Short Hard Facts Poems

bottles broken in my shop
no drinks for sale
nonsense search for happiness
in front of us hard facts
life with in all nakedness
nothing is promised to anyone
shakes hands from behind 
once they do not seperate over...

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A man fights his best against the cold hard facts:
Physics, chemistry, biology and time.
With these opponents he gamely interacts.
Toiling, with love and dreams, any peak he'd climb.
Watching sports, it's the underdog that attracts.
So, choose man with his aspirations, sublime.
Each victory we must cheer and celebrate,
Knowing as we do, the cold hard facts await....

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Bad men come, 
Bad men come ,
Machete, 
machete, 
run,
run,
Run.

The screams,
the hacks, 
the blade, 
the axe.
The cold hard facts .
The west reacts.

and for a moment we stop sipping our tea.

Clear the land, 
a masterplan.
No bullet speed,
enjoy the deed.

Machete come.

And the waves of blood cause only ripples in our little pond.

Bad 
men 
come....

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I signed up
I put my name on the line
To take a turn at happiness
And forget the sublime
They took me in a room
And said “take off your clothes”
We need to see if you’re gifted
Or simply disposed
Well I guess I missed the mark
I was an inch or two too short
So I guess that I'll never be 
A friend of Deep Throats
It seems like a pity 
Because I thought that
I could act
But it ain’t about that 
And that’s a cold hard fact....

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My, My, what a mess,
who will win,
the ballot test?
Can they make good,
on the promises made,
or into the abyss, they fade?
Will God be allowed,
shall truth be heard,
or just meaningless words?
Will the borders serve a purpose,
or remain just a word,
and able to cross, as if a bird?
Will factories flourish,
and our jobs secure,
or simply obscure?
Cold hard facts,
we must be told,
some things we should know...

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The universe will simply shrug


Bullets fly, wars be waged
People die, ‘pon worlds stage

Hopes and ambitions
Faith and traditions

Cold hard facts
And simple superstitions

All no more than
Wishful visions

All the world’s fine institutions
Despite man’s resolutions

In the end will be
Doomed to fade away

And the universe… will simply shrug
And go on about It’s way


62 words
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To know a man

to know a man
is to know what he expects
without him telling you

know what he hates
know what he loves
know what he wants

without a word said
his desires are understood
and prepared for him on a platter

but, once love, respect, and honor
has left the marriage, it becomes
all for nothing

there's nothing i can say that matters
nothing i can do that'll change a thing
just the cold hard facts he no longer desires me...

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COUNT TO TEN

count to ten
then 
back again

one last start
two lost hearts
three star courses
four sound choices
five deep dreams
six slip streams
seven mute skies
eight bound ties
nine steps back
to
tens hard facts

count to ten
then 
back again

facthardened
backstepping
streamslipped
dreamdeeping
choicesounding
coursestarring
heartloss
startlast

compasslocked
on


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© Kim van Breda—7 September 2015...

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Call yourself a journalist ?

I very much doubt you could even spell the word correctly

The devil's in the tabloid detail

Gossip and fake news

And how many time's a lie is read

So i remind you of the cold hard facts

You couldn't write a truthful story 

If it stabbed you in the back

Your reputation proceeds you and is both earned and well deserved

As you are the answer to the question ?

What is the difference between a reporter
and a hack ?

P.M is not a pseudonym...

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