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Refurbished Nursery Rhymes: Old Mother Hubbard, a Cautionary Tale

...When Old Mother Hubbard Examined her cupboard And found not a scrap there to munch on, Not one morsel that clung To an ort or a crumb, She felt foolish and dumb And stood sucking her thumb Whi......Read the rest...

Categories: tighten your belt, humor,
Form: Light Verse

Today

...Today, I loathe you. Today, I leave you, the sum total of all I won’t hang on to. Not an inch I sway, not a word I say. Strong. I stand. I am. You are not. Today, I leave you, today, I loathe you. ......Read the rest...

Categories: tighten your belt, courage, growth,
Form: Free verse

Dancing Mule

...there once was a mule who danced with ease he twirled and pranced many times mule felt he had to tighten his belt for he was always losing his pants......Read the rest...

Categories: tighten your belt, animal,
Form: Limerick

The Joy of Shopping For Death Tools

...The Joy of Shopping for Death Tools Oh the shopping spree what joy what glee how natures all in harmony The moon full Round the belly swells fertile ground From the seed spurted within Di......Read the rest...

Categories: tighten your belt, abuse, murder,
Form: Blank verse

Tangent

...Black crow surveys Two sparrows chat; Food for thought ~~~~~~~~~ Air-con leaking Messy affair; Slippery pathway ~~~~~~~~~ Two toddlers laugh Playground adventure; Proud parents ......Read the rest...

Categories: tighten your belt, change,
Form: Haiku

Leaving Never Return

...Leaving never return I roll up my sleeve Tighten the belt Then inject the drug and leave Some drugs take you by the lead Heroin is a book to learn how to read To meet yourself in a dream an......Read the rest...

Categories: tighten your belt, art, drug,
Form: Free verse

Handy Man

...Handy Man I am some handy man I say to myself So I grab the sander From off of the shelf I grab the sandpaper I tighten the belt When they see what I’ve done Their hearts will just melt I’......Read the rest...

Categories: tighten your belt, work,
Form: Rhyme

Not Considering the Cost of Vanity

...I haven't inherited great wealth, and the only luxury I can afford is to make believe, acting like a guru who does't tighten his belt...when will this character leave? The Greek guru, Onassis, had a......Read the rest...

Categories: tighten your belt, character,
Form: Rhyme

Real World

...You live in real world if you know how to tie your shoes if you know how to escape gossip mongers if music around you is often very loud if you know how to cultivate a field with sticks You live in......Read the rest...

Categories: tighten your belt, world,
Form: Light Verse

Free Cee Keep Over Priced In Christmas

...P OVER-PRICED IN CHRISTMAS To hell with Hallmark and their bourgeois cards of greeting Sent to wives from guilty husbands who are always cheating Or to that teenage blonde who wiggles for older ......Read the rest...

Categories: tighten your belt, angst, christmas, christmas, teenage,
Form: Quatrain

The Changing Planet

...The Changing Planet As hope and humility conquers all Pride goes before a fall So pick up your booth straps, tighten your belt For this world will experience something that it has never felt The E......Read the rest...

Categories: tighten your belt, natural disasters, earth, planet,
Form: Rhyme

Tighten That Belt

...Illness, Diagnosis, Rush to emergency, Prep the patient for surgery, Cut back.......Read the rest...

Categories: tighten your belt, life, political,
Form: Cinquain

Intuitive Visions

...In my life I have seen infinitesimal good I ponder all the time why is life so unkind. I live my life the best way that I could, but someone always despised where I stood. The competitiveness o......Read the rest...

Categories: tighten your belt, imagination, introspection, life, visionarylife,
Form: Light Verse

As Lenin Once Infamously Said...

...They are spending each last printed dollar. They ignore us out here who still holler: "Better tighten your belt, or what might be felt is the noose slipping under your collar."......Read the rest...

Categories: tighten your belt, allegory, history, political, satire
Form: Limerick