Short Disclaim Poems

Misname it
             Game it
           Shame it
             Inflame it

            Maim it
              Defame it
            Blame it
              Disclaim it...

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My brain
                          Should drain
                          The pain
   

                    My sundered heart 



                            Disclaim    
                            But in vain     
                             Sustain...

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You try it,
You even buy it,
You don't get it,
You claim it,
You disclaim it,
It works,
It doesn't,
Again, you denied it,
You pay, your stay: monthly, annually
You gain, sustain,
You barter, charter,
You bargain, you bust
it stays a must.
You cry,
You cuss,
You fuss,
Sign on the line
It pays
betrays
Rent -- it stays....

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I disclaim your anger
Every word I despise
despite your promises
my pounding your walls
my wish to change you
fails.

Your frenzied yells
bounce off my wall
no longer intimidated
impaired by paralysis
this force within
wins.

I fell for you
tiptoed around you
sometimes you accepted
or took me for granted
or used me as crutch

You are now imprisoned
within my indifference...

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Trapped on a raft
headed straight toward the falls
Unable to jump
without drowning then mauled 

The current unyielding
the banks close but far
New crafts sit there waiting
as destiny gnarrs   

The raft builders pointing
their fingers of blame
From one to the other
in shouts that disclaim 

Till that final moment
when lost in the mist
Goes down in the mayhem
— as lackeys insist

(Goodbye Joe: July, 2024) 
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Sebastian
couldn’t live
without saving
the walls
His paint
covering over
dire messages
 scrawled

All passersby  
witnessed 
each canvas
restored
Reframing
dark alleys
with hope
evermore

Sebastian
a warrior
of brush
and stroke fame
Graffiti
a pockmark
his quest
to disclaim

Alone
in his wander
where shadows
hold court
Each wall of new
slander
his palette 
— retorts   

(Dreamsleep: May, 2025)

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I feel no pain                                                                                  
Your love's so vain                                                                          
Leave me when I disclaim    
Your love's not for me

You mock me dear                                                          
Disheartened am I? Don't fear                                    
Believe me as I reclaim                                                              
Your love's gone with me...

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