Short Cynic Poems

stormy cotton cloud 
billowing fresh emerald green 
shrouds the old cynic...

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Want to put an end 
to all weapons 
of mass destruction?
Start with humans....

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Naive,
Follow the crowd,
Never question the truth,
One plus one may not equal two,
Cynic....

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Cynic unknown bantu baptize daily.
Daddy fatback dough friends maker.
Songs harmony hardy....

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We must be vigilant to 
the shards of  radiance and splendor 
that flash 
before our squinting cynic eyes....

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Enthusiastically sarcastic
Optimistic cynic,
How I attract to you is drastic, 
And none other could mimic....

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Number 7:

CYNIC



Who can forget a liar
Or a peace maker's sigh
Who lights a burning fire
For reasons who knows why




Leon Enriquez
20 December 2014
Singapore...

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THE CYNIC TAKES A CHANCE AT LOVE

I pay the price for last night’s dance
Sizzled love was just a chance
But we’re both enriched
Call a cab to take me home
Or I will find a street to roam--
Another night of ditched...

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A beggar must have a gimmick
And one that others can't mimic
To open the purse of a cynic
Yet keep him out of a clinic

A beggar sits there scheming
Though you may think he's dreaming
And that may leave you steaming
But it leaves the rich guys screaming!...

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This is the flow of Cynic wit,
But here, within, I tell no lies
Whom so patient to idly sit,
And observe the passer-by?
In the Night, like ships we pass,
A silent break in the waves me make
Frigid waters in iron-cast,
And in my Heart there sticks the stake!

*A nod to Poe :)...

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The salted sea,
capricious,
Captures dreams unguarded,
to roar in glee   and toss toss,
to crash against   his hardened sands.

Dreams be fragile.
Best to guard   and   gentle nourish,
protect against   the cynic salts,
the doubting hearts 
and the deep and salty sea....

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I get this cocky feeling when I hear
that another cardiologist died this year.
And my laughter becomes hilarious
when the cause is arteriosclerosis –
brought on by plaque-clogged arteries,
overweight and junk food calories.
(Serves them right for not practicing
what to others they’re always preaching.)...

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It took a comment to play it openly
in my mind...
where do i stand in this?
I have a question to be answered with
realism i guess...
maybe my optimism is fighting
asking for the opportunity
to be life-like.
Quickly,
i hid
the cynic came looking for 
my company
Crouched behind hope,
the cynic tapped...
i shudder
facing my unwanted friend......

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Reaching for the sun, 
Basking in its radiant light,
We play and run,
The blue sky is clear sight.

The fields are lustrous green,
Summer holds the fort,
The air is fresh and clean, 
A brisk walk keeps the mind taut.

Where daisies flourish,
We'd sit for a picnic,
Tales and laughter mesh,
We tie with hope, none is a cynic.



May 20, 2022....

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Not a good year for the roses

Cut price Valentine roses
languish in black buckets
heads drooping like a rejected lover

Calorific candy confectionery in boxes
covered with cardboard love hearts...
still waiting to pass ruby red lips

‘Be my Valentine cards’
now half price -
buy yours ready for next year!



2/15/19...

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Listen to poem:

in the chill of morning air
a presence surreal yet tangible

its silence a fulfilled longing
as the sun begins to rise

life in all its glory revealed
within a grander plan

still the cynic caterpillar
refuses to believe



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology book ~WHAT IF THIS IS ALL THERE IS~ 2023

AP: 3rd place 2021

Posted on August 27, 2021...

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A bird unaware of flight,
A sword unaware of blood – 
That’s me. And I’m scared to fight,
My blade cannot slash, cannot cut.

I will say I am a cynic,
That I’m a great bore, cruel, petty.
And people are apt to believe it, 
They see that my soul is empty.

I’ve never been charming and bright.
Whoever will understand me?
Oh, it is so easy to hide
That I was born a romantic....

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Equanimity

Don't be too sad
  or be too angry
Too good or too bad
  Have equanimity.

Mine isn't a cynic mind
  or inclined to pain
Nor pleasure-blind;
 a confirmed villain.

          *

Guided by patience
More so, resilience 
Sameness of mind
Will protect the rind!

When in dire need
You'll act with speed. 
In accidents, to panic
Is next to Satanic!...

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The view
How you see the world bubby,
 depending on your age,
naive as the sunshine,
then you turn another page,
the cynic type is coming,
have another beer,
someone bloody wist in it ,
its tasting might queer,
but then you're thin in plenty,
old tripe whose bones do ache,
stop yappin bout serenity,
lets have another steak....
(obscenity)  Don Johnson...

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The Universe plays games with a cynic,
building a refuge of restless comfort;
Not knowing what road I’m supposed to pick,
every one met with a clever retort;
Chaos feels like it’s blowing me apart;
So much solace with your monotony,
but crazy is all that’s in it for me;
Over and over just spinning around;
Simply a paradox actually;
Feeding a current even as you are drowned....

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Within the confines
Of an infinite space,
An illusion of freedom
Looms over us.
We’re brainwashed as children,
Then live to die.
Anchors of trauma,
Curses of choice.
They keep us in place.
Yes, tell me.
Argue that I’m wrong.
“Stop being a cynic,
People aren’t all like that!”
You can say whatever,
But you can’t sway me.
My mind has already been made.
And in my reality,
.sdrawkcab lla ti tog ev‘uoY...

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People flocked round badly hurt Paul,
Ten minutes ago had a fall
While he was playing rough football...
And they had to a doctor call, 
Then with chess players in a hall, 
Loved more than the card's near a mall
"No! His treatment not in this hall, 
For not being ethical at all...
Some First Aid and then my clinic...
At least, it'll save me one cynic!"
And you with a dislocation:
Get ready for relocation....

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In Religion born, immortality supplication 

Foolish of mind, venerate the decadent and rich 

Materialism bounds purpose to subjugation  

Governments intent satin stitch


Hypocrisy’s compassion

Devotion in profit

Discontent, humanity’s ration

History the incessant  prophet 


 Contrary of law, justice

Loves whisper, illusion

Salvations road, oneness 

Attainment not, forgone conclusion...

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On the energy waves of the eons,
Of lyric and line ever-forming,
One is injected, transported,
With all vibrations bursting
Through the human heart and mind,
The jolting edge of innovation
And every positive passion.

Even the cynic or child may sense,
When riding such a current,
The power native to humanity.
Synapses now malfunctioning
Cannot forever thwart their charge.
Mankind has the voltage needed
To mobilize all the connectors....

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Expositions delight, I have it now,
into the mirror I take a bow.
My narcotic panic,
for my inner wack cynic.

A saber in my hand,
ready for battles in the sand.
And drop focus onto my heart,
I just to began to start.

Tweak on my freak on,
constantly play like Tron.
but I cannot respond,
I'm going at her like James Bond.

Am I at a show?
Or just watching the traffic move slow?
Don't matter! - I won't go!
Not until this last rock does glow....

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