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Here's a poem from a recent collection of mine, to share with you.
Here's a poem from a recent collection of mine, to share with you.
Itās not a poem unless itās seen
Itās not a machine unless
home-grown.
Itās not a phone unless it
types by horse.
Itās not a hearse unless
you get out born.
Itās not a greenhorn unless
it blows.
Itās not a rose if it
smells like glass.
Itās not a pass if you fail
to kiss.
Itās not a miss if you
knock it out.
Itās not a parka if itās
sprayed on.
Itās not a tan if you wash
it off.
Itās not a cough if you
want it to be.
Itās not a bee if it floats
like a bag.
Itās not a nag if thereās
no dream.
Itās not a scream if you
smile.
Itās not a mile if seven
leagues.
Itās not cigs if youāre
running rings.
Itās not a song if you
speak.
Itās not weak if it is
song.
Itās not wrong if you write
it down.
Itās not a clown if it
wonāt mime.
Itās not rhyme if you canāt
recall.
Itās not small if it fits
in your head.
Itās not dead if it stands
up to pee.
Itās not me if you dream it
instead.
Itās not lead if gold in
them hills.
Itās not pills if you donāt
feel better.
Itās not a sweater if a
garter snake.
Itās not cake if no ice
cream.
Itās not a beam if no deep
mote.
Itās not a quote without
fingers.
Itās not singers if they
faked.
Itās not a lake if no lady.
Itās not shady if you start
to blister.
Itās not sister if no kid.
Itās not id if you forget
the ego.
Itās not meagre if lots of
plenty.
Itās not mentis without
compos.
Itās not piss without the
taking.
Itās not making unless
thereās breaking.
Itās not talking unless you
listen.
Itās not glisten unless
light.
Itās not sight unless a
Milton.
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