Short Hamstrung Poems

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stairway
to heaven bound
has step-wise tiers
strewn with slippery slides
snaking down to land head first ~
rung hamstrung...

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Quintain of: sorrow, despair, agony, misery, lament scoring 
pain
Dolesome drum o'er jaded psyche taps a dark, palling 
refrain
Hamstrung harp bridled soul with dissonant chords 
enchain
Shrill flute a dreary, eerie melody wafts o'er drifting 
swain
Melancholy tenor of wailing violin doth all availing hope 
drain...

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            Power is a mighty powerlessness.
                 Power is  a hamstrung powerlessness.
                 A desperate power is the beginning
                 of the end of powerlessness.
              A dominant power is an impuissant
                 chimera.
               Power is a reflective powerlessness.
             Unrequited life is  an unwavering  powerlessness.
           A supine powerlessness is a source of unfortunateness....

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