Short Self Satisfied Poems

Fra Baccio Bartolomeo
left many altar pieces on show
 people having double chins& chubby cheeks
the self-satisfied look he did seek*

*https://www.wikiart.org/en/bartolomeo-veneto...

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Who are these? 
Pinstripe assassins, 
That stride; self satisfied, 
The world is theirs, 
To do as they wish. 
Sipping coffee, 
From little white cups 
Guardians of the system. 
Soldiers of capital, 
Unreal....

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Sensual Steampunk Sally
Metals clanging as she walked
Slight peek of white eyelet lace

Black thigh high stockings
Matched her confident swagger
And self-satisfied look

We pirates watched in admiration
As she commandeered our ship
Stealing our breath and making us go weak

Who is she? Someone asked me
I dared not think of her at all
Afraid I would melt...

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a lonely vessel
of timber and twine
adrift a serpent
of galactic black
fireflies of light
are the reflections of the stars
sable banks
smell of the wildness it hides
the flicker of a flame
the hiss and pop of tobacco
bluish smoke rings
reaching for the heavens
a face cast in shadow
hints at the self satisfied smile
of one who knows
what it is to be free
if love had wings
his craft would fly...

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Without you I feel things differently
No longer my lonely content
My self-satisfied substance
Now it seems vacuous, blank.

Without you, I cannot imagine
That I have not changed
A new globe of enchantment
Now possesses me.

Without you, I cannot tolerate
The absence of your smile
Your gentle words
Your wisdom

Without you, I'm drifting 
Past desolate shores
Suffering these thoughts
Without you...

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The leopard ...
shining so brightly
as one of the earth's
truly
most truly ...
utterly beautiful
animal
creatures,

which here we see
held aloft,
stone dead,
after being hunted
by two of
the earth's
bravest ...
oh so brave
human beings,
the mighty ...
oh so mighty,
Trump
sons,

here smiling
& self-satisfied,
holding the body
for a picture,
this once living
breathing
& utterly
beautiful
creature,
a once radiant
but now dead
leopard....

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