Leslie Ching Poems

What is
the true meaning
Of a gift?
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Did you dare a tiny peep at this poem?
Now that you're reading, I see you did!
Which is exactly why I must shoo you out-
Go ahead, do as you're bid!
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*Events in this poem are not true incidents.*

Is it worth it?
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There are some things
That everyone knows;

Like, for instance,
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Stories speak; readers listen; and though it may be that you find
Nothing really interests you, just imagine in your mind
A little something different, a little something strange,
And soon, in no time at all, your views will start to change;
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A new year brings...
New beginnings to finish
Luck to collect
Mistakes to dispose
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From one perspective...
The clear brass ring of an alarm clock
The curiously pleasant scent of red leather gloves
The downtown roads of honking cars and pedestrian activity
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In a book of my life
You will see:
Happiness, rejoicing
Pleasure and fun
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Hope might be the thing with feathers*
But of virtue it's not the only thing-
Strength would have eagle's claws,
Love would possess angle's wings-
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