Short Short Changed Poems

Life has changed 
rearranged 
feels deranged; 
I've been changed 
and short changed...

Still I breathe 
without seethe; 
Losing speed   
I choose need 
over greed 

January 14, 2022 
Sponsor	Joseph May
Contest Name	What's New...

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layered silence
ego subterfuge
a comfort zone

if there be not 
self-existent light
and ineffable peace
in a singularity 
that is in self renewal 
absolute and complete
abiding thus in itself
in restful contentment 

so if we be not as such
we are short changed

06-June-2023...

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we got reports about wars of all sorts
being fought in and out of forts
the retort of some is to snort fire
right before they expire
breathe in breathe out,
twist, shout
scream liar liar with pants on
or off
short changed, and undressed
in the streets,
dead or half way there
far from home
wherever you may Rome...

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fluffy delight
left by grateful spirit
found sometimes on  headdresses
or risqué fan dancers 
or Bob Mackie’s Cher costumes 
decorative in all ways
especially if you are a bird
owls are short changed though
White ones, blue ones, red ones
I feel honored as I find them
Male peacocks though, oh, my!
Nothing better!...

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Bonds are breaking cold
Upon the heart is all wealth
Nothing left but self

Secure in our fear
Violence has no heart left
Progress stumbles here

None depend again
Has love depended before
I have only me

The school of want gone
What can I learn without love
But hunger again

Guns without ears laugh
Machines without heart embraced
Victims of progress...

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