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Atlas Shrugged

The weight of the world 

Sits squarely on your shoulders 

Lay your burden down

Categories: shrugged, anxiety,
Form: Haiku

Earth Shrugged

Vibrations feral spread across the land
Meek upon earth, then approached the elder
“We are helpless; please help man understand!”

“For he has engaged in widespread plunder
Consumed by desire and ruled by instinct 
Killing, maiming and mining down under”

Mother Earth listened, viewing her precinct 
Thought awhile, then from God took permission
Spewing a virus, with message succinct:

“Enjoy my gifts,

Categories: shrugged, earth, spiritual,
Form: Terza Rima

The World Shrugged

they sold a six pack in the grocery store
politicos all panicked
the rest of the world shrugged

Categories: shrugged, irony, political, satire,
Form: Kimo

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Ayn Shrugged

Ayn Rand
	Took an interesting stand
		Against the norm
			She took the world by storm

Categories: shrugged, identity, mystery, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Clerihew

Friendship's Fall

In the story of friendship’s fall,
The averted eyes said it all.

It was not really what we said
Neither was it what we did;
Rather ‘twas the ways we said
And, of course, when, and how we did.

We shrugged our shoulders; let things fall
Forgiveness could have cured it all.

Categories: shrugged, forgiveness, friendship, pride,
Form: Rhyme

Shrugged It Off

became 
accustomed 
to the habit 
of shrugging 
off arguments 
brought about 
by emotional 
outbursts 
since everything 
would always 
seem to blow over 
in time eventually 
till one day it 
did not blow over 
instead it was over 
we were over this 
time for real

Categories: shrugged,
Form: Lyric

Free Cee Who Shrugged

WHO SHRUGGED?

The world is getting heavy from war and disease
ounce by ounce I can feel the weight increase
with all the death and destruction
when those in mighty places pray for perfection

this world is being fed too much every day
and daily I wonder how much it will weigh
bombs and heartlessness are what the world is being fed
while

Categories: shrugged, angst, war, world, war,
Form: Quatrain