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  September 2023     23 days ago

Submitted Poems 3 total

Reactionary Phase

Reactionary Phase

In martial mode they pass and pass,
On bicycles, in cars, on foot,
Relentlessly parading proof
Old laissez-faire has gone kaput.
But strategy grows more refined:
Compounding tensions on the rise,
In unaccustomed spots...

by Tom Merrill

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Manna Tips The Scales

Manna Tips the Scales

Weighing similar symptoms people had
When they would heed a potent master's call,
Life on a yoyo-string against that mad
Daily careering back to grief and gall,
Since neither tipped his scale either way
Or sparked an...

by Tom Merrill

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Ode to an Opportunist

Ode to an Opportunist

He calls me a broken record,
seems to wish I'd change my tune.

There's no "advantage" in it he says.
"Who else would take a chance on you?"

(I think he means their ratings would plunge
if they ran my latest series
...

by Tom Merrill

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added 8 months ago
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5-7-5 on target, rain can be a bummer.

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