Short Unpunished Poems

Two robbers
mimed Bonnie and Clyde
without holding up folks with guns;
even the Law had no evidence of their crimes....

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Sentenced to the future,
for those sins unpunished now

Caught inside a fatal moment
—breaking sacred vows

(St David’s Pennsylvania: February, 2020)...

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I received a letter from the IRS
According to them, I’ve been overly blessed
No tax return
I’ve come to learn
Will come and go, unpunished, at this address...

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A false witness
Seldom goes unpunished,

So never profane
The name of a friend.

Guard your tongue
And choose your words,

Broken friendships
Sometime don't mend....

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blow a whistle —
in a pig’s eye*

stakes are high
the bright-eyed wrestler
will go scot-free**

9/27/2020

*denial or disbelief that something will be true
**unpunished...

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Human blasphemy

Nature's harmony destroys,

Unpunished Hubris! 






© Demetrios Trifiatis
     08 January 2018

*The pollution of land, air and water puts the future of humanity at risk....

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Man's transgressions of nature's order unpunished couldn't remain for long!*






© Demetrios Trifiatis
     08 January 2018

* Think of the natural law of cause and effect, of action and reaction....

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title here
which form
concrete where
answer question
with questions
no questiond
go
unpunished
punish me
brutality
words
words words
line me up
crookedly
crooked me
recital fear
title here
?...

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In the most anguished moments of my life
times when my mistakes cause me strife
I feel I deserve a birch wood beating
to go unpunished would be cheating 
and then I recall
that through it all    
with trepidation loomin'   
I am only human...

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Floating blasphemy

Nature's holiness destroys 

Hubris unpunished!
 






© Demetrios Trifiatis
      13 April 2018

* The result of polluting our planet is that many trash islands have been created. 

Campaigners are trying to get a floating garbage island the size of France recognized as a country in the North Pacific....

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king makers huddle recessed in dark
creators of history shrouded in mystery
old and wisened like great oak trees
internally vibrant cunning and silent

no good deed goes unpunished
dark hands with gold bands
mystery men of renoun
never a sound speak in whispers

comes to them a spark
they feed the spark till it comes aflame
more they say till flames a roar
they plot and scheme hidden away from all mainstream...

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NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED  
                     

             A favor for a neighbor...
. 
            Following the map , listening to a tune
            Suddenly, a mishap,  Car-jacked by a goon!
            Took my keys and hit the breeze
            Such a little punk, the jokes on you
            When you open the trunk, Boo Hoo Hoo
            Squirt, squirt, squirt
            EWWWW , Bet that Skunk Stunk!...

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S)cars Are What They Are.
C)uts are deep.
A)nger dwells inside
R)age becomes you
S)ilence is the end.

A)ctions make wounds
R)ibs are broken
E)yes stay swollen

W)rist's  are bruised 
H)ate engulfs you
A)buse is from you
T)humb's are sliced

T)oes are blue
H)ead has gashes
E)lbow's have rashes
Y)elling will not go unpunished

A)rm's are knifed up to the bone
R)eality here is death that awaits
E)ngulfed in horror is my life....

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Who Is That Masked Man
Miracle Man
October 6, 2023

Many will see him as being another schnook,
perhaps questioning if he’s ever had a real job.
But in my mind I see an unpunished crook,
someone with possible connections to the mob.

Each day his cognizance needs clarifying,
but in his world he’s convinced he’s grooving.
He hesitates saying “if I’m lying I’m dying,”
because he typically is if his lips are moving.
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God only knows what power and danger 
the human brain and mind proposes

If lead to believe that confession and
absolution from ones sins and bad deeds 

Can simply be prayed away on any given 
sunday

Or salvation can be bought
via donation

Then what is indeed to stop 
any of doing bad instead of
good 

If our deeds are to go unpunished
as they will always be forgiven

May as well just carry on regardless
like naughty children...

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no good deed goes unpunished
no bad deed unrewarded
just deciding which is what
the altruistic and the sordid

depends upon the angle of view
what an act is deemed to better
and who it might be bettered to
gain advantage, and who's the debtor

gray is life's chromatic scale
certainty colored by present perception
think our discernment to no avail
that may be our own self-deception

clarity is the provenance of youth
blurrier is wizened maturity's truth

© Goode Guy 2012-11-14...

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I told her I would walk her dog,
She had been ill, was in a fog.
So off we went on our little jog
When Fido spied a pesky frog.
Off at a sprint, over a log,
And the two of us landed in a bog.
Clothing's wet, it's all a-sog
Because of this here blasted dog.
Neighbours eyes are all agog
As back up the street the two of us slog.
So the next time she offers a cup of grog
I'll not be suckered into walking the dog.





for Dane Ann Smith Johnsen's "good Deeds" contest...

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