Short Tack On Poems

The light bounces off the walls as i awake in a room that constantly changes. It shifts
and changes colors and shapes, while i remain the same. While years tack on age and length
and weight. I remain unchanged, like a statue, frozen with my memories.  Waiting to be
undone; here just waiting for what?...

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Give me an a. 
Add an N and a G.

Put on a B
Take off the G

Tack on a D.
Toss off the B.

Now you can add whatever letter
you want to the engine.
Sand, stand, gland, rand

Wonder why reading is so complicated?
But why are we not teaching phonics?
I am lying in my veins today looking at this
with concern…...

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An axiom I heard once states:
If you always do
What you've always done,
Then you'll always get
What you always got.

To paraphrase and reiterate:
What's worse,
Waking up one morning
And realizing you're not
What you hoped you'd be,
Or realizing you still are
What you always were?

Tack on this wisdom to round out the plot:
You can only do the best you can,
So remember as you start each day,
Tomorrow hasn't happened yet,
And yesterday is best forgot....

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