Short Unpaid Poems

Shrinking dollars
Unpaid bills
Wealth unfolds...

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I can't tell you now
for my voice was lost today
reposessed unpaid...

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Overworked and stressed 
unpaid bills piling to sky 
lack of sleep daily...

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beady eyes...darting
here and there... angst-reflectors
       unpaid prairie guard...

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 towering cliffs dark
carved sculptures frozen in time~
the unpaid sentries ...

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Disbursing our lives in a state of malaise,
scars become currency
—for debts still unpaid

(Dreamsleep: March, 2021)...

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A homeless fart, an unpaid lease
Evicted through a darkened crease
This eviction note
On air it will float
Carried out by the fart police...

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The road taken,
a path unwalked,
direction unto fate

A choice is made,
the debt unpaid
—redemption coming late

(Dreamsleep: July, 2021)...

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'Tis said that Mercury is in retrograde.
Is it just an astrophysical charade —
An illusory cosmic joke being played?
Is the wee beggar's energy bill unpaid?...

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Neglected by you, 
The simplest form of abuse

Not photos taken, so none to fade
Ransom for love still unpaid

Might as well have given me away
You were a mother only in name...

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Net working hard,
Even to the UNO,ILO and HR organizations,
Twenty four hours a day,
All the seven days,
All holidays,
No quota of leave,
Unpaid,
Free,
A genuine social worker!...

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He couldn't stand her temper tirades
   She ranted and raved about bills left unpaid

A tragic couple they were, a perfect mismatch ~
   Their marriage contract containing no escape hatch...

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Trump's dynasty is surely collapsing
His Atlanta hotel is almost vacant and crumbling
Pieces of concrete
Are falling to the street
Guess the date on his unpaid bills is elapsing...

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My desk is a mess;
I’m nothing less.

Stacks of paper, unpaid bills.
I render the scene with bottles and pills.

Rectifying my being; brainwashing my head,
Writing my character off in a script already dead....

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His fin is at play in my soup... Afraid!
He’ll nibble my fingers and bod with blade!
Ordered the big bowl —
I’ve no self-control.
The waiter will consider check unpaid.

12/26/2018

Sponsor: Anthony Slausin...

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Memories are expensive
spent on looking back
Unpaid moments lost in time
debts for what we lack
Overdue nostalgia
debiting supreme
Clouded statements left unrhymed
—mortgaging our dreams

(Dreamsleep: May, 2023)...

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drawn to be with such as she,
thought she could never fit,
does karma want this destiny?,
unpaid fines on poor Tom-tit?
Don

Why are we drawn to unsuitable lovers, 
perhaps we owe a previous unknown debt,
 from another time....

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Giving in to the writing
  all else went to hell

The bills stayed unpaid
  one room left to dwell

Giving in to the writing
  I rolled the last dice

Two dots facing upward
 —and paying the price

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)...

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Scantily skipping imp,
Feet floating
Like an electrified shrimp,
Shoe sole flapping
Like an unpaid pimp,
Flamp-p-p 
           
Listing limping imp,
Toes knotting
Like a ballerina chimp,
Shoe tongue flopping
Like a deflated blimp,
Flimp-p-p...

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Both
Sides
Stubborn
Not budging
Washington impasse
The government shutdown drags on
While the furloughed and unpaid federal workers suffer
When will the captains of complacency in Washington finally end this madness?


Date written and written: 01/21/2019...

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As I clean my closet,
I find:
3 homework assignments
10 rubberbands
5 dirty socks (were is the sixth)
8 unhung shirts
6 pairs of pants
9 magazines
1 pair of glasses
3 unpaid tickets(jail time there)
1 broken camera
and the reason it's all still in the closet...

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EXPLULSION

Twisted portrayed
Lathered relayed
Unkept unpaid
Human unmade

Demon drawn
sunken within
Drenched in sin
Forbidden to live

Expelled expulsed
Repelled repulsed
Reviled exiled
Refired expired

purge the mighty soul
Rid the toxic mould

Beauty to behold...

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a...full loss (of 'why')
be as

a...fun damn! (mental trap)
that's as

a...(full a soap hic-call) problem
being in

a...shower (the ringing of a phone)
disturbs you in

a...way too loud manner (that's a full-loss-of-ease)
over

a...filed loss-of-fees (concerning unpaid bills)
in the mail


stan sand
...

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I sense that there are stories
Bigger and more grand
than I can comprehend
That I'm a part of somehow

But I only see this

Cooking my lunch
Clipping my nails
Thinking of unpaid bills
And unwashed dishes

Feeling smaller still
With no heroic deeds
Just living my life
Utterly normal indeed

Is this my story?...

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A voice rings 
and seals the room-
colouring purpose,
the mind of the author, becoming 
a cry of pain and laughter, vibrato,
trembling in the ghost of genius,
reverberation, 
the shadow of desire
being the madness of man, unpaid
but selfless in this gift of self,
He is his voice, and only that,
intangible, love for sake
of love....

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