if it's not love
...
if it's not love
what has it become
once, we were the ones
who left the others in awe
of our passion, our nearly lethal dose
of lust and complete abandon
now, the linens are barely ruffled...
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Categories:
softeners, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Burn Unit
...Welcome to 5th floor burn unit,
UCSD Medical Center.
This is the sign you pass,
As you enter.
They ask what happened,
How did you get burned?
They do this all with
Care and concern...
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Categories:
softeners, body, fear, fire, life,
Form: Rhyme
These Woman
...They are the softeners
Voicing breezy sweet.
Alleviating all at once
Living; and its heat.
Softeners; strengtheners;
Shady tree's head-rest!
Dulling the twin pains beneath;
World's; its hard...
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Categories:
softeners, woman,
Form: Rhyme
The Cleopatra of Cosmetics
...Ah, we ladies never have enough!
Foundations in all shades.
Forever~ in new forms.
Cleansers that promise us youth.
Softeners that hide wrinkles.
Lipsticks, a source of confusion.
Creamy, matte...
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Categories:
softeners, allusion, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Ever Me
...How did this happen? Did someone ask me?
No they didn't. No warning. Not one!
They could have sent emails or maybe a tweet hinting,
"5o years young you are not."
Well, I guess there were warni...
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Categories:
softeners, age, how i feel,
Form: Narrative
Important Breaking News
...With an unprecedented shortage of basic supplies
People worldwide are learning to be wise.
Loo rolls, medicine and the safety mask.
Making do with what we already have is the new task.
I’ve see...
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Categories:
softeners, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Popular Dress Turn Dirty
...A mast of goodness seen by the entire neighborhood,
even if the whole body stays beneath the waters;
producing rare sweet wine loved by all
as attitude calmly speaks giving more command to...
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Categories:
softeners, character, corruption,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Washday At the Zoo
...Washday at the Zoo
Peg out the elephants!
Hang up the hippos!
Let the bison and wildeb...
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Categories:
softeners, funny
Form: Free verse