Short Factored Poems

Change

The word itself meaning to modify or alter itself.

Whether for better or worse is factored in by choices we make

Change is inevitable 

im afraid

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Paraphrasing old Albert Einstein,
"Compound interest's man's greatest invention".
But you'll be financially in trouble,
Expecting your buying power to double,
Because he never factored in for inflation....

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In Calgary, they're in for a real deep freeze
With the wind chill factored in, temps will approach -50
That's not civilized
Staying indoors is advised
Here in Toronto, temps are more moderate at -30

lol...

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He wore a navy turtleneck
And man, he looked so cute,
An observation, I believe,
Nobody would dispute.

I can’t recall my outfit - 
Don’t know if it factored in - 
But on that night, our lives together
Somehow did begin.

Today we both remember
How our smiles were set aglow
On that February seventh
Forty-three short years ago....

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Children will generally meet your expectations
Especially when they feel loved and accepted,
When feelings are factored into many situations
When with their parents they feel connected.

They certainly deserve a cogent explanation,
Without anger and threats being interjected,
As to why their parents expect a cessation
Of the type of unacceptable behavior detected.

written June 28, 2021...

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Eternal wandering, laboring but at scythe
my thought seemed everlasting, saying ~ "I've"
abiding in thy softest grace, found live
that journey ~ taking fault, by its contrive.

Still journeying ~ that a destination's strife
might empty and compare its factored rife,
love empties not ~ nor jeers to emphasize
some latent hope, forgiveness realized ~

Thee, as my hope ~ His journey have arrived!...

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Hungary people can’t hold a grudge
They judged that it would never budge
Walled off by a dam
This heavy metal jam
Raspberry sludge was factored fudge


Author's note: Well, Stanley--it's another fine mess you've gotten me into.  It all goes to 
show how impossible it is to move liabilities off the balance sheet.  Enron, Worldcom, 
Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, and the debt crisis will strike again...and again...and again.......

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A system that pushes,
The boundary of memory,
Left me feeling useless,
With a future of drudgery,

Started off confused,
Not knowing a direct path,
Defeated and abused,
Sorted in the rough,

Initiative gathered as junctures passed,
Self-education, knowledge compounds,
Passion factored, failures do not last,
Reaching aspiration, a purpose profound,

Life follows no curriculum nor itinerary,
Perseverance and patience are life's best referee....

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