Short Impositions Poems

not so funny, brother
when the bitter pills
of undue death
hit the rain-leaked roofs -
when the bomb-buried legs
shoot out 
fearing for the unready burial -
when the pregnant woman
in dying curses the unborn
child from afflictions 
& impositions of poverty -
then 'tis then
that a toad runs at noon for naught!...

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With gifts to buy and then to wrap
And cookies needing baking,
The holidays become a trap
Of joy we’re sometimes faking.

We have to follow set routines
To honor our traditions,
But often what that really means
Is life with impositions.

Many love this time of year
And find it fun and merry
But, Scrooge-like as I may appear,
Does it annoy me? Very!
...

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