Short Preoccupation Poems

Perfectionism
Preoccupation with rules
Orderly, rigid...

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It is so big, and yet so small,
preoccupation with oneself.
If you are small you would be tall,
a poor man, yet desiring wealth.
Be satisfied with your own lot,
strive to better it, indeed,
and look to him less fortunate,
be grateful you don't have his needs....

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The intrepid Admiral David Farragut during the Battle of Mobile Bay,

Urged his hapless seamen to battle with these immortal words that day:

"DAMN THE TORPODEOS - FULL SPEED AHEAD!"

Easy for you to say, Admiral!  (Who was safely ensconced in the 'head'!...

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THIS
, my preoccupation,
, my concern,
, my consternation,
, my ire, 
, my part,
, my grace,
, my fortune,
, my delight,
, my bliss,
, my light,
, my poise,
, my lady,
, my love,
, my life,
, for you,
, for Rin,
, for Minnie
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-...

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It is so big, and yet so small, 
preoccupation with oneself. 
If you are small you would be tall, 
a poor man, yet desiring wealth. 

Be satisfied with your own lot 
and strive to better it, indeed, 
and look to him less fortunate, 
be grateful thou hast not his need....

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Future of infinte pain,
+something you don't want to do x
the difference in these loving eyes,
carry the once and future king of england,
The sum of this is a very rich man.
This years preoccupation is written on the leaves that have fallen on the path i walked all year.
As leaves from trees.
Transience is gold dust under your fingernails....

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Repristination of our nation
calls for hours of restoration.
Political powers hold their station
in hopes of that next election elation,
glad of their occupation
though to us it is agitation.
Perhaps we can find a situation
wherein we voice our refutation
of their personal preoccupation,
without instigation
or castigation....

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desire

                            covetous, thirsty

                 arousing, enticing, pursuing

eagerness, ambition, madness, preoccupation

                stalking, fixating, concerning

                      complex, pathological

                                obsession



Date written: 04/30/2023...

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Dive deep into my thoughts 
And tell me what you’ll unravel.
Have you lost your way in your search 
Or got tangled in a tight web?

“The mess is my fault, I know,
I’ve been there.”


You see, the seeds that I’ve sowed,
Oh, how they have sprawled - relentlessly.
Beyond the control of mind,
From where they were conceived.

“To be lost in in your own thoughts,
Is to be absorbed in preoccupation.”...

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The nations
Enervation
Continuation
Down hill slide

Occupation
Other countries
Causing harmful
Loss of pride

Will the donor
Operation
Give me back
My heart inside

Is there no peace
Preoccupation
All the weapons
Try to hide

Is there only
My salvation
In my hope
Is it a lie?

Can there be
A place to where
Laws are written
Undenied

Will there be
A place where only
Words are spoken
From inside...

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Teacher, teacher what are you doing there? 
You'll never find Mr. Goodbar in that snake pit.
Preoccupation with admiration is making you late.
Stop this insanity, madness abate.
Anticipating a prince but getting a frog
Absence of clarity
Walking into a thick, dense fog.
Trusting and naive
The amphibians deceive
And take your very breath from within you
So much strife, the end of life
And never finding that Mr. Goodbar....

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Worrying about today
Unaware of the now
Such a travesty in life
It makes you wonder how

Preoccupation of a thought
Infectious cognitive disease
Autonomic habitual patterns
Dire; never pleased

Clarify your perspective
Learn to trust your gut
See through a clear glass lens
Rest assured - you’ll have good luck

The sky begins to open
Miles and miles of clear blue sky
Deep breaths in troubled moments
No more need to wonder why...

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Sell their bodies and their souls
They've lost all control

Their eyes are glazed with a film of desperation
Agitation, preoccupation

Basic needs no longer shelter or food
Only one avenue is pursued

Begging, stealing, money is air
How it's obtained, they don't care

Health and hygiene gone with the rest
Nothing matters they're obsessed

There's no love to give family or friends
All their love goes to the ends


Everlast - Ends...

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I wonder if I’m the only one
who smells the fetidness
of dead daylilies,
carrion that lies concealed
off the beaten path.
Could it be my preoccupation with death lately?
Reviewing my will, perusing my prepaid
funeral expenses and life insurance,
that have acutely enhanced
my sense of smell for the morbidities
of death.
It’s not a pleasant state of mind
to live with and act unconcerned
concerning the inevitable conqueror worm....

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Disgrace
Surrounded by adulations, you flaunt your expectations. 
Undue repercussions, desiring gratuitous acknowledgement of your affluence and good fortune. 
Reminders of turbulent open tribulations, slamming the door and watching you crestfallen as you fall from grace. 
What you call a miracle intervention when really you should do penance for the chaos unleashed.
Pedantic overflow snuffs out my exhilaration.
Is my preoccupation really but a side effect of my own disgrace?...

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fear we have too...  it is called self-preservation... fear

scared all the time... in daylight and in darkness... scared

women forced to live with this preoccupation...

in certain countries a way of life for all women...

discrimination in all its forms a fear that should never be

inadvertently enforced by governments ... maybe... discrimination

a life of solitude... once did exist in until the west invaded

distant lands where we killed... enslaved... solitude decimated......

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