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Rules: Write a poem for national poetry month on the topic or form described. Each poem should appear as a separate reply to this thread. The goal is to, at the end of the month have written 30 poems for National Poetry Month.
NaPM April 27, 2019
Topic: write a poem inspired by the problems associated with something people would wish to have or possess.
Form: any
Line Requirement: 8 lines or more.
The Soufflé isn’t the soufflé; the soufflé is the recipe. --Clara
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Celebrity
My agent calls me brilliant
more than he says “hello,”
my wife, number five I think,
is perfect in her rehearsed
laughter, silences and orgasms,
and my echo greets me daily
in a mansion, safely behind
ten foot high metal fence,
with sharp ends that remind me
of Shark Week.
Autographs flow from me quicker
than blood, as long as everyone
remembers that nothing in this life is free.
Time is the best editor.
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Her Partner’s Lament
Enid, you are self-possessed: your
body is your own, no other’s
to bestow, withhold, or offer
of its presence or its labor.
Only with consent, yours freely
given, may another task you
with performing what you promised...
which consent you may withdraw.
Bright-eyed Enid, your ideas–
products of your cogitation–
stay your property, no other’s,
like each child that you permitted.
No religion, law or nation
binds you, Enid: they don’t own you;
no, they owe you satisfaction–
love, support, full compensation.
Simple justice, darling Enid,
must confirm your self-possession
since you can’t be slave to any
person other than yourself.
But may others be your slaves if
you permit and they adore you?
Yes, until you want new servants,
Enid, and you change your mind.
Non-practicing atheist
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when you have a twelve inch cock
you don't get to use it as a rule
the biggest schlong is more a rock
to have and not abuse is cruel.
i fear to wander out at night
especially with a stiffy
'cause if i meet a girl i like
the conversation's iffy.
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Dollars for gas for dollars for food
For sleep for dollars for gas for
New shoes for oil change
Engine flush filters
Alignment new tires more gas
The water bill for dishes for food
For sleep for laundry new mattress
New vacuum more lightbulbs
More dollars more gas more food
And sleep yes sleep no sleep no
Batteries for the remote
New filters new socks and underwear
And toilet paper computer paper
Paper towels dish towels
More bills and dollars and gas and sleep
Sleep
I wish I could get a little more sleep
Peanut butter honey banana sandwiches
