Short Socialized Poems

Socialized servants
Domesticated door knobs
body politic...

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My friend came over 
For a moment I had him
But he left like clouds...

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Everything socialized
      all divided
      less well fare
      state,,,...

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gremilns dance
youth sees with joy
not too socialized yet to be part of the fey happiness brigade...

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Everything socialized, bliss, solitude...
      almost  all fairly shared
      less  control and direction.....

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Ostrich baby, thank God you cracked open at last
I wanted to help you, but other mothers were looking
I cheered you on silently as mothers must do when socialized...

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The Monk and His Genes

George Gregor Mendel.
Socialized with beans and tendrils.
He never planned to marry
After he and genes did tarry.


© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
January 22, 2010

Poetic form:  Clerihew...

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They are jazzy and jiggly
They dance when they hop
They giggle and twirl
They are the kindergarteners

The rest of us get out of their way
Smiling as we remember the days
Before we were socialized
And made to walk in an unbouncy line...

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professional home invaders don’t rob family homes
when they see signs of children they back off
because children are unpredictable
not socialized like grown ups
so put some toys in your driveway
and balloons in your window 
to remain safe...

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Testing teacher and I give each other a smile.
Does she mean it?
I didn’t.
She has been mean.
But I am socialized.
So I pretend.
As she does.
We are stuck in the same room for ninety minutes.
I pretend to like her.
Doubt either of us are fooled....

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I liked Democrats
when they acted like Republicans

(and)

I liked Republicans
when they socialized with Democrats

I liked women 
when they reveled in their difference

(and)

I liked men 
—when they didn’t act at all

(The New Room: August, 2022)...

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Festivals are celebrated
In grand feasts, a socialized and modified way
Only feasts are remembered
But 
Neither the interesting and mysterous stories or fairy tales
Nor the unique, strange, never-met ancestors
For they are too far away
To be understood
By the stonely hearts of this modern world...

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Twins! Our mother was excited 
Until she met me.
I was the odd one.

My sister was thrilled
But I was thrown out at birth.
My sister came back to visit sometimes

Until she forgot
Too socialized to come back
I was the wrong color

Not my fault
But I paid the price
Wrong color. Wrong life....

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Amazon delivery man tiptoes up driveway
Pretends to not notice my zebra pajamas
When he stumbles over ordinary words
I feel a bit of satisfaction that he cares more than I do.

Finally I am entirely non-socialized.
This was a long time coming.
Trixie, my muse, and I high-five each other.
Glad to finally be “us”....

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When will we take the Christmas tree down he asks me.
Being more socialized than I would ever be.
I kept a Christmas wreath up once until July.
I give him the “look” and he tiptoes away.
It is only Valentines Day. I am using this tree as a nightlight.
It is only two foot tall, after all and I love her fiber optic lights....

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I pretend I am malleable.
unsure why.
am I that socialized?
possibly.

my ideas used to be chameleon-like.
I could be talked into and out of things.
open to new ideas,
always seeking possibilities.

I could switch teams without a blink.
today I am less vulnerable
my ideas are not encased in cement.
but they are hidden beneath clay....

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Home is my husband’s hug.
It can come when we are in line at a coffee shop
But it doesn’t
Because he is more socialized than I am

Home is a look from his hazel eyes
That tells me we are in this together
Just the two of us
Our children abandoned us, remember?

Home is knowing that he will cry at a movie
Making fun of this and getting no flashback
This is Home...

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beautiful wedding
priest gave a lovely talk
message was “marry someone you are proud of”
Three couples broke up during the reception
Socialized behavior went out the window
Yelling, screaming, throwing of chairs
Rings were thrown
Accusations were shrieked
Guests got more than they paid for
Priest took another sip of red wine
Having no idea that he was the instigator of the mayhem...

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We got confused
They could hurt our feelings
But we were not supposed to hurt theirs

They could do evil things to us
And we were supposed to turn our cheek
Allow them to increase their target

We were supposed to be doormats
And allow them to wipe their steel toed boots on us
We did not question it; socialized the way we were

By a woman
Who would not have tolerated
Any misbehaviors from others....

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had my right lens changed
the left to be done next month
nice to see again

socialized health care
seeds social understanding
multi culture peace 

psychological
improvements in perspective
of the physical

eyes are difference
meaning a measure exists
betraying worlds

relativities
mainly hidden in shadows
till of recent late

now are as the key
to a world of new constructs
web of the matrix...

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I
The man said, we are treated as children
By almost every tradition and religion
As with goblin, gargoyle, fairy stories 
Socialized into fearfulness: losing memories, lives -

II
Jesus taught, "I have overcome!" Recall His Resurrection:
O death, where is your sting, O "sin" where is condemnation?
Whether one meditates on space, or my beloved "Sky-ness"
Humble gurus you prefer, Pursue Peace (Shalom of Jesus)...

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In while all my favourite Goddess
Socialized in a way ACE
Giving me company dining
Besides the ethics mining
Resembling Lord Minerva
Glowing with Sun-like aura
Now in yellow silk sari
You glitter my dear fairy
Pleasant dusk today has been
In thy presence umpteen
Perhaps this yellow hue
My most favourite true
Next time I want to see thee
In the same attire spree..!
Me taciturn at thy grace
For you are an angel ace..!!...

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Sponge Bob Square Pants must have originated with Boterismo
I can only imagine the responses by the socialized.
They would not have understood the blockish faces
Or the stocky blocky bodies drawn by Angulo

People with art in their souls readily understood it
Flocking to his shows in droves - duplicating and imitating
His art is not for everybody, but it is for those with soul.
Which is why it is recognized all over the world....

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Pru was trying to keep the purple and yellow caterpillar safe.
But he refused to be socialized, kept running off.
So Pru put him back into the grass and tried to socialize a snake.
He sneakily slithered off, giving out a small cough.

Pru was irritated now. For she wanted to boss something.
She finally found a mama’s boy to train and shape up.
He thought she was wonderful and took orders like a hero.
She and mama are both bossy; hard to say who wins the cup....

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Barnyard animals were intimidated by the bull.
He is from Chicago, he must be part of the mafia.
Whisper whisper gossip gossip

Barney was a quiet animal, he stayed to himself
He was not antisocial, just not socialized.
He wanted to have friends.
It had not happened.

He had no idea how to begin.
Whisper whisper gossip gossip the chickens and hens said.
There must be something wrong with him said the mean cows.
He was shy, and brilliant, but they never knew....

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