Short Resentfully Poems

Live your life gratefully,

       believing it's been blessed.

       It will happily be so.


Spend it resentfully,

       believing it's been cursed.

       That's how its gonna go!...

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A love story too  
 
We are making love
But in your eyes I see
You think of someone else.
At climax
You shout out the name
“Rudolf.”
Who the hell is he?
I resentfully ask.
The red-nosed reindeer 
You say and smile....

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Step away, step further back
 you unexpressed feelings are more than I lack.
Once you said you loved me,
 whispered in shallow breaths cautious and resentfully.
It was more a trap than a declaration
 that inspired my brief anticipation.
In your eyes the truth was clear
 you simply had too much beer....

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The Way of Tyrants  (Tanka)

Red nosed circus clowns 
Behind mad grins… hate the laugher 
As with dictators 
In absurd fantasy uniforms
We hoot only when they fall.


Tyrant in his cave
Resentfully reflects on life
 Western big shots came 
Ate roasted lambs in his tent  
How could he be so gullible?...

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With mid- October, summer heat has come to an interim close.
A sweet sensation creeps into every sinew as coolness pervades the air.
Autumn wind, shaking the withering leaves, whistles, and blows.
Trees once clad in green livery are stripped off and made bare.
Now, the sun’s golden beams, a pallid shade resentfully wear....

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