Tag Archive: envelope stanza

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Sometimes I kneel in compromise inclined to recline with my fate but other times I just can’t wait to turn my life counterclockwise. Lynne

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When jabbed by dark cold hell I feel my heart dance wild jigs with my gut and I work to stay upright but sometimes I compromise and kneel. Lynne

Four Lines

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The prod that makes all things move well is sharp and dull and hard and soft which are too different you scoff but being jabbed feels like cold hell. Lynne

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Like to like is worth naught to prove for we all know that different is more than an accomplishment it’s the prod that makes all things move. Lynne

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If all of us thought as we ought would we be likely to settle each opinion regimental or prove like to like is worth naught. Lynne

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Those who never learned but were taught have only thoughts themselves to blame or such the self-help books do claim but none of us think as we ought. Lynne

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A swift hard kick I should have earned when I hurled bigger words at them but it’s so much fun to condemn those who were taught but never learned. Lynne

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I opened my mouth far too quick let thoughts escape thick and plenty none of them worth a thin penny yet I still earned a swift hard kick. Lynne

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To be trashed with a firm brisk whisk could be considered an insult but often it’s the real result of opening your mouth too quick. Lynne

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To stop the tics throw out the disc for its rhetoric is tired news a repeat of archaic views to be trashed with a firm brisk whisk. Lynne