Short Standoffish Poems

four ballerina beauties took a stroll
searching for a tutu they could all agree on
no one appeared to notice their beauty
not a surprise…
standoffish New York city dwellers...

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a negative aura 
exudes from within 
a standoffish shell 
of arrogance 
floating away 
on a swelled headed 
hot air balloon ride 
into the conceited skies
far and wide to never 
grace the humbled town again...

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Listen to poem:

Murmurs and mumbles
are sounds mimpathic.
Uttered with sympathetic feelings,
but without the guttural loud utterings
that empathy with heart-felt solidarity
and compassion demands.
Mimpathy falls short of full-throated emotional support.
Mimpathy is standoffish aloof and half-hearted.
Murmurings with mimpathy
are rather pathetic....

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