Short Perfunctory Poems

a crow flies by
our perfunctory glance
both stuporous and apathetic
refusing energy exchange 
an opportunity missed

07-December-2022...

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It's time that you were disabused,
of notions that I am bemused,
but if you feel I am confused,
it will not leave my ego bruised.
I hope that I can be excused;
it seems my muse simply refused.
‘Obligatory’ has been used…...

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Peremptorily prone to perfunctory  purposeful  passionate pugnacious problematic preternatural preconceived pyrrhic perceptions predominantly pertaining to Peruvian parakeets pallid people partisan politics packed places and polished purple poodles....

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Meager attempts leave lofty goals out of reach;
while thin thoughts leech away my creativity,
I pry perfunctory pieces from flighty sources,
searching for literary gold.
Holding my hands in place, I wait to erase a mess,
in case someone decides to test my poetic valor....

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Stripped into auspicious
Feeding on vacuous
Tongue tied inversion
Masterful assimilation
Befuddled into coercion
The erection on creation
A fortress in distinction
Disentangled from catipulation
Disemburdened from aberration
Digression from complaisant
Dispensation of prerogative
Perfunctory of repurchase...

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Narrow Minded and Perfunctory

Is short-sighted, narrow minded and perfunctory,
And then Trump inserted lies into his each story;
A weird sort,
Someone did abort;
Only President permanently remaining in purgatory.

Which is worse. Tower of Babel or Tower of Trump
in a golden shower in a dossier.


Jim Horn...

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releasing completely the moments gone by
thus free from fetters of memory imagery
recalled only in a manner perfunctory
there is no cause for heart to sigh

nonchalant is movement of time 
held firm in the sconce of vast space
with no goals to chase, we invoke grace
transcending duality betwixt God’s bliss chime...

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Promises are not like diamonds or steel.
Many times, they cannot be perceived to be real.
They appear to be soft, and without mass.
Often, they can shatter like thin glass.
Those were like the promises you made to me.
How they turned out to be perfunctory.
Just like the darkness before the dawn,
I closed my eyes, and you were gone.
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Marriage of 2
Sons X 3
A daughter was never to be
We based their lines 
on signs Astrology
hoping for that perfect blend.
Little did we know 
their independence would grow
Overcoming us parents in the end.
Our makeup is as follows:

M-Catastrophic caring Cancer
F-Perfunctory pensive Pisces
S-1 Technofreak file Taurus
S-2 Vice versa vagabond Virgo
S-3 Contemplative cryptic Cancer...

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utterly bewildered 
I stood by the nightfall
of stilly midsummer
withering away
with my
westward companion

the glimmering light
of former fears
and penitent pocketbook
faded in a distance
and the imperious presage
of perfunctory morrow
drifted with driftwood
into the vast greenish seas

then the evening was renewed
with foliage flavor
willows and poplars
entwined and enthralled
and according to accordion
divine divers live in flatlands...

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