You "adults", you exasperate me
with your evasions and delays.
You're going to have to change
some of the ways that you behave.
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Dear careless whisperer,
Some sharings are dagger-edged
and there is no escape when they're turned on you
no countermagic for the soul crushing embarrassment
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(a firefly)
Put that imagination away before you hurt someone.
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"It's just a rough draft, "
he said with a laugh
but the joke is half epitaph.
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I stumble pajamaed, half asleep toward the object of my desire.
in memory, it calls to me, of passionate pleasures experienced prior.
The morning's night is the consummate time for secret rondeaus discrete.
With ninjaly sneak I arrive at the door - my illicit joy within reach.
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Doot do, doot doot - News FLASH from boredom central.
I've got extra New Year plans.
My Ladybug & Cat Noir Onesie pajamas are at the ready.
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beauty is a witch
the kiss of light, a trick
a mask, a banquet
a spell, a curse
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Sunny and her love-object have broken up.
It was a selfie-inflicted wound - a slapdash pic taken,
that like a puzzle, revealed more than intended.
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