Short Incautious Poems

C  aught and snared

A   nchored to a sharp hook

R   ash choice of "food"

P   roducing its' own demise


(rash in incautious of what it chooses to ingest)...

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Though this she'll deny
  I caught her incautious eye
staring at me, yes she was
  unabashedly

'Twas but a moment I grant
  the evidence scant
My word against hers
  in no court of law assured

Yet it matters not what she'll say
  at the end of the day
I know what I saw; and what I saw, I know
  builds my confidence so...

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    Of ocean’s roar, dark tales are told
      Of swimmers dragged into its fold 

    Incautious choices, foolish-bold
      Ne’er seen again, their bells have tolled 

    Of hairpin turns on mountain roads
      Huge semis bid farewell to loads

    Then likely starts an avalanche
      Once boulders fall, they can’t be stanched 

    When life’s not valued, thrown away
      To God we turn and fervent pray


             ~ Iambic Tetrameter ~
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The target keeps shifting
brains fly around, bad ideas rain down.

There should be no limit of 'takes'
for the hunting season,
for the sky is thick with dumb notions.

Some are just silly, some are malignant
Good intentions quack like ducks
feathers flying, beaks flapping like fork.

Just when we think the sky is all clear
here comes a kamikaze goose
dropping turd-thoughts.

It takes a keen eye to clean up
unless one smacks you
because you forgot to duck....

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