Short Parsimony Poems

Omnifarious cancers
Appear to elutriate the air
To the sharp turning leaves of parsimony
as fallacious acts brand us
and the flourishing hunger
betwixt our passionate fidelities
with loveless hues of death...

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My best friend just had 
   her wedding ceremony
She's as hap-hap-happy 
   as a new bride can be

What's her groom's name, you say
  Why, it's John P. Marconi
We suspect she doesn't know
   the 'P's for Parsimony...

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Two hearts unite in holy matrimony
  Pledge their troth in sanctimony

Yet in a year or two, up springs acrimony
  The likely cause, ungentle parsimony

All that money spent on pomp and ceremony
   ~ Was better saved for alimony...

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     Words are phantom neckties
        in and out of style they go

     From parsimony to paisley
        ignominious to indigo

     From wide to narrow
        sissified to antihero  

     Here today, gone tomorrow
        their return, beg or borrow 
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To Phillies fans, there is great news as of late.
This season, J. T. Realmuto will be back behind the plate.
Many consider him the best catcher in baseball.
For both hitting and fielding, this man can do it all.
Of course, his new contract called for more money.
You have to pay some more if you want quality.
In professional sports, there is little room for parsimony.

from www.mlb.com/phillies
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