No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Sometimes it’s obvious
And sometimes subtle
That no matter what good you try to do
The universe rewards you with the opposite.
It might be as simple as the duality we create
By such intentions;
A materialist mindset
That falls into a Newtonian universe
Of every action needing
An equal and opposite reaction.
Bound by these rules of physics
The road to hell
Is certainly
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Categories:
unpunished, psychological, social, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Unpunished
I'm a force to be reckoned with,
And I don't recommend crossing me
the wrong way.
I've been holding in this fire for years,
So I don't set fire to the world around me.
I don't know how much longer I can hold it in.
I don't want to be known
as the criminal in this town.
The one's
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Categories:
unpunished, betrayal, cry, how i
Form: Free verse
Unpunished Hubris
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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Categories:
unpunished, humanity, nature, pollution,
Form: Haiku
No Good Deed Unpunished
By Elton Camp
The words of Jesus, Chef Arnold tries to heed
By actions, the hungry, homeless ones to feed
Words alone to the needy, Jesus did condemn
For the hungry, words won’t do good for him
Fort Lauderdale proclaims such as a No! No!
To give them food must not continue to be so
However, Chef Arnold at ninety years old
Refuses
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Categories:
unpunished, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Unpunished
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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Categories:
unpunished, people, social
Form: Clerihew
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
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
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Categories:
unpunished, adventure, animals
Form: Monorhyme