Short Fraidy Poems

The " Fraidy" bat flew high away
The "Fraidy"bat said he hated night more than day
I asked him why things were so,
He told me of the time he was molested by a moth named "Bo"
My ears were so violated by what I heard, I didn't know what to say...

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There once was a fraidy cat
  so afraid, it encouraged a rat
The rat bit the cat, it took a big bite
  but even then the cat would not fight

So the rat bit off some more 
  into the guts of the cat he tore --
Yet the rat denied that he was at war
  ‘twas a ‘feeding frenzy’ ~ safe to ignore...

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Recalling 2011
Written: by Miracle Man
August 12, 2021

A violent wind, thunderous, and loudly,
moves some stationary things it touches.
If in the “fraidy hole” hunkering proudly,
you've evaded mother natures clutches


“It’s an all-too-human frailty to suppose
that a favorable wind will blow forever.”
Rick Bode
...

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View From A Fraidy Hole
Miracle Man
2/9/2024

Thunder began filling the Heavens with noise,
and occasionally, lightening would crack.
A tornado warning had stolen my poise,
and at that precise moment the sky turned black.

It was just a brief moment and it had passed,
a rainbow and damage was all I could see.
The tornado siren gave an all clear blast,
I escaped major damage-God heard my plea.




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I'll race you to the corner
   Watch me do a wheelie
Want some ABC gum*
   Mary is a fraidy-cat...

As we age, inevitably badly
   and enter our final phases
The cruel lash of time
   contorts these treasured phrases

I'll race you to the coroner
   Watch me in my wheelchair
Want some more oxycontin
   Mary is a vegetable...

Hate to be so grim
   but when the fix is in
All we've left is words to say
   'til dementia takes those away



*ABC = already been chewed...

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