Short Calluses Poems

Man walks shoeless
Footprints on the beach
Does sand show calluses?...

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My hands,
Eroded by life’s troubles,
Quake in fear,
I see it approaching,
Intense and meaningful,
Is a subtle death....

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blue-collar worker
the calluses on his hands ~
a badge of honor



Date written: 08/11/2020...

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Picking and choosing,
really? That’s not how it works.
All or nothing isn’t easy,
create that mindset now!
Twice as instrumental 
in the execution of exquisite,
champions challenge themselves.
Eroding calluses with their will....

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Those men like calluses put a yellow tape:
"Do not pass!", and start sawing the iron.
And the iron cries.
I stay suspended as a bubble
and tremble. It is time for me to learn the truth:
I know how to fly - or I know how to become a callus 
waiting for those men to build 
some new stairs....

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Lines broken and crossed,
Weathered skin, 
Sun baked,
Fissured knuckles,
Short nails,
Old breaks
Crooked finger
Worn tips, 
Scars,
Wrinkles,
Big surface veins,
Hair, 
Blood blister,
Hard calluses,
Softened calluses,
Fresh scratches,
Small slivers,
Stained,
but ...
Awesome.
 
My hands.

Thank you, Lord....

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Hunker down people-nothing lasts forever.
stay at home until this Wuhan devil blows over.
it's not so bad... being home
You know the place you dreamed about
finally purchased with blood and calluses.

So man up-hunker down
there are airborne asps flitting about
man up-hunker down.
until this Wuhan devil blows over....

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Sid a sedentary popcorn
Married a pretty unicorn
They went for walk one day
Sid was crushed on the way
Unicorn was left with a corn 

Date: 8/29/2020 
Syllabus count : 8,8,6,6,8 check at soup poetry counter

Note : Corns and calluses are hard, painful areas of skin that often develop on the feet in response to pressure or friction....

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They tell a story,
these imperfections.
Every wrinkle's
an emotion sealed
by routine feedback.

Indents and scars
were carved with care.
Mistakes were made,
but you were spared.

Calluses
show your strength
through tough times.

Each crease
defines

you.


1-3-2021
A Diminished Hexaverse Contest
Sponsor: Caren Krutsinger...

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Reprogramming my mind.
No longer a caregiver, 
from now on I shall be overseer. 
My words the whip,
these daily tasks a cotton field 
of sorts. This child shall feel
calluses on his hands 
as he pushes himself 
from a lowly existence and 
pursues happiness like a 
homeless man who missed it. 
From embryo to prince, 
from idea to fruition, boy to man, 
he is my mission....

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I have calluses on the inside of my body.

I am smooth and polished on the outside.

But once you peel away my cocoon, you will find cuts and bruises.

My intestines are knotted, tied in one big bow.

My bones are cracked and discolored.

my muscles are tangled and weak.

My brain has pins in it, i am someone's voodoo doll.

But no one will ever know, i hide it so flawlessly.
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He climbs up rhythmically 
keeping his legs
within a ring of rope 
like his life.

Intuition assures
the ripeness; 
life-nut falls down  
from the tree top.

Just a slip
will end in all end, 
but practice
rarely slips.

Though the ways are hackneyed, 
he’s honeyed and free
under his calluses.

Morrows and yesterdays,
he never climbs upon.
He hugs today, green and yellow
like the coconut tree leaves....

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I purged my heart, and there's nothing left
 but sin it beats no more it's hard as a rock 
Help me from within please, God 
Come embrace me touch my pound of flesh 
Reshape me and remove the calluses 
Take me out of this paralysis 
Engulf me with your spirit 
Change me back make me a new being 
Taking my sins away Father God 
I need to be remade

3/15/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2022...

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Ideas
Trump 
Labor
It pays,
To be creative
Creativity
Is greener
Than the blue
Collar
Work force
Work is work
Physically
Mentally
Just as tiring
Mind’s drain
Body’s pain
All the same
Only contrast
Is the pay
Ideas,
Change the world
Labor builds
Ideas swarm the office
While labor,
Swarms the field
Golden rings
Calluses
Life
Glamorous
Or rugged
Though
Both are honest
Earned
So it may seem
Ideas
Trump 
Labor,
Blue
Ideas,
Make
Green...

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