Short Upgraded Poems

Everything now made
   was once shattered,
and only broken objects
   can be gathered.
To reach perfection
    efforts may look faded,
but hiked determination
   gets the dream upgraded...

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Horrendously explosive nimble ball juggler
Athletic and Ever-Attacking game shuffler
Maradona upgraded and improved version
Awesomely admiring soccer surgeon
Ruthless with the heart and strength of a Lion
Devours the opponent with the boot of an iron...

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Listen to poem:

evanescent
my time
bubble

slow motion
afloat
overhead

drifting
suspended over
my aerial view

my upgraded
much simplified
new normal  

still master 
of my private
universe               



AP: 2nd place 2022

Posted on September 11, 2020...

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There is a hostage situation at my house. My daughter "music"napped my old fashioned music player and gave me her old Ipod to use. She wants me to be more in the loop and upgraded. She won't give me mine back.. Doesn't she know you can't teach an old dog new tricks. LOL...

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"Self esteem is what we need, 
very necessary yes indeed,
you are better than the rest, 
convince yourself the hardest test,
you are nobodys weed, 
yes in bloody deed." 

low self esteem is your opinion to be changed,
 upgraded to "great"

so bloody-well do it mate...

Don...

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They’re sailing around the Caribbean.
Upgraded, drinks in hand, and luck on side.
Amused that a seven day cruise extends,

But now a grandchild’s born - they must get home.

And their dogs don’t remember who they are.
And one sister’s cracking jokes endlessly.
But safe from the storm -  who could ask for more.

9/2/2019

This is not about me!...

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Pinkie Cat was more than a teensy tiny bit fine
She was the ultimate pink-a-lated pretty feline.
She upgraded and uplifted our old folk congo line
Dancing her two-step self, with a glitzy shine.

Pinkie Cat was the ritziest cat we’d ever seen.
She danced her tail off and threw off a sheen.
We toms watched, thinking she was pretty keen.
She gave me a batted eye look, she is a queen....

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Spacious comfortable country residence
extended and upgraded, sleeps eight.
On the fringe of a conservation village
elevated distant views, sheltered
solar heating, well insulated.

Sympathetically tucked into a south facing hillside,
extensive well-manicured terraced gardens.
All amenities, motorway and railway within 5 miles.
Paradise on four levels, décor understated
a dusty sand hole, ant excavated…...

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We Upgraded to a Generation
Where a Country’s Worth is
Measured by its Nuclear Weapons.
We Believe more in Aliens
Than our Fellow Humans.

What Use is of Eight Lane Roads
If We are Racing towards Apocalypse.
Doctors seems to be
Trying to Save Money,
Instead of Lives.

We take Pride in Commodes
Fitted with Water Sprinklers,
Too Lazy to Wipe or Wash.
Even the Word VANITY
Seems to have Lost its Pride....

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Don’t touch my heart, don’t touch my lips, 
Don’t touch my soul, don’t touch my hips,
Just leave my body parts alone,
Please only touch my funny bone.

In turn  I promise, yes, I do
I won’t touch any of you,
Be my courtly Superhero
I will gently stroke your Ego.

When my funny bone is sated,
Our status gets upgraded
To truly trepidatious start -
That is the matter of the heart.


February 9, 2020...

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