 8, 2020 
Double Tetractys 4 Poetry Contest
Contest Sponsor: Eve Roper...

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J-ust like a happy tune, 
O-pening the big occasion; 
E-vent that's so special, 
L-isteners in standing ovation.

A-n upbeat dance song
L-ets all attendees smile; 
M-elodious twirl on the floor, 
O-ne joyful moment for a while.
N-ight even is much better, 
T-wenty-fifth day in June; 
E-vening either is brighter, just like a happy tune....

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A red-streaked panorama graced Washington's dawn
   Clear lake-blue skies there all day long 
Portland smoke-gray, from tear gas and pepper spray
   Antifa showed its true colors on Inauguration Day

Not a hint of outrage from the government or the press
   It's alright if the fascists are left-wing, I guess
At the Inaugural Ball, attendees donned their prettiest dress
   Masks muting their 'concern' over the Oregonian mess...

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