Short Two Cents' Worth Poems

The reason we never take criticism,
Is because it's always freely given;
And if you can't accept it, let pass,
The opportunity to criticize another; 
For while your two cents worth
Might have great value to some,
The one for whom it's directed
Might appraise your opinion
At exactly two cents....

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For your penny's worth of thought,
Please take two cents worth back.
For the destruction that you brought
With all that empathy you lack,
For your narrow vision tunnel
That's dug deeper than your tact,
We gift to thee a shovel
So your barbs you may retract.




17.11.11

Composed for Brenda Chiri's
"Judgemental People And Haters"...

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Tangled vines are relative
twisting way up into my family tree.
When we were young, still in college, 
my cousins all knew I needed a buck or two,
small amount just to get over a slump.
I finally asked for ten because
it would have helped me move on.
My rich bro gave me his two cents worth 
and I've really never wondered why.
But the others, only had excuses
growing from twisted, tangled minds.

I've included each one in my will now
a hundred dollars apiece from my millions....

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