Short Knee Jerk Reaction Poems

I once had a Doc take some stitches
Apparently not without glitches
Because now when I sneeze
I jerk at the knees
And kick people in the britches...

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A heart filled with love forgives

           what an empty one would not,

for love's a knee-jerk reaction

           that requires no thought.


(Liberum Divisa)


10-25-2020
original poem- "a knee-jerk reaction"
Liberum Divisa 2 Poetry Contest...

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By a HAIR, the bullet misses
There's more than meets the EYE today
But the river's MOUTH is too wide, 
My NECK of the woods far away

The weariness hard to SHOULDER
This BODY of water my bane
No where to go, with heaving CHEST
Hard to STOMACH the fear and pain

The rifle BUTT again is raised
This last LEG of my life, ends here
My KNEE jerk reaction to cry out,
At the FOOT of one who kills us deer!...

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I ended a life just like that.
It was the tiniest of creatures
Scurrying across my arm.

I didn't mean to do it, it happened 
Just that fast.

And after the deed was done, I reflected.
I felt an immediate loss. Brushing it away
I muttered to myself. I didn't want to do it.

It was a knee-jerk reaction, a human
Response .

As I have grown in spirit I have come to
realize that all of life is precious no matter 
and we all just want to survive....

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