Short Bargained Poems

Bargained with the night
to buy a piece 
to carry somewhere to sleep 
cheaper than sleep it is...

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A bargained companionship
sexual moment so temporary
then a stranger again when time’s up
...

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(Chance Operations)

Twenty long contemptuous years;
A myriad of monarchies 
Bargained wickedly …
Bloody warriors ~
In crimson swells;
Soured proprietary wealth…...

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Nazi crematoria
  Murderous euphoria
Millions murdered and martyred
  Human lives bargained and bartered

A tsunami's devastation
  The tears of a nation
Gentle Nature's hand crueler
  Than the most dastardly ruler

To God do we turn in sorrow
   Ineffable, His answer -- Tomorrow...

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Every job has special words
  You don't know them, you're a nerd
To get ahead you walk the walk
  You'd also better talk the talk

Gathered 'round the water cooler
  Manager so hip, I couldn't fool her
This job's a bit more than what I'd bargained for
  ~ An octogenarian boss conducting jargon wars...

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Limerick : Once a lone Sailor who sank wih his ship

Once a lone Sailor who sank with his ship
Bargained with a Mermaid through her hare-lip
She would give him a lift
If he’d give her a gift
That’s how mermaids got to wear haïr-clip.

                            OR
That’s how mermaids got second hare-lip.

© T. Wignesan – Paris,  2013...

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I bargained with God please don't send me back,
unless I can have green eyes like my cat..
I also requested brown stripes on my back.
Earth tones blend in, a well-known fact.
My final petition was to have four legs.
It's much more efficient when chasing stags.
If I must return for one final tour.
Don't make me a human.
I won't endure....

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Are you laughing at me? 
I can feel your snicker;
Look at me and say it,
but you are not that brave;
Baiting you I admit;

Are you laughing at me? 
I’m already fed up;
You really shouldn’t taunt
more than you bargained for;
I’ll give you what you want;

Are you laughing at me?
Took a second and thought:
Rude is anger’s foreplay;
Not buying into it,
I will just walk away....

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Sarah Shopper!
Coupon please budget-y listen
and bankruptcy understand

That ATM Terminator is out there — 
It can’t be mall bargained with,
nor consumer reasoned with

An Automated Teller Machine 
doesn’t feel purse pity,
or cancelled check remorse
Or insolvency fear

And it absolutely 
will not cash register stop,
checkout ever!
Until you are empty pocket dead...

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What have I wrought
When I bought
That universal translator?
Now alien races contact me
I'm scared of what might
come later...
Abduction for me?
I'm afraid to see
Any more than I do now...
So back to Radio Shack,
The translator I'll repack,
And ask for my money back
I got more than I bargained for
When their code I did crack,
Cause now I know,
It just goes to show...
I know they'll soon attack!...

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He 
left his
cowboy hat
on interstate
seventy- five
double crosses
both belong to his love
but she to the Kingdom
his cheating lips kissed too many bottle necks
We promised him refuge from his own mind
But he only bargained for more time
And those Words were just cold steel blankets
Over a warm body, so he hung his boots
From the willow tree, over our Altar place
Surprise colored me
As he
Wept for
Us...

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Every effort must pass through the peel like orange
the desired is the only way, there’s no range
and having a taste difficult to be bargained for any exchange
thus, anything other than perfection is mange.
Doing it right is limited, just doing becomes strange
giving a helping hand to keep things arranged
is like putting a spoilt urban model in a Grange.
such a soul is easily irritable but yet not ready to change....

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You've got me trapped inside your well
I have only these fake smiles that I can't sell
Everyone knows I've got no way out
You've stuck me where you wanted and I've got no doubt 
That your sitting up there, I can hear you laughing
You can tell you've won from all this trouble that I'm having 
With wiping you out of my life and getting my slate clean
This is so much more than I bargained for, when forgetting you seems so obscene...

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Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance...
The five stages of grief;
It's been a year now and still I've no relief.
I'm still in denial; you did not die.
I still can't accept it, even though I try.
I've tried bargaining, 
But the anger is always there;
Depression is my friend,
I pretend not to care.
Acceptance is for fools;
I have no bargaining to spare.
I can't deny my anger,
When acceptance is never there....

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I hate it when they say I'm pretty
I hate it when they don't explain
I'm not pretty
I'm ugly
I'm a monster no one should love
I hurt
I scare
I'm the only monster they want to be friends with
I hate it
I don't get it
The fact that I'll hurt them more than they bargained for
They'll get hurt
But insist to never leave my side
I hate it
I hate the fact that I'm a monster
But still
We will see how long they last
Before they run
And regret meeting me...

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I bargained for apples at lesser price,
said she with a smile “Take it or leave it!”
“they are so delicious and bigger size!”

I bargained for apple at lesser price,
She and I had already dated thrice,
I was there for her and she knew it!

I bargained for apples at lesser price,
said she with a smile “Take it or leave it”!

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sponsor Edward Ibeh
written 01/11/2020
theme - Hobson’s Choice
ABaAabAB 
10 syllables per line poetry soup syllable counter...

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