Short Unaffordable Poems

Trying to purchase the trust of a Taoist judge
or the wisdom of a sagacious teacher
is like trying to buy love from a healthy nutritionist,
s/he may be for rent to the highest bidder
at a sliding-fee designed to remain mutually unaffordable,
but most holistically
(and often huffily)
not for sale....

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I - If it were possible to live

L - Life all over again,
O - Of course I'd still my heart give
V - Verily to your embrace.
E - Each time my nasty pain

Y - You come to my aid to chase,
O - On my bill goes a debit
U - Unaffordable by my passion.

M - Mama, you're more than every credit
A - A lad like me would ever pass;
M - More than just a confession
A - Are these words from my stars....

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Spending My Income Tax Refund

By Elton Camp

For one like me, who to save lacks the thrift,
An annual income tax refund seems like a gift
In other years, there’s been no reason why
That something a bit special I couldn’t buy

An otherwise unaffordable gift for my wife
Or a vacation to relieve the monotony of life
This time the decision has been made for me
For it will go right into the gas pump, you see...

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Feels right to wake up fore the sun
Make coffee.
Sit up, not stopping over in a corner
Customarily unaffordable mornings
Trapped against my own wall 

The chattering is soothing
When the back drop of the noise box
Has subsided.

My dreams I care not for
The pretty dresses or tap shoes
Just a vulgar display of my worst side
Never the deep sleep caches me
I exclude it, hides around corners
Drifting in and out, between 
Awake and terrified....

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Ratchet Gentrification 
Sneaky Dislocation 
A People Sank Deeper Into An Abyss of Desperation 
No Lubrication....
In Summation....
Screwed... 
Without Consideration
of The Deprivation of Unaffordable Habitation 
Nostalgic Disintegration 
Of Memories Nesting in the hearts of Generations 
Shameful Demonstration of Humanity...
Straight up Insanity...
Sad to Say
Failure to Realize Damage Done Today...
Create a Price Future Offspring Will Pay.......

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