Short Briefer Poems

Wife Lucy gave me the dickens for being late
                     How could I say I had an appointment with Kate
                                    Kate was creamy saucy
                                     How could I be bossy?
                    Yes I admit those things could be briefer -ill fate...

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Here he lies lifeless
He whose hands had many healed
though unsung by some

Now, we cheer him home
Down his homestead, we set him
Our selfless hero!

Pain is the pleasure 
of earthly patriotism...
Fame is for a time

Though the rose blossoms
on fields where good does not stay, 
it withers at dusk

Kindness lives briefer
Twilight comes after sunset
All is vanity!...

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