Short Too Greedy Poems

Upon our palms
Hidden lines of the unknown
Revealing the secrets of 
Our past, present and the future
Wouldn't they change
For a brighter future
Maybe they won't
Because
Man is too careless
Too stubborn
Too greedy
Too selfish
And too proud
To change
Even his own image
Even when he's given a chance...

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Your father was a rabbi
and for you religion was not a hobby.
Serious as business 
was a belief endevour

until you converted into Christianity,
as you were concerned with eternity.
Spiritual solace you gained
from Lord but hardly.

Telegraph with news was speedy
and you were a business man
involved with money
but never too greedy....

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silent breeze, with swift precison
 
strips without notice.
 
taking all that it touches with it.
 
but it is too greedy,
 
and takes more than it can carry
 
leaving a trail of briliant reds and yellows
 
-the evidence of a grand theft.
 
with no one to challenge the autumn breeze,
 
it continues over yonder in search of the fabled fall
 
and its gilded trees...

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My Little Miss does not do 'aloof'
One kitty dash as I sit, and poof!
Lap kneading, too greedy
Head butting, so needy
I declare love, but she demands proof-

No Sunday sleep-ins will she allow
Every 6 a.m. is time for chow!
Pawing, purring alarm
Furry butt on my arm
No snooze button shuts off her meow-

4/21/20

For Janice Canerdy's "Limerick" contest

The syllable count was confirmed on howmanysyllables.com...

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