Short Unflattering Poems

Unflattering Echoes

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My echoes return
from barren canyon walls,
absent of the flattery,
I often seek from mirrors....

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I do not love for love,
Nor will I hate for hate.
Cannot, I, feel for you,
To just reciprocate.
Unflattering as is,
Unempathetic me,
An honest truth still is
Most complimentary....

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My co-workers in the hallway are laughing
I rush out to listen; but I must have missed the punchline
They are trying hard to like each other, I can see that.
Motormouth is talking, so I slink back into my room.
Glad she doesn’t include me; for she never listens to anyone
I think this is the most unflattering trait a person can have....

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“We’ve never seen a more beautiful sunset,”
Is what the locals said.
We were blessed with a double rainbow,
And you kissed gorilla rock,
With a cone on your head.
Your bride’s mates were ornate foul,
And the unflattering picture of a floating pregnant woman,
Is etched in my mind even now.
These memories of when our life together began,
Until my days on this earth,
Will never come to an end,...

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