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Our Aunts Missed Ma's Funeral

Our aunts missed ma’s funeral …

  … F were they faking the “flu”?

  … U “under the weather” they call it,

  … N never it kept them from anything beforetimes.

  … E even younger ones were thereat!

  … R rightly,...

by Nun. D A Best[NP-CNA]

added by anonymous
1 hour ago
Our Aunts Missed Ma's Funeral

Our aunts missed ma’s funeral …

  … F were they faking the “flu”?

  … U “under the weather” they call it,

  … N never it kept them from anything beforetimes.

  … E even younger ones were thereat!

  … R rightly,...

by Nun. D A Best[CNA-NP]

added by anonymous
1 hour ago
Make Believe

Flames dance yellow up and down
the shore, darkened figures huddle –
some in quiet conversation
some in silent gazing.

Gay children gone to bed – their bikes
and bells their balls and toys lay silent
after another day at play –
they slumber...

by GCThomas

added by GCTHOMAS
1 hour ago
NEGLECTED

Have you ever been in a hall of 34 and 33 are against you
It might be hard to imagine but to some it's true
Getting so much of it once resulted in you a flu
The time to get up is now due
But the people that ought to join you never felt the...

by TIMTEK

added by ifunanya_e
1 hour ago
There Is An Angel Who Sits Upon My Shoulder Who Goes By The Name Of Death

There is an angel who sits upon my shoulder who goes by the name of Death,
And though I cannot always see him, upon my neck I can always feel his breath
As he whispers to me relentlessly, deftly using my soul’s own Shibboleth.


He is my...

by ThoughtsFromB4

added by thoughtsFromB4
1 hour ago
love at first sight (with German translation)

was love at first sight
but they can't get together and make love
because he has a dog
and because she has a dog
the dogs don't like each other

they have no choice but to have phone-sex
dogs don’t know phone calls
so they call each...

by Markus Kiener

added by Kimi
1 hour ago
Sentinel of the Rainforest

In the heart of ancient forests, where sunbeams waltz on tops of trees,
Roosevelt elk stands tall, his antlers crowned like autumn eaves.
His eyes held secrets whispered by the wind, and hooves imprinted tales,
For he was more than flesh and...

by Chris E Morganroth IV

added by ChrisMorganroth
2 hours ago
Superior Love

Love is patient and love is kind,
It does not envy or would boast;
It gives you peace to ease the mind,
Aligns with the heavenly host.

It is not arrogant or rude,
It does not insist on its way;
It has not a resentful mood,
And it will never...

by Richard Newton Sherrer

added by rnsherrer
2 hours ago
"qittaw"

of typewriter and its...

by Yukunno Ghirmay

added by yukunno.ghirmay_1
2 hours ago
Traducere

Camera

Lumina
slabă
a zorilor

rece și gri
în
căldură și culoare

descoperă
o cameră
unde timpul își
zgârie
răbdarea pe pereți

unde
în echilibrul nemișcării
...

by Traian06

added by Traian06
3 hours ago
Deer.

Deer.

They are so agile,
even air remains lag behind.
Legs are like four wings of bird.

They are armed with horns
which are like branches of tree,
can be their cause of hindrance to flee.

One can be attracted
by their dremy eyes
which...

by Swarup Bhattacharya

added by swarupbhattacharya263
3 hours ago
Show yourself

Just in case you forgot

The ball of fools is today

Hope we see your...

by Jonesy

added by jonesz
3 hours ago
Nuptial Time Warp

If we stayed young
and didn’t age
would marriage last
to turn the page

Would love endure
and pledges stay
with time becalmed
— and youth sustained

(Dreamsleep: May,...

by Kurt Philip Behm

added by KurtPhilipBehm
4 hours ago

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