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A Cautionary Tale (Free verse) by Tman
Early in the morning I left my Bed With the either of sleep filling my head Trudging down to the kitchen Table A yawn and stretch was all I was able All the beauty of early June Was displayed in pale sunlight outside my room This house of my family in perfect stillness sat While I mulled the moment I was at It was just another day in lifes routine Where I was going I'd already been Sunshine on my shoulder, sleep in my eyes Sipping coffee I admire the flys Smoke in my hand I pull on it deep Now I'm a little more awake then asleep My old house murmers an apologetic creak As I lift my leg for a one cheek sneak Bearing down I let it thunder To late, to late, I realize my blunder Sunshine on my shoulder fly on the wall what was a routine morning is now not at all Oh dread and dismay, such a unpleasant suprise Seconds tick by as my anxieties rise I should have known better then to push so hard so fast In my carelessnes I have mistaken liquid for gas Regrets, regrets, I have more then a few For in truth it was folly that filled my pants with this goo Alone in these moments I sit here and think And wish to pass on this wisdom as I bathe in my stink "Push gentle in the morning when you first test your bowel" For now I must rise and make a mess of a towel

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Arithmetic Mean: 4.75
Weighted score: 4.970199
Overall Rank: 8439
Posted: February 7, 2007 2:53 PM PST; Last modified: February 7, 2007 2:53 PM PST
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Comments:
[4] Dovina @ 75.82.86.162 | 8-Feb-07/7:23 PM | Reply
What is the "either of sleep"?
[n/a] Tman @ 161.184.192.141 > Dovina | 8-Feb-07/7:48 PM | Reply
spelling mistake.should say ether
[n/a] richa @ 81.179.135.216 | 12-Feb-07/10:16 AM | Reply
I don't think it works putting your rhyming words on a seperate line. It makes the poem sound like Father Ted's 'my lovely horse'. Also sleep does not fill one's head.
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